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Major Projects

GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF DESIGN PROMOTION
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Design Promotion

Design is the most essential element for a corporate operation and local industry competition. We are in the era where consumers wouldn’t give their attention if the product, even with the greatest technology, cannot stimulate their emotional sense.

Also, we grow and develop the regional policy through innovation of design information and design contents development for strengthening the local industry’s competitiveness. So, the strategic industry spreads the design network of the southwestern region by creating high value-added products.

The Project to Build the Infrastructure for Design Commercialization
Implemented the infrastructure for design commercialization in the southwestern region
Implemented the tasks designated by the policies in order to strengthen the capability of specialized design enterprises in the southwestern region(Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Jellabuk-do and Jeju) and to enhance competitiveness of local industries leading design
  • Power bank
  • Paper clothing coloring kit for multicultural experience
  • Regional Design Intergration Platform
  • RIDP consultative group
Gwangju Industrial Design Project
Explore successful business models and strengthen design firms’ competitiveness by developing the design for the specialized products of Gwangju
New tasks (support for design development), continuing tasks (support for mass production), BI & package design development for mass production products, hosting online export meetings, support for promotional video clips using influencers, operation of a specialist advisory group, etc.
  • Design development
  • Design development
  • Online export conference
  • Design forums to find direction for the Gwangju design industry development
Laying the Groundwork for Industrial Innovation
Establish a regional design infrastructure to strengthen design-driven regional industrial competitiveness
Build a design-collaboration base for lifecycle support for the product development of local design firms, Build a platform to establish a design-collaboration product development process (space/equipment/devices), Develop and operate business support programs
Star Handicraft Product Development and Job Creation
Implement detailed tasks to innovate the startup support ecosystem and expand investment in regional startups, provide support for startup ideas concretization, and improve startup success and maintenance rates
Support the commercialization of excellent handicraft ideas and cultivate young preliminary entrepreneurs
Gwangju Handicraft Workshop Support Project
Invigorate the regional handicraft industry through the capacity building of handicraft workshops in Gwangju and provide support for the promotion and marketing of handicraft products
Host Bitgoeul Handmade Fair and Korea Handicrafts Competition preliminary contest, operate Handicrafts Exhibition Shop, designate O’HANDS brands, support online e-commerce stores, operate pop-up stores, and conduct handicraft industry surveys
Support for Capacity Building of Printing and Publishing Firms
Strengthen the market competitiveness of the printing industry through the revitalization of printing clusters in Seonam-dong and the capacity-building of printing technicians
Smart education, printing/design collaboration product development, applied products production, application for intellectual property rights, consulting, license, packing materials, support for joint marketing, and market exploration
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