2009 World Design Market_Seoul is a venue of international design business participated by designers, companies, and consumers from Korea and the world. The event will be composed of the on-line market and off-line events. The on-line market covers design-related project transactions, exploration of business partners, design materials and information and the offline events includes markets and exhibitions by theme and diverse workshops. World Design Market_Seoul is the on/offline platform which ensures that active and diverse international design businesses take place in Seoul, the 2010 World Design Capital, as the hub. This year, which marks the second year of the event, World Design Market_Seoul will be held along with Seoul Design Olympiad, presenting various programs that involves design experts of Korea and abroad, media and citizens of Seoul. 2009 World Design Market_Seoul, which will include "Design Mart," and "Business Talk," will not only offer the opportunity for self-promotion and business to Korean and international designers but also serve as an opportunity for constructive exchanges to build Seoul as a design city through active dialogue and discussion involving design industry experts from Korea and abroad.

Moreover, 2009 World Design Market_Seoul strives to go beyond the unified social and cultural identity of the Korean design industry through contacts with overseas design firms and designers. It aims to enhance the diversity in expressing design consumption through "market," a space for a real business, as a medium and to enable the direction for "open design" that receives new significance by consumers.

With World Design Market_Seoul, a design market for designers, Seoul aims to infuse creative energy and vitality in the design industry of Seoul and prepare for "2010 World Design Capital_Seoul" to become an international design city that communicates and cooperates with the world.

Period

Period Oct. 9th (Fri) - 29th (Thu) / 21 days

Venue

Venue 2009 World Design Market_Seoul on the 1st floor of the main stadium, Jamsil Sport Complex (1,500m²)

Host

Host Seoul City Government

Organizer

Organizer Seoul Design Foundation, Seoul Design Center