The increase trend of mobile communication users brought a tremendous change as entering 2010's. The subscribers now reached 48,900,000, almost 50,000,000. This trend of one phone per person is a result of the drastic IT culture buildup owing to the e...
The increase trend of mobile communication users brought a tremendous change as entering 2010's. The subscribers now reached 48,900,000, almost 50,000,000. This trend of one phone per person is a result of the drastic IT culture buildup owing to the economic development. Together with the development of the mobile communication industry, as the mobile communication environment, complicated and difficult, and economic factors decreased the use charges and became popular, the accessibility of users became easy.
This flow of age via economic and social development shows that the mobile communication culture of Korea is now deeply seated in our life. The interior designs of mobile communication stores are provided as manuals by three big mobile communication companies. This study aimed to present an interior design which can highlight the more differentiated designs and brand image of a communication company.
This study used the following methods. First, it looked into the accurate concept of the mobile communication industry through literature researches. Second, it grasped and arranged the characteristics of a mobile communication store. Third, it investigated and analyzed cases based on domestic communication stores, and presented new designs on the basis of an interior design plan.
This study was conducted as follows:
Chapter 1 presents the background, objective, scope and methods.
Chapter 2 investigated the concept of the mobile communication industry and the characteristics of stores and differences in the space composition of mobile communication stores.
Chapter 3 looked into the interior design elements of mobile communication stores, and compared and analyzed the stores on the basis of the store style and sale methods, mainly centering on domestic mobile communication stores.
Chapter 4 presents an interior design of a mobile communication store on the basis of the data from the analysis of Chapter 3.
Chapter 5 shows the conclusion of this study.
1. Regarding the finishing materials, the common thing to comply with at stores across the nation is finishing materials. The floor of communication stores, domestic and overseas, was made of polishing tiles, and the walls were of white color lacquer and back paint glass finish, and the ceilings were all white vinyl paint.
2. Interior design elements have limitations on finishing materials due to the characteristics of the mobile communication industry. Hence, the same kinds of material have been used positively from the past till now.
3. The area of the store was a little helpful with the sale of the terminals and subscriptions, but did not affect a lot.
4. The difference between a small store and a large store is due to the business methods. A small store makes sales of about 30M2 to 60M2, and a large store makes sales of about 330M2. The difference between a small store and a large store is due to the difference in business methods. Therefore, large stores do not sell but provides service to the customers, and small stores that is, general agencies are mainly engaged in collecting charges, selling terminals and inducing subscribers. Interior designs also vary a lot depending on methods of business. Large stores, which provide services to the customers, use expensive finishing materials compared with small ones and also use larger spaces.
5. Characteristics of stores by location cannot be distinguished. Because all of the three big communication companies use manualized uniform designs, their stores cannot be differentiated.
6. Since exterior designs play a very important role in the brand image of the company, they should express strong image to transmit the brand image well and have uniformity in manualized designs.
7. The method of composing the space of a mobile communication store should make the space look broader with a simple design because most of the stores use a small space due to their locational characteristics.
As stated above, the plan of this study tried to approach the interior designs of mobile communication stores in a new direction and will help strategic interior designs in the systemized manual of communication stores.