[Design Forum] When design thinking meets food

This is the third in a series of articles introducing key features at the upcoming Herald Design Forum 2015 to be held in Seoul on Nov. 10. --Ed. 　Food has certainly been an important part of Korean culture and lifestyle. Try any number of channels on the television these days, and you will find food at any time of the day. Celebrities take mouthfuls of gourmet meals while chefs whip up dish after dish of their secret recipes. No wonder the recent Washington Post wrote an article on how “sexy co

Oct. 22, 2015

[Reporter's column] Seoul Fashion Week has a long way to go

Seoul Fashion Week for spring-summer 2016 was held from Oct.16-21 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. (Yonhap)Seoul Fashion Week is arguably the biggest and single most important event in Korean fashion. Held twice a year since 1997 -- once in spring and again in autumn -- it is an occasion for the country’s most visible designers to present their collections, offering style previews for the seasons ahead. This year’s event, which ended Wednesday, was therefore a chance to check on Korea’s pres

Oct. 22, 2015

Seoul Fashion Week womenswear recap: Holiday luxury and exotic prints

Two themes that stood out in womenswear at Seoul Fashion Week’s 2016 Spring/Summer collections were holiday glamour, reminiscent of the beach and the marina, and intricate prints inspired by both the exotic and the familiar.Luxurious getaway From left: pushBUTTON, Andy & Debb, Steve J & Yoni P, Jain Song (Seoul Fashion Week)A handful of designers chose glamorous holiday looks for their collections this season. “I imagined a rich girl, married young, and her family away on vacation, at a cruise p

Oct. 21, 2015

Colorful season for men

As Seoul has a reputation for trendy men whose devotion to fashion and skin care tops in the world, menswear collections by Seoul-based designers are some of the must-see shows at the ongoing Seoul Fashion Week.  Beyond Closet (left), Helch es Helch (SFW)Here are the highlights of menswear shows from Friday to Sunday. Munsoo KwonOne of the hottest emerging menswear designers in the Korean fashion scene, Munsoo Kwon presented light, sporty looks for the 2016 spring-summer season Saturday.Inspired

Oct. 19, 2015

Seoul Fashion Week: Bold colors and prints emerge as 2016 spring menswear trend

As Seoul has a reputation for fashionable men whose devotion to fashion and skin care tops in the world, menswear collections by Seoul-based designers are some of the must-see shows at the ongoing Seoul Fashion Week. Here are the highlights of menswear shows from Friday to Sunday. 　Munsoo Kwon　One of the hottest emerging menswear designers in the Korean fashion scene, Munsoo Kwon presented light, sporty looks for the 2016 spring-summer season Saturday.Inspired by some youngsters turning to fishi

Oct. 19, 2015

Seoul Fashion Week: Colorful season for men

As Seoul has a reputation for fashionable men whose devotion to fashion and skincare tops in the world, menswear collections by Seoul-based designers are some of the must-see shows during Seoul Fashion Week. K-pop stars rocked the 2016 spring-summer menswear shows on Friday and Saturday. R&B singer Zion.T, singer Gangnam and movie stars stole the spotlight in the front rows. Bora of girl group Sistar unusually took the runway of menswear designer Jung Doo-young’s VanHart di Albazar. Here are the

Oct. 18, 2015

Entertainment takes flight with the help of tech, design

This is the second in a series of articles introducing key features at the upcoming Herald Design Forum 2015 to be held in Seoul on Nov. 10. - Ed.A film festival’s star-studded red carpet is brought to your home in a 360-degree panoramic view. Virtual reality and hologram technology provides an alternative to live concerts, enabling fans to digitally interact with their stars -- dead or alive. Entertainment today mingles with new technologies, churning out innovative new ways of engaging people

Oct. 15, 2015

Man behind revolution of motion picture industry

From “Toy Story,” the first completely computer-animated feature film released in 1995, to this summer’s hit “Inside Out,” Pixar movies have captured the hearts of children and adults around the world. The man who made the computer-generated imagery possible is Alvy Ray Smith, cofounder of Pixar Animation Studios and a pioneer of computer graphics. Since founding Pixar in 1986 with Ed Catmull, he has been at the forefront of leading innovations in computer graphics and its applications to variou

Oct. 15, 2015

A week of design, fun in Korea’s ‘textile’ city

 A three-day festival in the southern city of Daegu will highlight the Korean city’s on-going efforts to reposition itself from a “textile city” to a design capital. Design Week in Daegu, starting this Friday, will proclaim once again the hoped-for transition, as the city with a population of 2 1/2 million rolls out various events for industry insiders, experts and the general public, intended at thrusting the local industry into the spotlight of the design world. 　Visitors make bracelets using

Oct. 13, 2015

Ticket sales open until Nov.3 for Herald Design Forum 2015

2014 Herald Design ForumThe annual Herald Design Forum returns for its fifth edition on Nov 10, bringing together the design world’s big names to Seoul. This year, the forum will explore the potential of design when it integrates with other fields such as technology, management, psychology, humanity and art. It will focus on how design acts as an intermediary and comprehensive platform between different industries, merges them, and creates new values in the process. The forum signals the start o

Oct. 12, 2015

Seoul rings in month of fashion

Upcoming fashion events are set to turn the capital city of Seoul into a style destination. Celebrities and models will present creations of talented Korean designers during Seoul Fashion Week as fashionistas and photographers take to the streets of Seoul to keep the festive mood. Buyers from leading stores around the world will be on a hunt to discover young emerging talents in Korea.  Models present creations during a previous Seoul Fashion Week. (SFW)Seoul Fashion Week, one of the biggest fas

Oct. 11, 2015

October, a month of fashion in Seoul

Upcoming fashion events are set to turn the capital city of Seoul into a style destination. Celebrities and models will present creations of talented Korean designers during Seoul Fashion Week as fashionistas and photographers take to the streets of Seoul to keep the festive mood. Buyers from leading stores around the world will be on a hunt to discover young emerging talents in Korea. Models present creations of a fashion designer during a previous Seoul Fashion Week. (SFW)Seoul Fashion Week, o

Oct. 11, 2015

K&C International rolls out premium facial masks

　Skin care products have been evolving as consumers crave new ones, and so has the facial mask, one of the most common skin care products here.　K&C International has recently introduced a facial mask product, dubbed the “18-Minute Mask Pack,” containing an enriched peptide extract. Peptide is a type of protein consisting of two amino acids and is said to help regenerate skin cells with just a small amount.  K&C International`s 18-Minute Mask Pack. (K&C International)　The amount of the peptide he

Oct. 8, 2015

Design gurus to gather in Seoul

The annual Herald Design Forum will return for its fifth edition on Nov. 10, bringing together the design world’s big names to Seoul. Since its launch in 2011, the forum, organized by Herald Corp., has been more than a celebration of past design accomplishments, presenting to designers, industry insiders as well as the general audience the most relevant topics on the future of design. This year, the forum will focus on how design acts as an intermediary and comprehensive platform between differe

Oct. 8, 2015

Lee Yong-hee retrospective: Forty years of making hanbok

A retrospective of designer Lee Young-hee traces the iconic hanbok designer’s four-decade quest to modernize the Korean traditional costume and promote it in the global fashion stage. From traditional hanbok style, consisting of a short bolero-style blouse and a full skirt, to contemporary evening gowns that are reminiscent of hanbok’s restrictive use of colors and delicate silhouettes, some 100 of Lee’s hanbok creations are on display at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul until Oct. 9. Lee, 79, h

Oct. 1, 2015

Korean beauty YouTubers reach out to global viewers

South Korean beauty YouTubers are reaching out to global viewers with their witty remarks, compelling content and professional makeup skills. The beauty gurus have garnered hundreds of thousands of YouTube subscribers, teaching everything about hair, makeup and nails to both makeup experts and total novices. For instance, Park Soo-hye, better known as Ssin, is one of the most sought-after Korean beauty experts on the video-sharing site. She has more than 640,000 subscribers to her YouTube channe

Sept. 23, 2015

Ticket sales open for 2015 Herald Design Forum

Herald Design Forum 2014“It’s Design, Stupid!” This is the phrase raised in Thomas Friedman’s 2008 book “Hot, Flat and Crowded” about the role of design in addressing environmental problems. Design is no longer a decoration for products. Design has expanded its primary role and created collaborations with technology, management, psychology, humanity and art. The Herald Design Forum kicks off its fifth edition in November in Seoul with key words such “design,” “creation” and “convergence.” Leadin

Sept. 17, 2015

[Herald Interview] Korean study rooms are ‘isolating’: Turkish architect

Turkish architect Nezvat Sayin believes students should interact and learn from each other in open spaces, and vehemently opposes the model of dark, partitioned libraries -- or “dokseosil” -- where many Korean high schoolers study.“It must be awfully isolating,” he said in an interview with The Korea Herald on Wednesday. Sayin, who is the four-time recipient of the national award presented by the Chamber of Architects of Turkey and a 2007 nominee for the prestigious Aga Kahn award for architectu

Sept. 2, 2015

Design meets tech at Herald workshop

Herald Corp., in collaboration with Seoul Design Foundation, is hosting the Herald Design Tech workshop with the aims of bringing together and fostering rising talent in the areas of design and technology.During the program, which will take place from mid-September through November, participating designers and engineers will be grouped into teams and work together to plan and create a marketable product. Experts in related fields will be available to consult on the projects’ progress. Herald Des

Aug. 27, 2015

Korea, Japan reconnect through graphic design

Posters, logos, advertisements and infographic images created by Korean and Japanese designers are on view at an exhibition in Seoul that shows the transition of graphic design trends in both countries over the last 50 years. The exhibition, being held at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art brings together 400 works of graphic design of 112 Korean and Japanese designers, ranging from first-generation graphic designers to emerging young designers.Viewers can find early design works

Aug. 19, 2015