Hasta La Ideas

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pUnless you’ve severed your internet connection recently, your probably aware that Seoul is currently basking in the glory of the title, World Design Capital 2010. This award, still in it’s infancy having started with Torino in 2008, has been met with mixed feeling from the wider design community, some skeptical of its value to the understanding of “design”./p

pWell, Seoul are not letting this get in the way of putting on great, profile-raising show. We reported on the spectacular a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/seoul_design_olympiad_a_design_festival_of_olympic_proportions_11407.asp”Seoul Design Olympiad/a back in October last year in the run up to the 2010, but many a designer is now left wondering, what is actually going on in the South Korean capital now that 2010 has actually arrived? As it transpires (design enthusiasts passing through Seoul this year beware) the answer is – not an awful lot./p

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pCheck out the only design related event we found in Seoul – the Seoul Design Assets Exhibition, after the jump./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/seoul_wdc_2010_seoul_design_assets_exhibition_16170.asp”(more…)/a
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