Gyeonggi Province Announces 15 Winning Entries from Signature Symbol Content Contest

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Gyeonggi Province announced 15 winning entries from the 'Gyeonggi Province Signature Symbol Content Contest' held to promote the new signature symbol and enhance its brand value on the 3rd.

The province conducted submissions from October 1 to November 15 under the theme of 'Our Daily Lives and the Diverse Aspects of Gyeonggi Province Using the Signature Symbol.'

A total of 153 submissions were received across two categories: design and video, and they underwent preliminary screening followed by expert evaluations in rounds two and three.

For the design category, final winning works were selected through offline presentation evaluations targeting 36 works in total.

Through this process, 8 works in the design category and 7 works in the video category were honored as winners.

The 1st place winner in the design category student division, 'Gyeonggi Province Where Past and Present Coexist,' incorporated Gyeonggi Province cultural heritage such as Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon and the Royal Tombs of Yung and Geon within the signature symbol, and expressed the diverse aspects of residents living their daily lives around the symbol.

It received praise from judges for expressing Gyeonggi Province, where past and present coexist, from various perspectives.

The 1st place winner in the video category, 'Find the Hidden Treasures of the City Everywhere!,' took a unique approach by discovering the core values of the signature symbol—fairness, possibility, and diversity—while traveling through various regions of Gyeonggi Province, earning praise for both artistic quality and entertainment value.

The winning works will be utilized in various promotional materials to publicize the Gyeonggi Province signature symbol, including outdoor banners, G-Bus videos, and YouTube content, and can be viewed on the official contest website (http://ggdcontest.com/exhibition).

Additionally, the works can be viewed in an online VR (virtual reality) exhibition space (https://www.arthub.co.kr) starting from the 15th.

Lee Kang-hee, Director of Public Relations and Content at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We are grateful to everyone who created wonderful works incorporating daily life and various aspects of Gyeonggi Province using the signature symbol," and added, "We will actively utilize the contest-winning works for future promotion of the Gyeonggi Province signature symbol."

Meanwhile, the province unveiled the new signature symbol in January this year, which had changed for the first time in 16 years. Designed with 'ㄱㄱㄷ,' the initial letters of the Korean alphabet, the upper portion uses green to represent Gyeonggi Province stretching straight along one path, while the lower portion harmoniously combines blue straight and curved lines to represent Gyeonggi Province as both flexible and steadfast.