50 pictograms based on Ulsan's 'Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream' developed for creative use

【Financial News, Ulsan = Reporter Choi Soo-sang】  Fifty designs in the 'Bangucheon pictograms' series, developed based on the UNESCO World Heritage site 'Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream,' will be unveiled on the 12th. Anyone can download them and use them in creative work.
On the 11th, the Ulju Cultural Foundation said the 'Bangucheon pictograms' are designs that reinterpret animal figures and symbolic images carved into the petroglyphs as contemporary graphics. 
A 'pictogram' is a picture symbol. The word combines picto, meaning picture, and telegram, meaning a telegram, and refers to symbols representing objects, facilities, concepts of actions and more in a way that people around the world can recognize intuitively.
This set of Bangucheon pictograms includes 50 designs depicting a range of figures from the petroglyphs, such as a gwisin whale, turtles, deer, wild boars, archers, tigers and boats carrying people.  The design files have been made available so local small business owners and creators can use imagery from Bangucheon in cultural products, promotional materials, publications, hands-on activities, educational content and more.

The pictogram files and usage guidelines are available for free download from the Ulju Cultural Foundation website. Users can incorporate them into a variety of creative projects for their own purposes, following the standards set out in the guidelines.
Since last August, the foundation has also been working to connect the pictograms with practical creative activities. It has supported product and content development through workshops and mentoring. Everyday items, crafts and hands-on content are now being developed by incorporating imagery from Bangucheon into materials and production techniques.
The resulting works will be showcased at the Ulju County pavilion at the '2026 Ulsan Culture Expo,' to be held at UECO from the 26th to the 29th.



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