What Is the Hottest Billboard These Days? Unique Mask Design Contest

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Gori Nuclear Headquarters Announces Winners of 'Gijang Love Mask Contest'
18 Winning Entries Selected Including Grand Prize from Over 100 Submissions
Winning Designs to Be Produced as Actual Masks for Local Promotion

A work that won the Grand Prize at the annual mask design contest held by the Gori Nuclear Power Headquarters.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] What is the hottest billboard right now? It’s not the American Orange Bowl (American football) or the Premier League (English professional soccer league), but the mask!

The winning designs of the quarantine mask design contest hosted by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Gori Nuclear Power Headquarters (Head Lee Sin-seon) have been decided.

On the 15th, the Gori Headquarters announced the winners of the ‘Gijang Love Mask Contest.’

This contest was organized by the Gori Headquarters to create an atmosphere of ‘making mask-wearing a habit,’ to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the local community, and to promote economic revitalization through quarantine safety. It is a brilliant idea to use masks as billboards.

A total of about 100 works were submitted for the contest held from July 29 to August 26. After the first and second rounds of judging, a total of 18 winning works were selected.

The grand prize was awarded to Park Jumin’s work, which applied characters representing major tourist attractions and specialties of Gijang-gun to masks.

The excellence awards went to Kim Hye-jung’s design featuring the Gijang Baby Bottle Lighthouse, Gijang Sea, and Gori Nuclear Power Plant, and Kim Yong-jin’s work designed in a pattern format featuring landmarks of Gijang-gun.

In addition, among the works submitted by a wide range of ages from elementary school students to adults, five encouragement prizes and ten honorable mentions were also included among the winning works.

The grand prize winner receives a prize of 500,000 won, excellence awards receive 300,000 won, encouragement prizes 100,000 won, and honorable mentions receive cultural gift certificates worth 50,000 won.

The Gori Nuclear Power Headquarters plans to produce the grand prize and excellence award-winning designs as actual masks and use them for local promotion.

Lee Sin-seon, head of the Gori Nuclear Power Headquarters, said, “Many brilliant and creative designs have emerged, creating an opportunity to promote the region through masks. I hope the COVID-19 situation will end soon and the local economy can recover.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.