Specter Workroom

• book
• 2023
• offset lithograph, Asian folded and stapler bound
• 212 x 262 mm, 64 pp

Specter Workroom, a building located at 25 Jahamunro 19-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, was designed by Samuso Hyojadong Architects & Associates and constructed by Design Jeongin Plus, from September 2021 until its completion in June 2022. Its current residents are: ­Workroom, a graphic design studio; Workroom Press, a publisher; Sulki and Min, graphic designers; Yang-Jang, type designers; and the Book Society, a bookstore and project space.

「Specter Workroom」, a photo series created by Jung Jihyun, a photographer who traces changes in urban spaces in the context of the development, generation, or demise of built environments, is a record of Jung’s firsthand observations and documentation of its construction site.

Specter Workroom is a book that documents through 「Specter Workroom」 certain aspects of Specter Workroom’s formation.

• Project type:
• publication

• Author:
• Jung Jihyun

• Typefaces:
• Jibaek
• Söhne

• Paper:
• Hi-Q Mystic

• Printer:
• Munsung

• Commissioners:
• Workroom Press
• Workroom Specter

• See also:
• Introduction on Workroom Press’s website (in Korean)