The Seoul Design Olympiad (SDO) 2009 is a comprehensive annual design event of the city of Seoul, composed of an exhibition, conference, competition and festival, based on the overall theme of 'i Design'. It will be an essential event shaping various creative perceptions of the design industry. SDO's mission to generate more design to improve life of higher quality in the city of Seoul. The audience would include the design fraternity, industry, media, representations from the design education field, and citizenry.

http://sdo.seoul.go.kr

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The theme of the Seoul Design Olympiad is 'i Design', which connotes that we are all designers.

It is Seoul's design declaration that shows the city's strong will to attract more active participation of the citizens in the Seoul Design Olympiad.

Seoul, South Korea, Jasmil Sports Complex and its vicinities

Seoul Design Festival

An ongoing lineup of events during the Seoul Design Olympiad
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Seoul Design Conference

A place for designers, educators, enterpreneurs to gather from around the world and discuss the main theme of this year's conference "Interflow and Cosilience".
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Seoul Design Exhibition

A forecast of global design prospects, presentation of design status quo and future possibilities, and projection of the vision of Design Seoul.
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Seoul Design Competition

An opportunity for designers and idea generators to compete with their original ideas, aiming to discover eco-friendly, future-orientated, and creative design solutions to make a better future life for citizens.
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Host organisers

Seoul Metropolitan Government
Seoul Design Foundation
Seoul Design Centre, Icsid Promotional Member

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For more information, please contact:

Ms. Jenny RYU
Seoul Design Foundation, Seoul Metropolitan Government
9F, MIES Blgd., 21-1 Seosomun-dong, jung-gu
Seoul 100-813
South Korea
t: +82 2 3705 0014
f: +82 2 3705 0085
e:
w: http://sdo.seoul.go.kr