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[Herald Design Forum 2018] Designer Martino Gamper talks about ‘Not Just a Chair’

Sept 14, 2018

Chairs are much more than just chairs, according to Italian furniture designer Martino Gamper. “I think chairs tell a lot about us, how we live and how we make things,” said Gamper in his lecture ti...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Heatherwick highlights design’s role in bringing people together

Sept 14, 2018

Buildings should bring people together instead of dividing them, says British designer Thomas Heatherwick, founder of Heatherwick Studio. “Our team, consisting of some 200 people, tries to think fro...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Simplicity is ‘interpretation’ of complexity: Red Dot Founder

Sept 14, 2018

The simplicity of a product design derives from outstanding treatment of complexity of the modern-day product brimming with high-tech features, Red Dot Founder and Chief Executive Peter Zec said in h...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Cultural heritage provides assets for design: Princess Dana

Sept 14, 2018

The cultural heritage of the world provides assets for design, says Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, who also serves as president of the Petra National Trust. “Cultural heritage unleashes creativity. ...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Herald Design Forum kicks off

Sept 14, 2018

Herald Design Forum 2018 kicked off Friday at Dongdaemun Design Plaza. Distinguished speakers, design experts and government officials are among those participating in Asia’s leading design festival...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Asia’s leading design forum starts two-day festival

Sept 13, 2018

Herald Design Forum 2018 kicks off at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on Friday for a two-day run under the theme “Designing Future.” The eighth edition of Asia’s leading design forum, organized by...
MMCA Director Bartomeu Mari to leave in December

Sept 12, 2018

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided not to renew the term of Bartomeu Mari, the director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Museum officials on Wednesd...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] ‘Space Composer,’ Junji Tanigawa says design will continue to expand boundaries

Sept 11, 2018

Design will continue to expand its boundaries, says Junji Tanigawa, a Japanese designer known as “Space Composer.” “There will probably be changes in the concept of design. It will expand into many ...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] 'Quality architecture should provide future vision'

Sept 11, 2018

Park Jin-hee, a recent winner of the Iakov Chernikhov International Prize, is an architect based in Seoul and New York widely recognized for her “micro-housing” projects. For the upcoming Herald Des...
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Life changes as we sit on chairs

Sept 11, 2018

'100 Chairs in 100 Days’ Martino Gamper to speak at Herald Design Forum
[Herald Design Forum] An architect who understands humans

Sept 11, 2018

Yoo Hyun-joon to discuss school architecture at Herald Design Forum
Art flows along Han River

Sept 10, 2018

Newly opened Hangang Art Park aims to enhance Seoul oasis with art
Palais De Tokyo’s site-specific exhibition reinvents once-abandoned public space

Sept 9, 2018

One of the 2018 Gwangju Biennale’s Pavilion projects, “Today Will Happen” has reinvented a historical site -- the Gwangju Civic Center. The Gwangju Civic Center, completed in 1971, was used as a ven...
Gwangju Biennale explores ‘Imagined Borders’

Sept 9, 2018

Artists from 43 countries asks what ideas of nation, nationalism mean in ‘borderless’ internet age
Jung Eun-young wins MMCA Korea Artist Prize

Sept 6, 2018

Artist Jung Eun-young was announced the winner of the Korea Artist Prize 2018 on Wednesday evening. The competition is organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Jung wa...