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  • Subject Press & News
  • Date 2023-11-01
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Publication of <Seoul Design Assets Vol. 2>, Capturing Seoul’s Unique Beauty
Publication of <Seoul Design Assets Vol. 2>, Capturing Seoul’s Unique Beauty

Publication of <Seoul Design Assets Vol. 2>, Capturing Seoul’s Unique Beauty

 

<Image / <Seoul Design Assets Vol. 2> front cover & inner page>

 

Seoul Design Assets have discovered Seoul's excellent design assets selected in 2009 by selecting the top 51 to contribute to Seoul's urban competitiveness and future value creation. In 2022, Seoul Design Assets’ top 40 was selected, reflecting on the past 10 years. This is a new addition based on Seoul Design Assets’ 40 selected in 2022.
The selection criteria for 'Seoul Design Assets' include Seoul's 600 years of history, Seoul's distinctiveness and unique attributes from other local and international cities, originality in terms of culture, materials, structural layout and technology, and contemporary life, the level of impact and influence on life and culture of the times, the degree of traditional values that have been passed down for a long time, and the level of modern reinterpretion and recreation in various fields to create tangible and intangible value.

 

<Photo / 2022 Seoul Design Assets - Lotte World Tower>

 
Category2022 Seoul Design Assets (Top 40)
Space · Architecture63 Building, National Theater of Korea, National Assembly, Gimpo International Airport, Namdaemun Market, Namsangol Hanok Village, Daehan Hospital, Deoksugung Stonewall walkway, Donuimun Museum Village, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Dongdaemun Market, Lotte World Tower, Myeongdong Theater, Seodaemun Independence Park, Former Building of Space Gruop, Seoul, Seoul Forest Park, Seoul Yangnyeongsi Market, Seoul Folk Flea Market, Seochon village, Munmyo Confucian Shrine and Seonggyungwan National Academy, Seoul, Sebitseom, Sejong Center For The Performing Arts, Yangcheon Hyanggyo, Unhyeongung Palace, Ikseon-Dong, War Memorial of Korea, Jeong-dong, Chungdong First Mathodist Church, Changgyeonggung Palace, Cheongwadae, Statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, Coex, Main Building of Bank of Korea, Hwangudan Altar
ProductNamsan Cable Car
Visual Feature · InformationKyujanggak, Flower Walls, The Royal Ancestral Shrine Rituals Of Jongmyo, Album of Genre Paintings by Sin Yun-bok
ContentSongpa Sandae Nori(Mask Dance Drama of Songpa)

<Table / List of Top-40 Seoul Design Assets Selected in 2022>

 
Category2009 Seoul Design Assets Selection List (Top 51)
Space · ArchitectureGyeongbokgung Palace, Gyeonghuigung Palace Site, Gwanghwamun Gate, Daehakno, Deoksugung Palace, Dongnimmun Arch, Myeongdong, Myeongdong Cathedral, Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul City Wall, Former Seoul Station Building, Seonyudo Park, Sungnyemun Gate, Olympic Park, World Cup Park, Itaewon, Insadong, Changdeokgung Palace, Cheonggyecheon Stream, Tapgol Park, Hangang River, Hongdae-ap (Hongik University Area), Huwon, Heunginjimun Gate, Seoul World Cup Stadium, 88 Seoul Olympic Main Stadium, N Seoul Tower
ProductsEmbroidered Patches in Officials’ Uniform, Maedeup (Royal Knot work), Royal and Ordinary Wrapping Cloths, Royal Court Cuisine, Hanyang Mokgagu (Wooden Furniture), Hwarot (Bride’s robe)
Visual Feature · InformationGyeomjae’s Paintings on Hanyang, Donggwoldo, Suseonjeondo, Jeongjo Daewang Weonhaeng Banchado, Hanyang Minhwa, Hunminjeongeum (The Korean Script)
ContentsNational Museum of Korea, Namsan Beacon Mound, Bosingak, Sajikdan Altar, Seoul Seolhwa (Folktales), Pine Tree, Royal Guard Changing Ceremony, Seoul Arts Center, Ginkgo Tree, Jongmyo Royal Shrine and Ritual Ceremony, Haechi, Tiger

<Table/ List of 51 Seoul Design Assets Selected in 2009>

 
No.categoryImageAsset nameDesign value
1Space · ArchitectureDongdaemun Design Plaza(DDP)
  • - The world's largest three-dimensional atypical building designed by world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid
  • - A complex cultural space for Seoul citizens and launchpad of the design & fashion sector built on the modern and contemporary history of Dongdaemun
2ProductNamsan Cable Car
  • - An unique of transportation that opened the skyway in the Namsan area of Seoul,
  • - it is a representative tourist facility besides a means of transportation for Seoul citizens, passing through the center of downtown Seoul.
3Visual Feature · InformationThe Royal Ancestral Shrine Rituals Of Jongmyo
  • - Visual information combining records & pictures about major rituals of the Joseon Dynasty
  • - As a design, it has archetypal value.
  • - To this day, a traditional event is held every year at Jongmyo.
4ContentsSongpa Sandae Nori(Mask Dance Drama of Songpa)
  • - As comprehensive art that satirizes the times, this performance design combines masks, dance moves, costumes, & spectators’ exclamations.
  • - Seoul’s intangible heritage that has been passed down to this day in the Seoul region.

<Table / Representative examples of Seoul Design Assets in 2022>

 

<Seoul Design Assets Vol. 2>The electronic files can be viewed at the Seoul Design Foundation website (seouldesign.or.kr) under Archives - Reports & Publications. In particular, there is much anticipation for the excellence and originality of Seoul design to attract attention not only from the local design community & citizens, but also from international citizens on account of being produced in dual Korean & English.

 

   
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