seoul design festival at milan design week 09

seoul design festival 09 was held at minguzzi museum during the milan design week. the exhibition showcased 30 korean designers’ pieces in the theme of ‘artworks’ and aimed to promote designers and brands to international audiences and markets.

general view of the exhibition image © designboom

the exhibition was comprised of ‘designer promotion & designer brand’- for designers emerging into the world market, ‘art furniture’ and ‘designer’s lab’- reinterpretation of an experimental material.

‘stone cloud’ by daeyong bae and donghee hong http://www.bnadesign.co.kr image © designboom

‘stone cloud’ table image © designboom

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‘light of summer night’ lamp by seung ik lee reinterpreted ‘tongyeong nubi’ korean traditional fabric image © designboom

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‘craft12’ is a brand that shows tongyeong city’s 12 traditional crafts including mother-of pearl lacquerwares, tray dining tables, furniture fittings, korean traditional hats, fans, kites and quilt. http://www.tongyeong.go.kr image © designboom

‘two faces’ light by jaiwoo park image © designboom

trays with the kite motif by seong-yeon jo image © designboom

patterns using tongyeong nubi (korean traditional quilting technique) by kwang-hyo chang image © designboom

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also the exhibition have featured 22 young korean designers’ works.

‘easy light’ by se hwa bae http://www.sehwabae.com image © designboom

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‘re_love’ by maezm http://www.maezm.com image © designboom