Global Design Expansion

The Gwangju Design Biennale has been instrumental in forecasting the world’s latest design trends and exchanging professional insights and areas of expertise through a variety of programs such as exhibitions, conferences, talks, and workshops within the international setting.

Furthermore, the Gwangju ACE Fair, one of the Gwangju’s most-valued cultural events, has been leading in offering animated character contents creatively crafted by companies from home and worldwide. It is evident that global design events play pivotal roles in contributing 30 the development of design industries, local economy, while making the scenes across the world.

Gwangju Design Biennale

The GDB serves as a platform to showcase the latest designs and address the most relevant current global issues while integrating social, cultural, environmental, technological perspectives.

This is an opportunity for international exchanges of ideas and insights with a diverse range of highlyrenowned designer, design students, design organizations and businesses from more than 50 countries.

Vision

Globalization
Industrialization
Popularization

Mission

Forecast
global design trend
Showcase
future lifestyle
Optimize
design thinking process
Produce economic &
Cultural values in design

Overview

ESTABLISHED

2005
EVENT PERIOD

Biannual(odd year), Sep.~Oct.
HOST / ORGANIZER

Gwangju Metro, Gwangju Institute of Design Promotion
EVENT LOCATION

Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju Institute of Design Promotion, around Gwangju

Event Overview

Main Exhibition
Special Exhibition
Educational Workshop
International Conference
Symbolic Sculpture
Engagegment Program

Cumulative Total (1st to 9th)

Total Visitors

2,332,000
Countries

50
Designers

7,978
Companies

1,342

Future Design

How will our future lifestyle, business, occupation, education, enviroment look like? What is the role of design in the phase of the 4th Industrial Revolution and post-pandemic?

Future design shall look into issues such as environment and resources, sustainability well as social design for those in needs.

The GDB is a perfect opportunity for viewers to contemplate on the value of design, to learn and to have fun.

Gwangju ACE Fair

Joint host of the ‘Gwangju ACE Fair’, a leading cultural content exhibition of Gwangju Metropolitan City to promote the cultural content industry (characters and design, etc.)

Exhibitions, license consultation meetings, academic events, special/concurrent events, etc.

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Major Projects

Global Design Expansion