Oglee (2018-2020)
Connecting People with Books - Designing Content with reviews
My Role: Co-Founder, Designer, Researcher
• Co-founded a Korean independent publisher and social impact start-up aimed to establish a vibrant community of readers
• Published a book review magazine named <Oglee>(2019) and ran a subscription-based book/film/music review newsletter service. Also collaborated with local bookstores to plan and coordinate book-review workshops.
• Conducted qualitative research exploring the values of independent publishers and indie authors to achieve a sustainable ecosystem in the Korean publishing industry.
• Published a book review magazine named <Oglee>(2019) and ran a subscription-based book/film/music review newsletter service. Also collaborated with local bookstores to plan and coordinate book-review workshops.
• Conducted qualitative research exploring the values of independent publishers and indie authors to achieve a sustainable ecosystem in the Korean publishing industry.
Team Oglee
Visual Identity
We successfully raised $4,000 from 197 individual sponsors during a 30-day campaign on Tumblburg, a Korean crowdfunding platform, to support our magazine.
We operated a subscription-based book/film/music review newsletter service from 2019 to 2020.
