seoul design plaza 2007 2010
design will be a driving force of seoul’s economy
in oct 2007, seoul was appointed the world design capital 2010 by the international council of societies of industrial design conference (competitors were dubai, singapore, and toronto). the seoul metropolitan government held an international design competition already in april 2007 to redesign a central area of seoul, ‘the design plaza and park’. the competition winner is zaha hadid. a multitude of design activities and conferences are planned for the year 2010.
and construction will commence in april 2008. this new project is scheduled to be completed by march 2010.
images from the seoul city government website
organized by the seoul design center
see the portraits online
seoul world design capital 2010 (5 articles)
'design for all' competition 2010
seoul cycle design competition 2010
seoul design essence exhibition
'seoul design essence' exhibition catalogue
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it’s kind of surprising to see hadid’s approach on patterns. usually her works seem to be more monochromatic.