▲ The interior of the General Civil Affairs Office of Gwangmyeong City, (Photo courtesy of :Gwangmyeong City Hall, Gyeonggi-do, Korea)     © World Lighting News.

· Written by : Min-Woo Lee. Journalist.

Buildings are an important infrastructure supporting our society. However, in order for a building to be like a building, it must not stop just by erecting it. If architecture is to create the structure and appearance of the building, the interior targeting the interior of the building fills the content of the building.

At this time, color and light play an important role. Color gives an expression to the interior, and light creates emotion and feeling. Therefore, interior is also a work to revive the interior of a building by using color and light.

Nevertheless, the importance of interior design, color, and light in architecture has not been very significant. This is because architecture occupied an absolute proportion. However, now, awareness of the importance of color and light is increasing.

Meanwhile, Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do (mayor: Park Seung-won) announced on November 13 that it was selected as the RED Award (innovation part) at the 17th Korea Color Awards hosted by the Korean Color Society.

The Color Society of Korea selects excellent color-related cases every year for individuals, companies, institutions, organizations, local governments, etc. to develop color culture and enhance the professionalism of color business. This year, 12 cases were selected.

Gwangmyeong City received the RED Award in recognition of its active public design administration and innovativeness in color planning with the'Comprehensive Civil Affairs Guide System Applying Universal Color Design'.

The General Civil Affairs Office of Gwangmyeong City has many departments in a large space, so it was difficult for civilians to find the relevant civil affairs. Gwangmyeong City made it easy and fast for citizens to do business by marking the columns and floors in red, yellow, blue, and green colors.

The'Complaint Room by Color' ▲Uses colors and font sizes with strong visibility to be recognized from a distance ▲Division of color guides according to the work of each department ▲Abbreviations in English meaning letters and colors for people with color vision disorders ▲Complaint office work on the floor It received high marks for being a realistic public design application innovation case for everyone, such as the installation of a guide system.

An official from Gwangmyeong City said, "We will continue to expand excellent public design policies to make a city where everyone is comfortable and free from discrimination." Meanwhile, the Korean Color Awards ceremony is scheduled to be held at Chung-Ang University on December 6th.