Exhibition Overview The Seoul Design Award 2025 International Conference is an international design event hosted by the Seoul Design Foundation and the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The event is a seminar-style conference linked to an international competition that discovers and promotes sustainable design projects. The 2025 conference was held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) on October 24, with award announcements and a ceremony taking place simultaneously.The conference brought together design experts, scholars, and industry leaders to discuss sustainable design and innovation trends as an official event.

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The theme of the Seoul Design Award 2025 is design for creating sustainable living. The event focused on four key areas based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): health and peace, equal opportunities, energy and environment, and cities and communities. The international conference combined award presentations, professional lectures, symposium discussions, and networking programs. Attendees were able to view and experience the projects of global design leaders and innovative design projects, gaining an understanding of the social role of design.The event was a participatory international conference involving designers, citizens, and experts, providing an opportunity to grasp global design trends and sustainability at a glance.

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The presentation of the 2025 GD Good Design Awards will be hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

It is an official design awards ceremony in Korea organized by the Korea Design Promotion Agency.
The presentation was held from November 12 to 16 during the Design Korea 2025 event held at COEX in Seoul.
At the awards ceremony, GD excellent design certifications such as the Presidential Award, the Prime Minister Award, and the Minister's Award will be presented, and the winning works will be displayed at the same time.
The presentation was operated in connection with the exhibition space so that general visitors could see GD-winning works.







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The GD Awards presentation is an exhibition that evaluates and introduces the excellence of product design and industrial design.
Excellent design products are selected based on aesthetics, usability, creativity, and economy.
At the presentation, innovative design cases of domestic and foreign companies such as LG and Samsung were unveiled as award-winning works.
The award-winning exhibition is organized so that visitors can see and experience it in person and understand the application cases and characteristics of the design.
Through the exhibition, the importance and trend of design in industry and life can be grasped at a glance.

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LG Innovation Gallery is LG's technology innovation exhibition space built at LG Science Park (3rd floor of ISC building) located in Magok, Seoul.
This exhibition is an experiential exhibition hall designed to allow visitors to see and experience LG's core technologies and future visions.

LG Innovation Gallery goes beyond just product exhibitions to understand how technology is used in real life and industry
It has an interactive exhibition and explanation-oriented space composition.

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This exhibition is centered on LG's technological innovation and future vision.
Through service robots using AI and robot technology, cases of daily use and industrial use are introduced.
In the OLED display zone, you can experience high definition and next-generation display technology.
AI and smart home zones present future living environments with artificial intelligence and IoT.
It comprehensively displays LG's core new technologies such as batteries, materials, and bio.
It is characterized by enhancing technology understanding through experiential exhibitions in which visitors participate directly.

What is the 'path' to you.

Road_() attempts to show individual eyes and branches of thinking captured by participating artists on the road. Visitors will be invited on a journey of thinking, facing the deep gaze of strangers and contemplating the path they are walking and the direction they will move forward.

Gil_ is a photo exhibition of the Department of Industrial Design at Kyung Hee University, which runs from December 17 to December 20, 2025. The exhibition will be held at the A&D Gallery on the second floor of the College of Art and Design at Kyung Hee University International Campus in Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do. Professors and students of the Department of Industrial Design at Kyung Hee University participate, and it consists of the results of expressing their thoughts and gazes through photographic media.

The theme of the exhibition is to show the individual's gaze and branches of thinking captured by the participating artists on the road. By gathering these various interpretations of the 'path' in one space, visitors can face the deep gaze of strangers and think about the path they are walking on and the direction they will move forward. Rather than presenting a set answer, the exhibition 'Gil_()' attempts to approach the viewer in the form of an open question that fills in the blanks with each experience and interpretation.

Seminar Overview

This seminar aims to share the actual needs and tasks of industrial sites for students from the Department of Industrial Design and Arts and Design University, and to examine the direction and capabilities of the future design ecosystem through cases of convergence of design, technology, and policy.

Seminar Topics and Key Content

In this seminar, three relay lectures are prepared in series based on knowledge, industry, academia, and connection.

Designer Lee Chung (Hyundai Motor CMF Team, 05), under the theme of "Between What to Leave and What to Change: Creative Humanity," talks about how design can create human-centered values amid change and sustainability.

Designer Lee Joon-hyuk (Samsung Electronics CX Center, No. 13) then explains the persuasive portfolio strategy required in practice and maintaining the essence of the design portfolio in the AI era under the theme of .

In addition, Park Ji-ae (Gyeonggi Provincial Government's architectural policy department's public design team, 01), under the theme of "Change × Urban Design: Public Design to Change the City," will provide specific examples of how public design is creating changes in real cities and society and the public role of design.

Graduation Exhibition Overview

THE NEXT MOVE is the 34th graduation exhibition of Kyung Hee University's Department of Industrial Design in 2025. It will be held from Nov. 12 to Nov. 16, 2025.

The exhibition will be held at the A&D Gallery on the 2nd floor of Kyung Hee University International Campus Art Design College in Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do,

It is a place to show the fruits of four years of study and creative journey.

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The theme of the exhibition is "Where is the NEXT MOVE, what is the BEST MOVE?"

It contains the meaning of exploring the direction that graduates should move forward through design and the "best possible movement (BEST MOVE).

The exhibition features works from various major tracks such as industrial design, smart convergence design, and artificial intelligence augmented design,

You can experience the future-oriented design solutions and creative practices proposed by each designer in one place.

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Seoul Design Week 2025 will be held from October 15 to October 26, 2025 with Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)

It is the largest design festival in Korea held around Seoul. It is a variety of fields such as industry, public, and lifestyle

There will be exhibitions and programs where you can experience design in one place.

It was designed as an open festival that encompasses both domestic and foreign designers, brands, and ordinary citizens.

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Under the slogan "DESIGN. DESIGNER. DESIGN LIFE," we look at how design functions and becomes a culture in our lives.

It covers a wide range of fields from the latest product design, space design, graphic and visual design, crafts and public design,

Designers and visitors can communicate directly through workshops, talks, and experience programs as well as exhibitions.

It also presents a vision to explore the present and future of design in the context of Seoul and improve the quality of life.

Seminar Overview

This seminar is a design-specialized program with KCC Glass and Samsung Design Membership, providing the latest spatial design trends and practical information on industrial sites.

It is held at Kyung Hee University's College of Arts and Design, and it is an opportunity to experience design practice and corporate programs in one place,

It aims to help students explore careers and understand the industry.

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KCC Glass Trend Seminar introduces the latest trends in space design, material and technology trends, and practical application cases,

The Samsung Design Membership Briefing session, which will be held later, will guide the composition of the membership program, how to participate, and the direction of fostering design talent.

Through the two programs, the needs of industrial sites and future design strategies can be examined together.