Balanced development between regions is essential for development of a nation and is a critical issue of our society. It is also important to let each area have international competitiveness by developing regional special-quality industry reflecting i...
Balanced development between regions is essential for development of a nation and is a critical issue of our society. It is also important to let each area have international competitiveness by developing regional special-quality industry reflecting its specificity.
Along with fashion, textile and car parts industry, eyeglass frame manufacture is a specialized industry of Taegu area of Korea. For last several decades, the stimulation of eyeglass frame manufacturing industry made Korea one of the top four main eyeglass manufacturing countries in the world, i.e., Belluno, Italy; Fukui, Japan; Wenzhou, China; Taegu, Korea.
About 570 companies which are 83% of domestic eyeglass manufacturers in Korea are aggregated densely in Taegu. The eyeglass manufacturing area of Taegu has not been set up intentionally but naturally since the 1950s. It is the reason why Korean Optical Industry Support Center (KOISC) is located there.
However, most of eyeglass manufactures in Taegu area is relying on traditional labor-intensive methods by comparative paltry enterprises. A feature of eyeglass manufacturing industry in Taegu is wearing labor-intensive industry form generally by method that many company purveys to OEM (OEM) or manufacturing industry mother-of-pearl occurrence mountain (ODM) without its own brand. It is real condition that value is devalued even though some enterprise has its own brand and design can refer to design of new goods that collect in foreign countries glasses exhibition back mainly that is level that imitate suitableness part.
The background of development in eyeglass manufacturing industry in Italy, Japan, Germany, Denmark has is briefly examined. These countries have developed description throughout continuous eyeglass manufacturing from past because they have historical background from the beginning they made first eye glasses. The professionalism of the nations in this field surpasses other nations. In addition, house brand eyeglasses products are actively manufactured by strength with the development of advanced new materials and emphasis on creative industry that emphasize the unique designs
Lindberg Co. of Denmark and ic-berlin Co. of Germany are the leading companies that develop creative design and perform brand marketing successfully. Specially, Lindberg Co. has been awarded over 40 times in and has overflowed maximally utilizing eyeglass related international exhibition such as SILMO Award, IOFT Award, iF Design Award, red dot design Award. As a professional eyeglass designer, Ralph Anderl, founder and designer of ic-berlin Co, also made new eyeglass brand by creating unique pattern and innovative structure of eyeglass, exploited new market and came to the forefront in eyeglass manufacturing industry. In these processes, these house brands were recognized as top brands among world main eyeglass brands. These play a role in which eyeglass industry is being promoted in parallel with eyeglass brand.
It is another aim of the research to present the standard for the selection of high-quality eyeglass product along with the competitiveness eyeglass industry strengthening through value reform of the customer-centered product values. Therefore, broad understanding on age and culture is very important in practice of design. The creativity of design and specification of individual brand image of design reflects age and culture tide, and is evaluated as important as trend leader.
Domestic eyeglass industry must precede policy for epoch-making development and strategy plan for development of eyeglass industry located in Taegu province. The developmental policy for eyeglass industry may be found and set through investigating what high value-added products are featuring. Eyeglass manufacturing industry should pull away from the Chinese offensive low-cost product and grows by high value-added industry.
As the core of policy on high value-added eyeglass, the rearing policy for house brand eyeglass brand is as follow:
First, launching majority house brand that can display international competitiveness.
Second, reinforcing internationally preferred designing capacity.
Third, reinforcing developmental research of advanced material in connection with industry, university, research institute and government.
Fourth, developing eyeglass-related marketing capacity in foreign countries.
The strategic planning for the second is as follow:
First, individual identity design by each house brand.
Second, valued design preferred over brand products.
Third, high-quality image design.
Fourth, differentiated unique design.
Fifth, simple design.
Sixth, establishment of educational policy to develop eyeglass professional.
Seventh, strengthening the relationship between university and industry for developing advance new material.
Eighth, construction of human and physical resource infrastructure.
This research promises future development of domestic eyeglasses industry through policy based on design fine article anger of house brand glasses with singularity and I wished to take advantage of design policy to become work that development of each area ointment industry puts foundation of nation development and society combination.