Digital Mother-of-Pearl Refrigerator Mockup_2

This project features digital art that reinterprets Najeonchilgi, a traditional Korean mother-of-pearl craft. It includes design mockups applying this artwork to refrigerators from three major home appliance brands: LG, Samsung, and SMEG.

[스메그 냉장고 적용 목업 / SMEG Refrigerator Mockup]

[Project Overview]
This project began with a long-held fascination with traditional mother-of-pearl cabinets. As an illustrator, I spent years researching how to integrate this beauty into my artwork, ultimately recreating the traditional nacre technique as a digital illustration.

While traditional mother-of-pearl furniture is highly expensive and faces physical limitations in daily use, I envisioned a solution through digital printing. I applied my artwork to refrigerators, the most frequently used and central appliance in a household. By combining meaningful elements from Korean folk paintings (Minhwa), this project proposes an art collaboration that transforms an essential home appliance into a symbol of good fortune and family well-being.

I created mockups for three major appliance brands (LG, Samsung, SMEG) based on my own desire to own such a refrigerator.

[LG 오브제컬렉션 냉장고 적용 목업 / LG Objet Collection Refrigerator Mockup]

[삼성 비스포크 냉장고 적용 목업 / Samsung Bespoke Refrigerator Mockup]

[Artwork Info]
-Title : Warm Wishes - Spring Night, 2026
-Material : Digital Art (High-resolution digital file)
-Size : 300dpi, 5683 x 9315 px (48 x 79 cm)

※ This high-resolution digital data can be printed and applied to various media, including large home appliances.

[References]
-Collection of the National Palace Museum of Korea: Black Lacquer Wardrobe with Mother-of-pearl Inlay
-Collection of the National Museum of Korea: Mother-of-pearl Box
-Collection of the National Folk Museum of Korea: Painting of Fish and Flowers, Mother-of-pearl draft

Referencing lacquerware artifacts and folk paintings from museum collections, I reinterpreted the unique, iridescent colors of traditional Korean mother-of-pearl using modern digital techniques. I combined auspicious motifs from traditional Korean folk paintings (Minhwa) with cute cat characters.

-Plum Blossom : Overcoming the cold winter to be the first to bloom, it symbolizes indomitable will, unwavering integrity, and a new beginning (spring).
-Lotus : Blooming purely even in mud, it symbolizes integrity and nobility. The lotus and its seeds represent fertility and family prosperity. When combined with carp, it symbolizes purity and abundance, wishing for success in business.
-Rock : Eternity and steadfastness that does not change despite wind and rain.
-Butterfly : Longevity, marital harmony, happiness, joy, and hope.
-Cat : Repelling bad energy. When with a butterfly, it symbolizes a wish for a long life.
-Fish : Carp means success in life (passing the gateway to success). Since fish keep their eyes open even when sleeping, they symbolize protection, keeping watch over precious things.

[Artist Note]
Minhwa (Korean traditional folk painting) is an artwork that contains earnest prayers.
It holds universal human desires: wishing for health, longevity, family harmony, marital bliss, having many children, enjoying wealth and honor, achieving success in one's studies, and wishing for peace and good fortune in everything.
I engraved my earnest wishes by drawing these meaningful elements one by one, hoping for the peace and well-being of those I love.

[Artist Profile]
아녕 (Ahnyeong) | Illustrator & Digital Artist

E-mail: 2000tomboy@naver.com
Portfolio: https://linktr.ee/Ah_nyeong
Instagram: @catartist_ahnyeong

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