Professor Lee Ji-hyun (fourth from the left) and Professor Hong Jin-hyeok (fifth from the left) research team. Photo by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, President Kim Ki-seon) announced on the 18th that Professor Lee Ji-hyun and Professor Hong Jin-hyuk from the Cultural Technology Program of the Convergence Technology Interdisciplinary Department will showcase the craft original authentication distribution system at the '2021 Craft Trend Fair.'
The outcomes introduced in this exhibition are the second-year results of the '2020 Cultural Technology R&D Designated Project for Craft Original Authentication and Distribution-Based Creative Support Technology Development,' hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Hwang Hee) and the Korea Creative Content Agency (President Cho Hyun-rae).
Along with GIST’s cultural technology and AI experts, Professors Lee Ji-hyun and Hong Jin-hyuk, the research team includes the collaborative institutions such as Professor Lee Hyun-soo’s ceramics team from Hanyang Women’s University, Professor Lee Eun-jong’s content convergence design team from Handong University, Team Leader Jung Yoon-joo and researchers from the Gwangju Design Promotion Agency, and M2Cloud Co., Ltd., which developed a blockchain-based vaccine management system. These diverse researchers from the fields of art, design culture, AI, and blockchain technology are organically participating in the development.
The research team is developing a smart craft creative support system that automatically analyzes the design elements of crafts or creates new crafts by synthesizing various crafts using image, keyword, and relationship analysis-based data search, data visualization technology, and AI technology, based on craft data constructed by applying a metadata system to the collected materials. Some of these will be partially revealed through this exhibition.
At the 2021 Craft Trend Fair, visitors can interactively search all fields of craft production processes and methods based on craft metadata labeled by systematizing the creative process such as color, shape, material, use, production method, and decoration technique, or experience a data visualization tool that displays the relationships between crafts in a web-like form.
Additionally, visitors can experience a sketch tool that uses AI technology to sketch and search craft images to find similar crafts, a tool that creates new crafts by synthesizing two selected crafts, and the Smart Cultural Lens, a tool for analyzing the design elements of ceramics.
Professor Lee Ji-hyun, the lead researcher, explained, "The research outcomes introduced at this exhibition will demonstrate a good example of the convergence of art, culture, and 4th industrial revolution technologies." She added, "In particular, the craft digital fingerprint technology and blockchain-based distribution system, which will be a solution to the domestic craft copy problem, are expected to provide visitors with a new experience."
Meanwhile, the '2021 Craft Trend Fair,' Korea’s largest craft festival celebrating its 16th anniversary this year, will be held for three days from the 19th to the 21st at COEX Hall C under the theme of 'Various Shapes and Colors (形形色色).'
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