during the seoul design olympiad 09 , a three-week-long festival in korea,
organised by the city of seoul and held in the jamsil sports complex, designboom
curated (for the second year) an exhibition that aims to be interactive.
the curated show 'design for the world' consists of a selection of 100 remarkable
design objects from all over the world that are auctioned off to the visitors with
the highest bids.


from 1990 to 2004, the number of people who have access to safe drinking water
increased by 1.2 billion. however, there are still one billion people out there who
have no safe water to drink. 425 million are children under the age of 18,
and among them, 125 million are under five. this design auction aims to help.
hosted by seoul metropolitan government and sponsored by UNICEF and designboom,
the exhibition features 100 design items from around the world, selected by designboom.
during the exhibition period the items will be auctioned off and all proceeds donated
to the korean committee of UNICEF for safe drinking water projects in water-stressed
nations.

the exhibition 9 -29 october, 2009. auction 9 -23 october, 2009.


the jamsil sports complex - the left tent is the venue of world design market
the international design festival`s event in collaboration with designboom.


floor plan of world design market tent


design for the world - all proceeds will be donated to the korean committee of UNICEF for safe drinking water projects







'mimi' sugar bowl by kazuyo komoda for driade, italy
image © designboom




'utan' doll by yasuyuki senda, japan
image © designboom




rare collector 'calendar plate' - year 2003 by piero fornasetti, italy (in the 1950’s and 1960's)
image © designboom




'fake vase' by nicolas le moigne, switzerland
image © designboom


caffettiera bialetti by alfonso bialetti, italy (1933)
image © designboom


'flores' box by enzo mari for danese, italy (1992)
image © designboom

'pino' funnel by stefano giovannoni and miriam mirri for alessi, italy (1998)
image © designboom

'ceramica' pan produced by moneta, italy
image © designboom

'grass vase' by claydies for normann copenhagen, denmark
image © designboom




let's laptop sleeve and beach tote by nupur goenka from let's, india (2006)
image © designboom




'firenze' wall clock by achille and piergiacomo castiglioni for alessi, italy (1975)
image © designboom




magis suitcase, for this auction hand-signed by karim rashid


'fruitbowl' made of recycled PET water bottle by
image © designboom


every item had a short explanation tag with bidding sheet

campana brothers 'nuvem' round wire basket (alessi), 'lux' plastic plates and glasses by philippe starck

seoul has been designated as the 'world design capital 2010' by the international
council of societies of industrial design.