ddp design fair

A seminar was held to celebrate the opening of the DDP Design Fair on the special stage of Art Hall 1 for two days from October 22 to October 23. On October 22, the seminar’s first session was held under the theme of “Design Marketing”. The first presenter, Hoonkyu Choi, the managing director of IOne Design, addressed the topic of “Furniture & Objet” and stressed that there should be a lot of unique products (furniture, etc.) that can also become objects. Looper CEO Yongwoo Lee, focused on crowdfunding and addressed the topic of “Besides products, what else do successful crowdfunding projects sell?”. In addition, NoTag CEO Woong Choi addressed the topic of “Design , How to Sell?” and offered his thoughts about how to find new opportunities in overseas markets.

On October 23, SuperBin CCO Fori addressed the topic of "SuperBin - Waste culture: Turning waste into money. Making recycling fun.” and suggested to solve the waste problem through design. Sanghee Lee, Director of the Color Design Center of Samhwa Paints addressed the topic of ”SHIFT: 2022-23 Color Trend”, and Coway Senior Researcher Jihyun Lee address the topic of “Home Appliance Trends of 2022 for Wonderful Life”. Lastly, Nayoung Kim, Director of Chong Kun Dang Healthcare Design Department, concluded the seminar by addressing the topic of “Job Search Strategies in 2021: Reading the trends will lead to a successful job search”.

This seminar was held both virtually and in person and was full of great content so that young job seekers were able to obtain useful information and wisdom for their career through the Young Designer Job Fair, as well as various topics related to waste, which is one of the most pressing issues in today’s society, and the color and product trends for next year.