Video Script

Insider Stories – New CI

Full script and on-screen information from "Insider Stories – New CI" (2025), a documentary series for Korean air. Produced by greatminds, directed by Yoonseop Kim.

Client
Korean air
Year
2025
Format
Documentary Series
Production
greatminds
Director
Yoonseop Kim

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FAQ

What is Korean Air's Insider Stories?

Insider Stories is a documentary series that records Korean Air's rebranding through interviews with its executives and partners. It covers the new corporate identity, cabin experience, in-flight meal, livery and lounges, and was planned and produced by greatminds. This first episode is about the new CI.

Why did Korean Air change its corporate identity?

It is the first change in 41 years, since 1984. In the film Korean Air explains that it needed a new vision and mission for the next 50 years, and a renewed CI to go with it. The new CI marks the beginning of a unified Korean Air and the welcoming of a new family.

Who designed Korean Air's new CI?

Brand consultancy Lippincott. Korean Air ran a bidding and evaluation process among several global firms and chose Lippincott for its aviation expertise and a design philosophy that fit. Lippincott's Dan Vasconcelos (Creative Director) and Jan Van Wezemael and Coco Han (Design Directors) appear in the film.

What inspired the new Taegeuk mark?

The flowing ribbons of Sangmo-nori, a Korean folk performance. Lippincott drew hundreds of versions of the Taegeuk and kept the one that removed everything but the core movement, showing both energy and elegance.

Why did Korean Air keep its sky-blue fuselage?

According to the film, Chairman Cho Won Tae saw the sky blue on the upper fuselage as a heritage the company should keep. Korean Air kept the colour and the full-fuselage paint approach, and developed a custom aircraft paint, a metallic blue, for a more modern and premium look.

How was Korean Air's new typeface made?

The whole type family was developed with type foundry Dalton Maag, reflecting details of the Taegeuk design, while Lippincott's Coco Han led the Hangul. With Korean Air supporting 13 languages, it took a long time to complete. The Hangul font name shown on screen is 'Hanjin Group Sans KR'.

Who made the Insider Stories CI episode?

greatminds handled everything from documentary planning to overseas filming and post-production. Directed by Yoonseop Kim, written by Hyejin Jeon, filmed in Seoul and Hong Kong.

Speakers

  • Dan VasconcelosCreative Director, Lippincott
  • Cho Won TaeChairman, Korean Air
  • Woo KeehongVice Chairman, Korean Air
  • Kenneth ChangExecutive Vice President, Korean Air
  • Jan Van WezemaelDesign Director, Lippincott
  • Coco HanDesign Director, Lippincott

Full transcript

  1. Dan Vasconcelos

    If you think about Korean Air it's been around for 55 years. It is an airline that

    대한항공이라고 하면, 55년의 역사를 이어 온 회사죠. 업계에서 존경받는 항공사이고요,

  2. Dan Vasconcelos

    is respected and it's renowned for its operational efficiency, safety, everything

    탁월함을 인정받는 회사예요. 운영 효율성이나 안전성은 물론,

  3. Dan Vasconcelos

    that you associate with solid airlines. But it was in a process of transformation.

    신뢰할 수 있는 항공사의 모든 면에 있어서요. 그런데 중요한 건, 이런 회사가 변화를 앞두고 있다는 겁니다.

  4. Cho Won Tae

    Our CI was designed over 40 years ago and became a symbol recognized worldwide.

    그동안 사용한 CI는 40여 년 전 제작되어 전 세계 어디서나 쉽게 알아볼 수 있는 심볼이었습니다.

  5. Cho Won Tae

    For many, travel means thinking of Korean Air's Taegeuk mark, a symbol of trust.

    많은 분들이 여행을 생각하면 대한항공의 태극 마크를 함께 떠올릴 정도로

  6. Cho Won Tae

    Many have cherished this mark for years.

    오랜 시간 사랑해 주셨습니다.

  7. Cho Won Tae

    As we look ahead to the next 50 years, we needed a new vision and mission to guide us,

    새로운 변화를 맞이하여 앞으로의 50년을 이끌어갈 새로운 비전과 미션이 필요하였고

  8. along with a renewed CI.

    이와 함께 CI도 리뉴얼할 필요가 있었습니다.

  9. The new CI keeps the Taegeuk

    새로운 CI는 기존 태극의 정체성을 유지하면서 간결하고 현대적인 형태로

  10. while embracing a simpler, more modern design.

    변화를 추구한 결과입니다.

  11. Woo Keehong

    Our new CI marks the beginning of a unified Korean Air.

    새로운 CI는 통합된 새로운 대한항공의 출발점입니다.

  12. Woo Keehong

    It also symbolizes welcoming a new family.

    새로운 가족을 맞이하는 의미이기도 하고요.

  13. Woo Keehong

    We hope it brings people closer and paves the way for a brighter future.

    또 새로운 CI를 통해 모두를 더욱 가깝게 연결하고 더 나은 미래를 열어나가기를 바랍니다.

  14. Kenneth Chang

    Right, so we conducted an aggressive and very tight process of bidding and evaluations and we had

    저희는 매우 적극적이고 체계적인 방식으로 입찰 및 평가 과정을 진행했습니다.

  15. Kenneth Chang

    many potential global partners to work with and we identified Livingcard as the one that could work

    함께 일할 만한 글로벌 회사들이 후보로 많이 있었죠. 그중에서 리핀코트를 선정했습니다. 대한항공과 가장 긴밀하게 일할 수 있을 것 같았거든요..

  16. Kenneth Chang

    most intimately with us because of their proven track in the airline industry.

    항공업계에서 쌓아온 뛰어난 전문성이 돋보였고

  17. Kenneth Chang

    Also their design philosophy.

    디자인 철학 역시 잘 맞다고 판단했습니다.

  18. Korean Air came to Livingcard with a task which was to

    대한항공은 리핀코트에 중요한 과제를 주었습니다. 브랜드를 현대화하는 일이었는데,

  19. Dan Vasconcelos

    modernize an absolutely accomplished but also iconic airline. This wasn't a job of reinvention

    대한항공은 이미 성공한 데다 그 자체로 아이코닉한 항공사이죠. 이건 완전히 새롭게 만드는 작업이 아니었어요.

  20. Dan Vasconcelos

    but you have to signal that something has changed and that was the job that we had at hand.

    하지만 변화를 분명히 보여줄 필요가 있었고 그게 바로 우리에게 주어진 역할이었어요.

  21. Dan Vasconcelos

    So this new CI, this new logo represents modernization, still elegance, a bit of looking

    새로운 CI 및 로고는 현대적이면서도 우아함을 유지하고, 미래지향적인 이미지를 간결하게 전달합니다.

  22. forward, saying simplification and also to bring a story that we're changing but do not forget where

    동시에 하나의 메시지를 전하는데요.• 우리는 변화하고 있지만 어디서 시작했는지 잊지 않았다는 이야기입니다.

  23. So we start with a taegeuk. The way we made the taegeuk unique and much more sophisticated was

    우리는 태극에서 시작했습니다. 우리가 태극에 독창성을 더하고 세련되게 만든 방법은

  24. actually to subtract. One of the things that we noticed was that there was a very beautiful motion

    사실 '덜어내기'였습니다. 태극에 관해 알게 된 흥미로운 점은 바로 태극의 안쪽과 바깥쪽에

  25. running inside on the outskirt of the taegeuk. We were very inspired by a Korean folkloric tradition

    아주 아름다운 움직임이 있다는 것이었어요. 특히 '상모놀이'라는 한국 민속 문화로부터 깊은 영감을 받았어요.

  26. called Sangmo-nori. The performers, they wear costumes that have beautiful elongated colorful

    상모꾼의 의상에는 길게 늘어진 아름다운 띠가 포함되어 있어요.

  27. ribbons. What if these ribbons actually inform that shape of the taegeuk? What if we actually

    여기서 착안했죠. 이 기다란 띠가 태극의 문양을 만들면 어떨까? 그 특유의 움직임과

  28. take that movement and that elegance and that energy? We explored hundreds of taegeuks I should

    우아함과 에너지를 가져오면 어떨까? 저희가 디자인한 태극 마크만 해도 수백 가지가 될 겁니다.

  29. Livery refiner Celeprating vo

    그중에서 최후까지 살아남은 건,

  30. say but that came out as a winner which was to take away elements, take away visual congestion,

    여러 요소들을 덜어내고, 복잡해 보이는 부분을 없애고,

  31. to just retain the essential movement and the essential

    핵심적인 움직임만을 남긴 태극이죠. 강렬한 에너지와 우아함을 보여주는

  32. energy and elegance of that and that's what led to the final solution.

    바로 그 태극이 최종적으로 채택됐어요.

  33. I think Korean air was famous for was the color of the livery. So we want to make sure that

    대한항공이 유명한 것 중 하나가 항공기의 색상이거든요. 그래서 그 존재감을 유지하고 싶었습니다.

  34. presence was maintained but we want to take an uplift to the next level. Mr. Cho feels that the

    0~ 다만, 한 단계 더 끌어올리려고 했죠. 조원태 회장님은 항공기 상단의 하늘색이

  35. blue top is part of the heritage of the company and we need to find a way of retaining it. That was a

    회사가 지켜야 할 유산이라고 생각했어요. 그렇다면 하늘색을 유지할 방법을 찾아야겠죠.

  36. little bit of a eureka moment because it was about keeping that blue, keeping that full colored

    그때 '유레카'를 외치는 순간이 찾아왔습니다. 하늘색을 유지하고 동체 전체를 도색하는 방식을 따르면서,

  37. fuselage but then projecting into the future. One of the things that we did was to then develop a

    미래를 향해 나아가는 느낌을 주기로 결심했죠. 이에 따라, 항공기용 특수 페인트를

  38. bespoke aviation paint which is metallic and that retains the blue but it does that in a very modern

    맞춤형으로 개발했어요. 메탈릭 블루'라고 할 수 있는데요, 보다 현대적이고 대담하면서도

  39. and a very bold way but also in a very premium way because that's the pivot that Korean air is taking.

    훨씬 고급스러운 이미지를 만들어내죠. 대한항공이 지향하는 변화가 바로 이런 느낌이었으니까요.

  40. Jan Van Wezemael

    There was a job for the visual system to do which was to create cohesion in the

    비주얼 시스템이 제대로 작동하면, 다양한 접점에서 일관된 경험을 제공할 수 있죠.

  41. Jan Van Wezemael

    experience. So we designed the font to strongly link back to the Taegeuk and its tapered details.

    우리는 폰트를 디자인할 때에 태극과 태극 디자인의 디테일이 반영되도록 작업했습니다.

  42. Jan Van Wezemael

    We worked with Dalton Mark to flesh out the whole font, the European set of the font but also Hangul

    달튼 마그와의 협업을 통해 폰트 전체를 발전시켰는데, 특히 유럽 문화권 폰트를 완성했습니다. 그리고 한글의 경우,

  43. Jan Van Wezemael

    which Coco helped to direct. Korean is very tricky because for Hangul you combine those letters

    코코가 주도적으로 참여했죠. 한국어는 매우 까다롭습니다. 자음과 모음을 결합해 글자를 구성하기 때문입니다.

  44. Coco Han

    together so we focused a lot on finding the right balance, echoing the just the right amount of the

    그래서 저희는 적절한 균형감을 찾는 데 세심한 주의를 기울였습니다. 서체의 특징을 적당히 살리면서 말이죠.

  45. Coco Han

    calligraphic style. In Korean air we support almost 13 languages so it took a long time

    대한항공은 13개 언어를 지원합니다. 이 작업은 꽤 오래 걸렸지만

  46. Coco Han

    but I wanted to make sure it was simple enough but unique enough that represents Korea.

    확실히 하고 싶었습니다. 단순하면서도 한국을 대표할 만큼 독창적인 폰트를 원했죠.

  47. modernising your fleet's look.

    It took a long time, but I wanted to make sure it was simple enough, but unique enough that it represents Korea.

  48. I hope the global audiences will want to experience it. I wonder if they

    전 세계 사람들이 경험해 보고 싶어하면 좋겠어요. 아마 이런 반응을 보이지 않을까요?

  49. they will look at it and say well this feels like a fantastic airline. Our CI change not only expose

    와, 프리미엄을 제대로 보여주는 멋진 항공사야." 우리의 CI 변경은, 겉으로 보이는 변화만을 뜻하는 게 아니라,

  50. the change that we're doing but it will also expose the internal changes that we're making

    이번 여정에 함께한 임직원들의 내적 변화까지 표현하고 있습니다.

  51. This brand renewal has been a long time coming. Through this renewal,

    I think it's been a long time since we did a brand renewal.

  52. Korean Air has returned to our roots,

    With this renewal, all the employees of Korean Air will go back to their original intentions.

  53. embracing our shared Vision of providing "safer and more comfortable journeys."

    I think it's a dream that I have in my heart to go on a safer and more comfortable trip.

  54. Becoming the world's most beloved airline is the path we must take as a global leader in aviation.

    Being the most beloved airline in the world is a path that Korean Air must take as a global pioneer airline.

  55. With your trust and support,

    With all of you who have given us success and trust so far,

  56. well soar to new heights for a better tomorrow.

    we will open the way to a better tomorrow.

On-screen information

Text shown on screen as graphics — captions, figures and place names — in order of appearance.

  1. Corporate Identity

  2. fit for the future · A visual system

  3. 대한항공은 글로벌 항공사로서 지속가능한 내일을 위해 노력합니다

  4. Secondary Logo · Hangeul Logo · Chinese Logo

  5. Livery artwork sheet · PANTONE 288C · PANTONE 7688C · BAC 7084 · Tail number detail

  6. Classical Proportions (Variable) · Brush Terminals · Soft Curves · Moderate Contrast

  7. Hanjin Group Sans KR · 탑승을 환영합니다

  8. Celebrating your heritage · Livery refinements