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Introducing Korea + Sweden Young Design Award

KOREA + SWEDEN
YOUNG DESIGN AWARD 2019

2019 THEME INCLUSIVENESS 2019.02.12(TUE) ~ 04.12(FRI)

The award is always centered around innovation,
sustainability and a better future.
But there’s a special theme each year, too. And this year it’s “inclusiveness”.
“Inclusiveness” means that great design should be available for everyone.
Age, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability,
ethnicity, race or nationality shouldn’t be barriers
- all people everywhere have the right to experience and enjoy good design.
Inclusive design can help unite us all in friendship and understanding.
So this year the inspiration will flow from innovation, sustainability,
a better future, and inclusiveness - design for everyone!

YDA 2019 About Korea Sweden Young Design Award

About Korea Sweden Young Design Award

“Innovation, Sustainability, and a Better Future”

Now as never before, the future of design and of our planet go hand in hand.
Design has a fundamental role of responsibility for people and the planet.

Together we are united in our belief that design can do great things for people, society and the planet, and that innovation and sustainability are fundamental to good design and a better future.
We want to inspire young designers to cross borders with new and surprising collaborations in art, fashion, architecture, industrial design, etc.

Korea and Sweden both have an emerging visionary design scene. KSYDA was created to shine a light on this and to recognize, inspire and enable young Korean designers.

KSYDA is a unique collaboration between the Embassy of Sweden in Korea, and the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), and IKEA Korea to show how design worldwide can produce great ideas to empower and inspire people to make a difference.

Beginning of Korea Sweden Young Design Award

Sweden Korea Young Design Week was held in 2017, at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), and started the legacy of KSYDA.

Emerging designers selected by the Ung Svensk Form teamed up with IKEA Korea and Korean design students for this exhibition.

The exhibition showcased collaborative creations as well as iconic IKEA products based on Democratic Design. The initiation of KSYDA was also announced during the event.

Sweden Korea Young Design Week was an important event, where the new collaboration between Sweden and Korea provided a vision into the design of today and tomorrow.

Jury Introduction

Schedule

  • 01 KSYDA Launching

    February 12th, 2019

  • 02 Application period

    March 25th ~ April 12th, 2019

  • 03 1st Evaluation

    April 12th ~18th , 2019

  • 04 2nd Evaluation

    April 18th ~21st , 2019
    (Submit prototype,
    contact to individual respectively)

  • 05 Final evaluation and Winner Announcement

    May, 2019

  • 06 ward ceremony

    June 5th , 2019