Sunday, April 10, 2011

Seoul, Korea

Forget Tokyo. Design aficionados are now heading to Seoul.


They have been drawn by the Korean capital’s glammed-up cafes and restaurants, immaculate art galleries and monumental fashion palaces like the sprawling outpost of Milan’s 10 Corso Como and the widely noted Ann Demeulemeester store — an avant-garde Chia Pet covered in vegetation.

A cousin of mine visited here recently, it was probably his best visit in another country! The bullet trains are fantastic, interesting experience.
And now Seoul, under its design-obsessed mayor, Oh Se-hoon, is the 2010 World Design Capital. The title, bestowed by a prominent council of industrial designers, means a year’s worth of design parties, exhibitions, conferences and other revelries. Most are still being planned (go to wdc2010.seoul.go.kr for updates). A highlight will no doubt be the third annual Seoul Design Fair (Sept. 17 to Oct. 7), the city’s answer to the design weeks in Milan and New York, which last year drew 2.5 million people and featured a cavalcade of events under two enormous inflatable structures set up at the city’s Olympic stadium.

5 comments:

  1. Personally, I've always wanted to go to North Korea, but its a little harder to get into.

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  2. I think going here would be facinating and a great experience all around :)

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  3. I have a friend that is from Seoul. She makes it sound great, and so does this article!

    Following.

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