Magazine
Design incorporates objects, people,
ideas based on the small pleasures of everyday life.
Meet your Beautiful design world with the DDP Design Fair.
- Chief Director of the 8th Gwangju Design Biennale- Professor of Graduate School of Industrial Art at Hongik University- President of Korean Federation of Design AssociationsThe most meaningful part of the DDP Design Fair is the collaboration between makers and designers, especially rising designers, however, there were some limitations to show the rising designers’ full capabilities or meet expected standards. That’s why we decided to bring more ideas and increase the scale of the event, thinking that this year’s fair should lead the trend of the time and have more things to see. We allocated more space for companies showing the trend of the time and leading people’s lifestyles, and companies will show certain products but also values for a healthy and wonderful life of humankind in that space. Therefore, the scope of the 2021 DDP Design Fair is expanded to the collaboration between designers and makers, the launching of design companies and the most trend-setting companies.
“About 80 students applied for the job fair and were divided into groups — UX/UI, visual design, branding and spatial design — to understand what their current abilities are based on their possibility and reality and help them to get a job opportunity by having mentoring sessions with experienced designers working at large companies, medium-sized enterprises and design agencies.”- Curator Nayoung KimThe 2021 DDP Young Designer Job Fair connects graduating design students, job seekers and aspiring entrepreneurs to an opportunity for diverse “conversations about the future” and offers an opportunity open to all. The fair will accept applications from graduating design students and young designers who are interested in working for design companies at home and abroad, support them to showcase their online portfolios and offer programs that lead to job opportunities. On June 26, a group mentoring session was held for the first time with professional job consultants and experienced designers in different fields to meet the challenges of young designers.On June 26, the group mentoring session was held at DDP CREA Hall: two groups for spatial design, one group for visual design and one group for branding. Tips for improving the portfolio during the first and second sessions; group mentoring with mentors working in the field (more details will be provided after finding the most appropriate mentors) during the third session; mock interview during the fourth session and mentoring by groups during the fifth session.Throughout the Young Designer Job Fair, there will be five sessions of group mentoring, a general education course, job matching service for each participant at least once and a portfolio exhibition. In July and August, the fair will also provide online courses on copyright, trademark management, optional pricing, operations management, digital marketing, and brand design.