Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon signed on Monday a memorandum of agreement with the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design and announced Seoul will host the World Design Capital (WDC) ceremony in 2010.
Oh expressed his firm commitment and confidence in design by stating "in addition to our amazing economic achievement, winning the WDC title is a great opportunity and excellent challenge for us to make a fresh leap forward through design. The year 2010 will be a platform to present Seoul as a global city of design."
According to Oh, Seoul will host design competition, U-Design International Competition, construct the Dongdaemun Design Plaza and launch a Youth Design Creative Camp to encourage citizen participation in the WDC projects.
The Seoul government said it has set three phases for the implementation the WDC 2010 Seoul projects. The first phase in 2008 will lay the foundation for the project. 2009 will be assigned as the preparation phase and 2010 will be the WDC phase.
Italy's Tori has been appointed CDC for 2008. WDC is an initiative of the international Design Alliance(IDA) - a collaboration between the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) and the International Council of Graphic Design Associations.
Source:Xinhua
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