INDEPENDENT STUDIO · EST. 2011

Designing services. Exploring culture. Connecting places.

Social Creative is an independent creative studio working across digital products, user experience, cultural projects and community-based practice.

We combine UX/UI, service planning, branding and software development with an ongoing interest in the everyday knowledge and cultural life of local communities.

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Work

Selected work

Editorial, identity and communication projects from our 2020 archive. Different disciplines, connected through the people and places we work with.

4 projects

Magazine spreads about Songdang, Seopjikoji and Deokcheon, with village photographs and editorial layouts.

2018

Jeju Community Travel Magazine

Editorial design for a publication documenting the everyday life, work and local knowledge of Jeju villages.

Culture & Editorial
Community & Social Practice

In the 2020 archive

Universal Robots

Advertising and editorial design for collaborative robots, bringing product imagery and technical messages into print.

Brand & Communication

Blue and red Eum letterforms joined into a repeating square pattern for the education cooperative.

In the 2020 archive

Aewol Education Cooperative Eum

A visual identity and goods for an education cooperative in Aewol, Jeju.

Brand & Communication
Community & Social Practice

Folded leaflet for Daejeong and Hamo, with a local map, street photographs and place descriptions.

In the 2020 archive

Hello Daejeong, Hi Hamo

A leaflet bringing together the streets, local stories and everyday scenes of Daejeong and Hamo in Jeju.

Culture & Editorial
Community & Social Practice

Practice

Our practice

01 / Services for clients

Design & Technology

We connect research, user experience, visual systems and implementation to design and build useful digital products.

UX/UI & Product Design
Service Design & Research
Brand & Visual Systems
Web & Software Development
Automation & Digital Operations
Online Commerce

02 / An ongoing studio practice

Culture & Community

We document local knowledge and everyday culture, exploring how publishing, design and creative collaboration can make their value visible.

Local Culture & Research
Editorial & Archives
Arts & Creative Collaboration
Community Design Support
Cooperatives & Local Initiatives

From planning to implementation.

We combine thoughtful design, solid development, and commercial operations to turn practical business needs into reliable digital products.

Digital Product & IT Development

From prototypes to dependable business tools and services.

Web application development
Business tools and internal systems
Digital service prototyping
Front-end and back-end implementation
Automation and AI-assisted workflows
Technical project consulting

Design & Digital Experience

Clear interfaces and visual systems shaped around real use.

UI/UX design
Web design
Graphic design & branding
Brand and visual system support
Product and service interface design

Online Commerce & Operations

Digital channels and operations built for sustainable commerce.

Online commerce projects
E-commerce service planning
Digital sales channel development
Product and market research
Commercial operations support

Community

Rooted in everyday life.

Culture takes shape in everyday life: in local knowledge, ways of making, shared interests and informal collaboration. In Jeju, our work has included editorial projects about village life and design for education cooperatives and local producers.

After moving to Gangneung, we continued supporting small local organisations, including environmental and education cooperatives, through design. This is an ongoing part of the studio’s practice, alongside our client work.

Jeju → Gangneung. A continuing engagement with local culture and community.

Korea ↔ Europe

Research & groundwork · Since 2024

Connecting markets, cultures and local experiences.

Since 2024, we have been researching opportunities for international expansion and developing the groundwork for collaboration between Korea and Europe.

With partners across different fields, we are exploring digital services, market research and cross-border business, alongside possibilities for joint cultural research and creative exchange.

Our current work centres on research and preparation. Joint cultural research and exchange projects are being explored as future collaborations.

Areas of exploration

Digital Products & Services
Market Research & Cross-border Business
Art & Cultural Research
Community-based Partnerships

About

An independent studio, since 2011.

Founded in 2011, Social Creative develops digital services and design solutions while pursuing work related to local culture, social economy, education and community life.

Our move to Jeju in 2015 brought local knowledge, publishing and cooperative projects into the studio’s everyday work. That engagement continued in Gangneung and now informs our exploration of connections between Korea and Europe.

2011

Established in Korea

Design, web and creative projects.

2012–2014

Creative networks

Collaborative projects and socially engaged design experiments.

2015

A move to Jeju

The studio relocated its base to Jeju.

Jeju

Local knowledge & publishing

Projects with local culture, producers, social enterprises and cooperatives.

Gangneung

A continuing community practice

Design support for small local organisations and environmental and education cooperatives.

2024–

Korea ↔ Europe

Research and groundwork for digital, business and cultural collaboration.

Historical portfolio / 2020

A 14-page selection from the original 15-page portfolio, documenting earlier editorial, identity, exhibition and digital design projects. The complete original PDF remains available separately.

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Contact

Let’s talk about what we could make together.

Get in touch about UX/UI, design and development, branding, commerce, cultural research, community projects or Korea–Europe collaborations.

Email Social Creativesc@socreative.org

For project enquiries and collaboration proposals, write to us by email.