Name of Event | 2021 DDP Design Fair |
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Date | Oct 19 (Tue) - 25 (Mon), 2021 and available online all year round |
Location | DDP Art Hall 1 and also held online |
Participants | Over 130 teams |
Host | Seoul Metropolitan Government |
Organizer | Seoul Design Foundation |
Partners | KFDA, Design Press, mdesign, JoongAng Ilbo, NAAVA, NOUHAUS, SAMHWA PAINT, SATURN BATH, superBin, ELCANTO, coway, 4WORK, Helinox, Wadiz |
The Possibilities of Design
We launch design products that have never existed before based on the collaboration between designers and makers.
Designers’ free ideas and creativity start the new and the design turns our environment into a background of free life.
Designers value the act of use more than the act of making.
Creative acts that focus on principles and phenomena are responsible for using various creativity by thinking and analyzing when solving problems of space and situation, human living environment, and cultural phenomena.
Designers must create new value and be able to present future possibilities.
We look forward to the development of a more realistic and value-oriented production system that considers culture and environment. Small differences made by small business owners make our everyday life a better environment. Products have been standardized as they undergo a process of shifting production methods from a single item to a large quantity. The standard took root as a form representing production, and this absolute function was based on the encounter of design and machine. Small business owners did not hesitate to change into a unique structure and pattern in a relative and ideal way in a situation surrounded by the problems of mass production indiscriminately scattering functionally similar products in order to satisfy individual needs and well-being beyond the desires of society. We look forward to the development of a more realistic and value-oriented production system that considers culture and environment.
Design for all.
We introduce new lifestyles by launching a variety of new design products that aim for a WONDERFUL LIFE for every member of the society.
Compared to the exhibition’s existing role of promoting products, we enhance the company’s design value and competitiveness by suggesting lifestyle trends to consumers through Design Thinking that contains the brand’s unique design value such as ideas, processes and the branding process.
“A career festival in the Post-COVID-19 era for graduating students
with a design degree and job seekers in Korea." DDP Young Designer Job Fair
DDP YOUNG DESIGNER JOB FAIR is a career festival for aspiring designers in universities and job seekers in Korea
Since the beginning of the year 2020, everywhere in the world is under the effect of an unprecedented predicament caused by COVID-19. However, as it always has been, crisis can also be a time of opportunity. There are major paradigm shifts emerging in our society throughout economy, culture, business, educa tion, environment, and technology.
Our everyday life is once again beginning to move forward with the 'New Normal standards. The concept of recruitment has already been changed; the employment and portfolio of a designer will be executed with a new perspective and method.
DDP YOUNG DESIGNER JOB FAIR is about enjoying this new post-COVID-19 paradigm, challenging its imminent discussions that the prospective employees might face, and also sharing design career opportunities for all.
DDP YOUNG DESIGNER JOB FAIR will be a festival for all prospective employers and employees, converging the online-offline platforms. We look forward to meeting you there.
Oct 19 (Tue), 2021
Part 1. 10:00am - 12:00pm
Part 2. 14:00pm - 17:00pm
DDP Art Hall 1
The entire meeting space
Oct 21 (Thu), 2021
14:00pm - 15:00pm
DDP Art Hall 1
Special Stage
Oct 23 (Sat) - 24 (Sun), 2021
11:00am - 17:30pm
- Establishing a career road map through individual personality type and strength diagnosis.
- Self-introduction essay & resume writing coaching service
- 1:1 job consulting
DDP Art Hall 1
Customer Support Office
Oct 19 (Tue) - 25 (Mon), 2021
11:00am ~ 17:30pm
- Come and try SuperBin’s Nephron, an AI robot that collects circular resources
- We offer a variety of gifts to everyone who brings recyclable cans and plastic bottles to our event.
- Please check out ddp Design Fair Instagram for more details on how to participate.
DDP Art Hall 1
Oullim Square
Oct 22 (Fri), 2021 14:00pm - 15:30pm
DDP Art Hall 1 Special Stage & DDP Design Fair’s YouTube Channel
Oct 23 (Sat), 2021 14:00pm - 16:00pm
DDP Art Hall 1 Special Stage & DDP Design Fair’s YouTube Channel
A public participation program with SUPERBIN, turning waste into money
Oct 19(Tue) – 25 (Mon), 2021
DDP Art Hall 1 Oullim Square
Meet SuperBin’s Nephron, an AI robot that collects circular resources and presents a new experience to the recycling culture!
We offer a variety of gifts to everyone who brings a transparent PET container to our event.
Pencil Made from Recycled Newspaper, Recycling Campaign Postcard
DDP Towel
DDP Design Fair Market 10% Discount Ticket
The Butterfly Studio Plastic x Jh Studio
The Butterfly was designed with a motif based on the movement of a butterfly, dynamically fluttering its wings. It features high-degree curves in the connection of the armrest and backrest. There were some difficulties to shape the curves with the existing production system, however, we could solve this problem with 3D printing. This project helped us discover the potential of furniture manufactured by a small business based on the collaboration between a maker specializing in 3D printing technology and a small design studio. Even a complicated design can be implemented without large-scale facilities. It is also possible to reduce or expand the production capacity with more flexibility. Storage and labor costs can drop dramatically but also eco-friendly production is possible. It is considered as a process suitable for the era of hyper-personalization.
Light Now No.1 Makemake x Hwangduck Engineering
We focused on the characteristics of the material (pipe) and used modular hinges to give many different options for use. The height, angle and overall position are not fixed so the form can be adjusted according the user’s personal preferences. It offers various combinations of different types including stand, wall-mounted or floor type, and the overall design is completed with simple linear elements.
Incense holder DSLSM x Likethix
Be Better, Bincense
“Bincense” — an incense holder for your better self — is a product that burns an incense stick and helps you empty your mind of complex thoughts and focus on one important thing. By using the metaphor of “gentle tides and waves” for a person emptying and focusing his or her mind, the design shows the balance between its simple but elegant appearance and eye-catching elements. We used metal materials to highlight the features of the design and make the product stand out in the space as an object.
Ikseon Dining Chair Afterminutes x Outro
Ikseon Dining Chair is designed with the motif of an almost forgotten tradition, Ikseongwan, the official crown for the kings and crown princes of the Joseon dynasty. The chair incorporates the key elements of Ikseongwan: the elegant curves; the shape resembling the wings of a cicada; and manggeon, a netting headband always worn with Ikseongwan. We hope Ikseongwan, which is brought into our daily lives, can still retain its dignity, and we are looking forward to seeing the beauty of Korean tradition in someone's house, not in a museum or a TV show. AFTER MINUTES takes a lot of inspiration from tradition and expresses various traditions in its furniture. It reinterprets tradition that has disappeared from our lives despite its beauty, brings it into our daily lives to create new inspiration, offers inspiration from tradition and gives the gift of time to users.
Series of modular furniture pieces TTTT x Give&Take
We propose a series of modular furniture pieces that cater to the changing lifestyles of people. We designed pieces of furniture that can be described with a variety of modifiers tailored to different people or different situations, instead of different spaces, such as “convenient to use in a variety of situations”, “appropriate height with many uses for various spaces”, “necessary when people gather together”, not pieces of furniture that are described with typical modifiers such as “designed for your new place”, “designed for your office”, “designed for a restaurant”, “designed for a café”, “designed for an airport”, “designed for single-person households”. The first product of the modular furniture series is a table and bench set with a universal and basic design. This modular furniture piece can be combined with various parts and transformed or expanded into a table, dining table, sofa table, bench or book shelf depending on the user’s space and situation. It is expected to be widely used even for commercial or public spaces since it can be expanded along the curved space or wall endlessly according to the user’s environment.
Porcotta Studio Mindeulae x Sunceramic
Porcotta is a set of flower pots based on the unique vibe of two types of clay with different properties. The combination of refined silk white porcelain and terracotta — which is very close to natural — presents a new balance of beauty. We tried to give a unified look for flower pots only made of terracotta without a bowl on the top by inlaying white clay into the grooves etched on their surface. The holes on the top are inspired by Sunuimi Ceramics’ signature openwork technique and the plum blossoms of Dancheong. It can be displayed in various ways based on the user’s purpose since the bowl on the top is easy to separate and the whole set of flower pots are designed with different heights to create a sense of rhythm.
Poly-light Intenxiv x Sejeonsa
“Poly-light” is a portmanteau of polyhedron and light and was manufactured through 3D printing processing technique that can maximize geometrical beauty. This technique dramatically lowers the cost of the planning stage and can implement a form that is almost impossible to create with the existing mass production process. The light source placed in the center of the polyhedron can be controlled through an intuitive action of tilting the product to have the shape and amount of light desired by the user based on the characteristics of polyhedron. The piece of lighting can be placed on the table or hanged from the ceiling, depending on how the user wants to use the product. In addition, all parts including the light source are standardized and can be replaced according to the user’s preference.