Free Korean design PDF books are released!
Hi, my name is Jaeeun Koo, Seoul Design reporter 2024.
Last time, I shared the event, Seoul Design Award 2024.
This time I'd like to introduce Seoul Design archiving books.
1. Seoul Design White Paper (2022)
Seoul Design Foundation seeks innovative design solutions that support communication and public values. This book spotlights the challenges that the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Design Foundation have faced in implementing design initiatives and problem-solving projects to the city.
※ Pdf download site
https://seouldesign.or.kr/?menuno=267&bbsno=364&boardno=108&siteno=1&act=view&cates=
2. Seoul Design Assets (2023)
This book takes a deeper look into the authentic beauty of Seoul and highlights the 600 years of design history in Seoul, showcasing the beautiful cultural assets from the past and present, to the future.
Seoul Design Assets have discovered Seoul's excellent design assets selected in 2009 by selecting the top 51 to contribute to Seoul's urban competitiveness and future value creation. In 2022, Seoul Design Assets’ top 40 was selected, reflecting on the past 10 years. This is a new addition based on Seoul Design Assets’ 40 selected in 2022.
The selection criteria for 'Seoul Design Assets' include Seoul's 600 years of history, Seoul's distinctiveness and unique attributes from other local and international cities, originality in terms of culture, materials, structural layout and technology, and contemporary life, the level of impact and influence on life and culture of the times, the degree of traditional values that have been passed down for a long time, and the level of modern reinterpretation and recreation in various fields to create tangible and intangible value.
※ Pdf download site
https://seouldesign.or.kr/?menuno=267&bbsno=363&boardno=108&siteno=1&act=view&cates=
3. Seoul Design, Unlimited Challenge (2023)
Seoul Design, Unlimited Challenge contains examples of creating 'the happy lives of Seoul citizens' by applying design to various fields such as economy/ industry, society, urban/ environment, culture, and communication.
※ E-book site
https://seouldesign.or.kr/?menuno=325&bbsno=714&boardno=35&siteno=1&act=view&cates=
Please feel free if you have some questions.
Many thanks,
Jaeeun Koo.
