International Design Competition Highlights Creative Solutions to Everyday Challenges

Seoul Design Award Poster(Provided by Seoul Design Foundation)

The Seoul Design Award 2023 Steering Committee conducted an open call for design projects and research cases, irrespective of field, realized within the past 5 years. This garnered 356 works from 46 countries. After careful evaluation by 15 multinational judges, a total of 22 outstanding works were selected, and 10 were shortlisted for the grand prize. 

▲ Seoul Design Award Poster(Provided by Seoul Design Foundation)
From September 28 to October 23, the 10 grand prize candidate projects are on display at D-Forest, located on the first floor of DDP Design Lab. Concurrently, citizens have the opportunity to vote and select the Citizen Award recipient. The exhibition utilizes materials made from recycled and upcycled sources, aligning with the sustainable theme of Seoul Design Award 2023. Scrap wood generated during wood processing is repurposed for exhibition materials, and plastic plates made from processed plastic pieces are entirely reusable.

To encourage citizen participation, a Citizen Award will be granted to the project with the most votes, with one winner selected by voters in Korea and another chosen by global voters. Each winner will receive a prize of 5,000,000 KRW. The winning projects will be showcased to the public at an exhibition of the winning works, to be held at the DDP Dullegil Gallery in the first half of 2024, following the awards ceremony in October this year. The Seoul Design Award emphasizes sustainable design, aiming to foster harmonious relationships between people, society, and the environment by recognizing innovative projects that creatively address everyday challenges.

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