Design Korea 2007 International Conference

Design Korea 2007 International Conference held at COEX Grand
Ballroom on November 29th to 30th was a great success.

In this year’s Design Korea International Conference, ‘public design’
and ‘design management’ that are the issues of this age were
discussed by world-class designers and scholars.

In the international conference on public design on November
29th, David KESTER, Chief Executive of the Design Council delivered
the keynote speech. World-class designers from home and abroad
including Peter ZEC, KWON Young-gull, Claudio GERMAK,
Odile ROYER, KIM Uk and Yokokawa SHOJI served as speakers
and contributed to spreading global design trends.
In the international conference on design management on
November 30th, Thomas LOCKWOOD, President of DMI,
Alison RIEPLE, professor of Westminster University,
CHUNG Kyung-won, Professor of KAIST delivered keynote speeches,
and the speaker selected by DMI Academy Journal,
Joel PIASKOWSKI, Chief Designer of Hyundai Motor’s
American Design Center, KIM YoungJun, President of
Samsung Electronics, HWANG Sung Gul, Representative of
Motorola Korea Seoul Studio, CXD, KIM Seung Min,
General Manager of Samsung Engineering & Construction,
CHOI Eim-sik, vice president of GS Engineering & Construction,
CHOI Mi-Kyung, Design Director of KTF and Sooyong JOH,
Chief Officer of NHN discussed the ways to lead the global design trend