Dongseo University Wins Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Award at the 55th Korea Design Exhibition for 4 Consecutive Years

Three Teams Including Minister's Award and Winner in LINC+ Project Group Specialized Field Convergence Talent Development Program

Students from the College of Design at Dongseo University who won the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award and the Winner Award at the 55th Korea Design Exhibition.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Students from the College of Design at Dongseo University (President Jang Je-guk) won the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award and two Winner awards among three teams at the 55th Korea Design Exhibition. Dongseo University also set a record by producing the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award winner for four consecutive years.

The Korea Design Exhibition is hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and jointly organized by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion and the Korea Design Federation.

This competition, held annually since 1966, is the most prestigious design award in Korea. It is the largest government-certified domestic design contest judged on a fair platform where designs are evaluated solely on their own merits without any prejudice or restrictions on design concepts.

This year, about 1,500 works were submitted by participants including companies, design institutions, design studios, professional designers, and university students, competing to showcase their skills.

The 'UP&DOWN THRESHOLD' work by the team of Kim Daeyeop, Lim Subin, and Kim Geunhee from Dongseo University College of Design, which won the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award at the 55th Korea Design Exhibition.

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award was won by the College of Design students Kim Dae-yeop, Lim Soo-bin, and Kim Geun-hee for their work titled ‘UP&DOWN THRESHOLD.’ This piece addresses the inconvenience wheelchair users face when crossing thresholds in daily life by designing a threshold that is pressed down when a wheelchair passes over it and then returns to its original position.

The Winner awards went to the College of Design students Kim Hyun-ji, Ha Soo-jung, and Kim Ryun-kyung for ‘Voice Sticker For Blind’ and to Park Min-jun for the work ‘Your Social Distancing is a Model for Korea.’

The work "Voice Sticker For Blind" by the team of Kim Hyunji, Ha Sujeong, and Kim Ryungkyung from the College of Design at Dongseo University, which won the Winner Award at the 55th Korea Design Exhibition.

At the 55th Korea Design Exhibition, Park Minjun from Dongseo University College of Design won the Winner Award for his work titled "Your Social Distancing is a Model for Korea."

The award-winning works were produced through the capstone design course, a convergence education program of the LINC+ Project Group.

The results of the Capstone Design Convergence Course (Advisors Ryu Do-sang, Moon Mi-kyung) have achieved significant success, with a total of 13 teams selected as Winners at the world-renowned ‘Red Dot Awards’ over six years, and six teams winning ministerial awards, Chamber of Commerce awards, Patent Office awards, and multiple Winner awards for four consecutive years at the Korea Design Exhibition.

The team of Kim Dae-yeop, Lim Soo-bin, and Kim Geun-hee said, “The idea for this work started from our team’s shared interest and deep consideration of the inconveniences people face.”