as part of the current ‘seoul design olympiad’ designboom curated the the exhibition ‘seoul design essence’. this 144 page catalogue, which accompanies the exhibition is now available from our online shop. ‘seoul design essence’ celebrates south korea’s diversity and primarily focuses on the aesthetic principles and technological achievements epitomized in contemporary korean art, architecture and design.

'seoul design essence' exhibition catalogue - 2 ross lovegrove and daniel libeskind with the ‘seoul design essence’ book image © designboom

the book is divided into the 6 chapters: historic korean folk craft contemporary korean arts and crafts contemporary korean art young contemporary korean design contemporary korean industrial production contemporary korean architecture

'seoul design essence' exhibition catalogue - 3 traditional ‘kat’ headware

'seoul design essence' exhibition catalogue - 4 flower, flower by choi jeong hwa

'seoul design essence' exhibition catalogue - 5 ‘positive = negative’ by kim baek-ki 'seoul design essence' exhibition catalogue - 6 world business center solomon tower, busan by asymptote

'seoul design essence' exhibition catalogue - 7 performing arts center, seoul by jean nouvel

info:

144 pages printed on white paper 150 gr. dimensions: 15 x 15 cm (5.7/8” x 5.7/8″). english and korean text printed in korea

buy the ‘seoul design essence’ book online