Design is more than just a tool for expressing aesthetics. Boosted by fast-changing technology and talented innovators, design is one of the core factors that affect not only the identity of products and brands, but also people‘s everyday lives.Global design gurus emphasize that the future of the industry depends on how designers incorporate design into other fields, suggesting that the design industry is limitless. “The philosophy of the future is ‘convergence,’ which is the title of my show ne

The simple and instinctive design trend will continue in both consumer and enterprise information technology markets, said a Silicon Valley-based user interface design expert.“All of us are interacting with an ever-growing number of IT products in our daily lives. Dealing with dozens and dozens of them is overwhelming users. That is why it has become critical for IT companies to create devices and services to allow users to do everything possible in simple orders or instinctual demand,” said Bob

The culturally iconic “haenyeo,” or female divers, of Jeju Island will most likely be listed as Korea’s next Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration on Monday. “Currently Korea has 18 Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO listings, so if Jeju’s haenyeo becomes inscribed, then it will give the country its 19th cultural heritage listing,” said the government agency, adding that it is very confident of this happening. The Cu

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami warned against excluding outsiders and rewriting history as he accepted the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.Murakami spoke Sunday in Odense, Denmark, the birthplace of Andersen, the 19th-century fairy-tale writer. His speech, titled “The Meaning of Shadows,” cited Andersen’s dark fantasy “The Shadow,” a story about a scholar who loses his shadow but is eventually taken over by it and killed.“No matter how high a wall we build to keep intrud

The Culture Ministry will review projects that were allegedly carried out under the influence of TV commercial film director Cha Eun-taek.The ministry, mired in controversy following allegations that President Park Geun-hye’s close confidante Choi Soon-sil and Cha were behind several ministry projects, announced Monday it would “thoroughly investigate” any illegalities or private gains that may have arisen over the course of the disputed projects.The statement followed the ministry’s previous st

This is an unparalleled time for women in American history.The polls are predicting the first female president. Narrowing the wage gap has become part of legislative agendas. Activists are battling against sexual assault and for abortion rights with a fervor not seen in decades and the glass ceiling is looking more fragile every day.It is also the 75th anniversary of Wonder Woman.Coincidence? Perhaps not.The creation of Dr. William Moulton Marston, a psychologist with broad-minded views on sexua

ROME (AFP) -- Rome’s biggest new building in half a century was inaugurated Saturday, two decades after architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas produced their groundbreaking design for the controversial and much-delayed project.Now that it is finally finished, the husband-and-wife team’s “Nuvola” -- a glass and steel box containing a cloud-like suspended interior -- looks set to join the Colosseum and the Pantheon among the Italian capital’s architectural landmarks.Its name is the Italian wor

The Culture Ministry on Saturday refuted allegations that Choi Soon-sil, President Park Geun-hye’s confidante accused of influence peddling, had masterminded some of the ministry’s major projects.In a press statement, the ministry denied knowledge of the documents reported to have been in Choi’s possession. It also rebuffed suggestions that Cha Eun-taek, an ad film director and close acquaintance of Choi, had led many of the ministry’s key initiatives.Last Thursday, local daily Chosun Ilbo and c

AfreecaTV, South Korea’s biggest video-streaming platform, has pledged to offer a fair profit-sharing scheme to streamers after its shares plummeted. The move came after four of its top streamers decided to leave AfreecaTV in favor of YouTube over profit-sharing issues. Investors took the departure of heavyweights as a bad sign. Shares of AfreecaTV went down by as much as 14 percent over the past two weeks to trade at 25,150 won in early Friday trading on the KOSDAQ. AfreecaTV lost about 44 bill

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Gunsan, Seocheon Migratory Bird FestivalThe annual Gunsan and Seocheon Migratory Bird Festival will take place from Nov. 18 to 20. The festival will be held throughout the Geumgang River Migratory Bird Observatory, Geumgang Wetland Ecological Park and the Seocheon Bird Village Exhibition Hall.Held by Gunsan-si and Seocheon-gun, the festival kicks off with an opening ceremony in Gunsan-si and will continue to offer participants a wide a variety of nature-intensive programs such as ecological hand

Special promotions at Millennium Seoul HiltonMillennium Seoul Hilton’s traditional English-style bar, the Oak Room, is offering special promotions in late October and November. The bar will offer beer and margarita sets on Tuesday and Wednesday nights only from Nov. 1. A pitcher of Cass draft beer and a fried chicken can be had for 48,000 won, as well as a pitcher of margarita and a nacho platter for 72,000 won. Every Thursday night between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. starting Oct. 27, ladies can enjoy fr