News & Events

Good Design (GD) Selection 2021

- Opens for entries from May 1 Application submissions for the Good Design (GD) Selection, a design award hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and organized by the Korea Institu February 25, 2021

DESIGN KOREA FESTIVAL 2021 to be held in Seoul, Korea

- Application opens for companies and designers from AprilThe DESIGN KOREA FESTIVAL (DKfestival), a leading design exhibition/convention event in Korea, will be held in Seoul this October. The appl February 23, 2021

KIDP Shunde, Hub for Korea-China design cooperation in southern China

KIDP Shunde is located in Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, and opened in June 2019 in cooperation with the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) and the government of Shunde District, Foshan February 23, 2021

DESIGN TREND Webinar 2021 held successfully

- 2,064 participants from 20 countries The Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) held the DESIGN TREND Webinar 2021 online on January 29 to help suggest directions for designers and de February 23, 2021

Design-Emerging Technologies Integrated Education Program continues to expand

- Total investment of 10 billion KRW (9.07 million USD) by 2025 The Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) has been running the Design-Emerging Technologies Integrated Education Program February 23, 2021

Size Korea, supporting the design industry by providing accurate human dimensions

Size Korea is a program which collects information about human body standards, builds a database, and provides this data to the design industry, which is essential for designing products and living February 23, 2021

KIDP holds 2021 program briefing online

The Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) held a program briefing online on January 19, 2021, highlighting the role and importance of design, and introducing KIDP programs that will be carrie February 15, 2021

DESIGN VISION 2050, promising a better future through design

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its founding last year, the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) took the time to look back on the past five decades of Korean design while also prepa February 15, 2021

KIDP calling for companies to join Global Design Internship Program

KIDP launched its Global Design Internship Program (GDI Program) last year to provide young Korean designers with an opportunity to work as interns in a global environment. Last year, 30 companies in February 15, 2021

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