CI Overview

Standard CI

• A combination of KIOST’s wordmark (graphic representation of its name) and symbol
• The corporate identity expresses the new name and image of the institute in a positive and stylish way.

Symbol Mark

• The symbol was created in the shape of a “K” to express the institute’s importance to the Republic of Korea.
• In addition, the tale of a whale, a creature that roams freely in the depths of the ocean, was chosen as the design motif for KIOST’s CI logo with the aim of expressing the institute’s dynamism.

Wordmark

• The letters were made to flow one after the other smoothly as a way of expressing the institution’s emphasis on continuous communication.
• The letter “O” in the word mark was designed to symbolize the infinite potential and dynamism of the world’s oceans.

Signature