< K-Design Award 2026 Online Exhibition Opens: 1 KUDOS TO THE BEST / 12 GRAND PRIZE / 32 GOLD / 289 WINNER >     The K-Design Award has officially opened its 2026 Online Exhibition, bringing this year’s award-winning works from around the world together in one place. Featuring outstanding projects across categories including space, product, and communication design, the exhibition ser...

Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi Professor at Hanyang University       Whenever a new design enters the world, the public often responds with sharp resistance. Each time design disrupts what feels familiar, people instinctively push back, and unconventional forms that disturb established notions of balance frequently become targets of skepticism and ridicule. Apple’s AirPods, first introduced in ...

  Youngha Park Head of Creative Center · CCO, FRUM       “Branding and visual design no longer remain within a single defined field. Across different contexts such as events, education, F&B, the defense industry, music competitions, and personal exhibitions, designers must interpret the purpose and character of each project and create a new visual language accordingly. Rather tha...

INDEX offers a more dimensional view of the design landscape across Asia by introducing design studios and companies that demonstrate clear design philosophies and notable achievements. Spanning graphic design, branding, spatial design, product, digital, and motion, INDEX focuses on emerging practices and looks beyond portfolios to examine how they work, where their ideas come from, and what they ...

  Youngha Park Head of Creative Center · CCO, FRUM       “Branding and visual design no longer remain within a single defined field. Across different contexts such as events, education, F&B, the defense industry, music competitions, and personal exhibitions, designers must interpret the purpose and character of each project and create a new visual language accordingly. Rather tha...

  Bhadri Suthar & Snehal Suthar  Co-Founders and Co-Principal Designers, tHE gRID Architects       “Based in Ahmedabad, India, tHE gRID Architects | Research & Design Studio views architecture as a continuous dialogue between people, place, climate, culture, and ecology. Founded in 2002 by Bhadri Suthar and Snehal Suthar, the studio works across architecture, interiors, landsc...

  YENA CHOI Founder, B for Brand / Director, Romantic Tiger       “B for Brand is a professional agency that addresses the fundamental questions that come before visual branding, including how a business generates revenue and where it can establish a meaningful position in the market. Yena Choi leads an agency that develops brands for clients while also operating Romantic Tiger, her ow...

  Sungho Park Head of MINISO Design Center · Creative Director       "How much narrative can a design encapsulate? Sungho Park, while leading the global brand MINISO's Seoul Design Center, continuously experiments with alternative possibilities of design through his personal brand, 'Corner Object.' In this interview, we discussed his philosophy of 'purposeful design and objects with a n...

< K-Design Award 2026 Online Exhibition Opens: 1 KUDOS TO THE BEST / 12 GRAND PRIZE / 32 GOLD / 289 WINNER >     The K-Design Award has officially opened its 2026 Online Exhibition, bringing this year’s award-winning works from around the world together in one place. Featuring outstanding projects across categories including space, product, and communication design, the exhibition ser...

Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi Professor at Hanyang University       Whenever a new design enters the world, the public often responds with sharp resistance. Each time design disrupts what feels familiar, people instinctively push back, and unconventional forms that disturb established notions of balance frequently become targets of skepticism and ridicule. Apple’s AirPods, first introduced in ...

INDEX offers a more dimensional view of the design landscape across Asia by introducing design studios and companies that demonstrate clear design philosophies and notable achievements. Spanning graphic design, branding, spatial design, product, digital, and motion, INDEX focuses on emerging practices and looks beyond portfolios to examine how they work, where their ideas come from, and what they ...

Dr. Yonghyuck Lee Editor-in-Chief, the Asia Design Prize       Public design has long been understood primarily through the lens of functionality. Directional signage, wheelchair accessible ramps, emergency lighting, and wayfinding systems in parks and public squares have traditionally been evaluated by one standard: how accurately and safely they perform their intended function. However, ...