Top car designers Peter Schreyer and Chris Bangle bring big changesThe following is the fifth in a series of articles on design prepared in anticipation of the Herald Design Forum on Sept. 19-21. ― Ed.The monotone roads of Seoul have been getting some touches of color in the past few years. Yes, black, gray and silver still make up the majority of car colors, but vivid shades and stripes of colors such as mint blue, baby yellow and red are being spotted more often than before. Sales of the BMW m

NEW YORK (AP) ― New York lost the 2012 Olympics, but the city’s bid for the summer games spurred another, visionary venture: building up the largest undeveloped parcel in Manhattan.While London got the games, New York was left with the best opportunity for development remaining in town.On Manhattan’s West Side, the old Hudson rail storage yards are surrounded by potholed roads, warehouses, low-rent brownstones, cheap delis and strip clubs. Crowds waiting for discount buses line 10th Avenue. And

Sustainable, green buildings create low-carbon neighborhoodsThe following is the fourth in a series of articles on design prepared in anticipation of the Herald Design Forum on Sept. 19-21. ― Ed.Sustainable development and green businesses have become keywords in various industries, and architecture and city planning are no exception to this trend. “Sustainability started to be mentioned about 10 years ago and now it is the most important keyword among architects,” said Lim Yeong-hwan, architect

Young designers find new opportunities, visitors discover unique designsAn annual design fair brought together young independent designers and customers under one roof in Seoul last week, serving as an open market for innovative designs. In its second year, The Handmade Korea Fair 2012, held from July 26-29 at COEX, Samseong-dong in Seoul, featured 180 small design companies that offered unique products ranging from clothes, accessories and jewelry, to stationary, furniture, home-ware and childr

The following is the second in a series of articles on design prepared in anticipation of the Herald Design Forum on Sept. 19-21. ― Ed.Curitiba, a mid-sized city in southern Brazil, became the latest example of sustainable urban planning worldwide with its innovative and strategic urban renovation.Its innovative transport system has been a source of inspiration for neighboring cities such as Bogota, Colombia and Mexico City, and also for Seoul. Today’s urban design aims to enhance the wellbeing

LONDON (AFP) ― London’s Olympic Stadium has been nominated for the 2012 Stirling Prize, Britain’s top architecture award, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced Sunday.The 80,000-seater stadium in Stratford, east London, which will host the opening ceremony of the Games on Friday, was among six buildings shortlisted for the annual award.The showpiece venue, costing 486 million pounds ($760 million), has a simple design, drawn up with a view to scaling it down after the Games.The ste

Innovative designs lead to sales and brand recognitionThe following is the second in a series of articles on various aspects of design prepared in anticipation of the Herald Design Forum on Sept. 19-21. ― Ed. Credit card edges look all the same when lined up in a wallet. Hyundai Card took notice of this simple and neglected fact in 2007 and colored its 0.8 mm-thick edges with vivid colors. The tiny difference, called “color core” design, contributed much to making the new player in the credit ca

Korean Pavilion to show diverse aspects of Korean architecture with films shot by architectsKorean architecture will be showcased to a global audience by a team of eight Korean architects at the 13th Venice Biennale of Architecture during the second half of this year in Venice, Italy.A new challenge for this year’s exhibition is to show snapshots of Korean architecture through films created by the team, not through more conventional life-size or scaled down models. The Korean Pavilion at the bie

Novel approaches create chemistry between products and their usersThe following is the first in a series of articles on various aspects of design prepared in anticipation of the Herald Design Forum on Sept. 19 - 21. ― Ed. Industrial design professor Shim Jae-jin has been carrying a pen by the German fountain pen company LAMY in his suit pocket for 12 years. Over the years, he developed affection toward it to the point where he doesn’t go anywhere without it. “I always check whether I have the pe

The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea has won one of the world’s largest and most distinguished design competitions with its recent Korean monochrome painting exhibition, becoming the country’s first national art museum to receive the award. NMOCA’s “Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting” was chosen for the Red Dot design award in the category of communication design among a total of 6,823 design works from 43 countries that were considered, according to NMOCA officials. “The award mea

The following is the last in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed.Baeksangwon is the first of a number of facilities to be built on a site measuring over 35 million square meters for the Lotte Buyeo Resort. Considering the fact that Buyeo was the capital city of the Baekje Kingdom, it was necessary to take elements of traditional architecture into consideration in designing the Baeksangwon complex. We also aimed to introduce a new style of con

Annual forum expected to attract local audiences looking for inspirationA design forum organized by Herald Media is once again set to start an active discussion on the role of design and its impact this fall, hosting world’s leading designers, architects and artists. Launched last year, the Herald Design Forum has positioned itself as a major design forum in Korea inviting acclaimed figures in the field and attracting local audiences looking for inspiration. The forum, titled “Reimagine! Herald

Following is the ninth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed.The master plan for the University of Seoul Gangchon Training Center includes a research institute and Gangchon Seowon to be completed by 2018, the 100th anniversary of the University of Seoul. Development of the training center’s main building and accommodation building ― the first stage of the master plan ― has been completed, earning the site the symbolic status of the university

Following is the eighth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed.When designing this building, I tried to make the most ordinary as well as the most extraordinary space: Jino Haus is located in an extremely ordinary place.The residential building combined with commercial facilities in Pangyo New Town is adjacent to a pedestrian street to the east and detached houses to the west.I took on this project with the idea of creating a differentiated sp