Design Awards 2010

The Judges Awards

0.3 Best new restaurant

03.2 DamUm, Seoul, by Sungchul Park

03.1 Buhle, Porto,
by Miguel Ribeiro de Sousa
and Paulo Lobo
03.3 Kaá, São Paulo,
by Studio Arthur Casas
03.4 Tegui, Buenos Aires,
by Horacio Gallo
03.5 Terzo Piano, Chicago,
by Dirk Denison and
Renzo Piano

Restaurant and pottery house DamUm is an eclectic addition to Seoul's burgeoning dining scene. Aside from serving contemporary takes on Korean and Italian cuisine, DamUm – meaning 'dish up' - also houses a well-stocked ceramics shop. Separated from the main dining space by a series of polished-wood waves and floor-to-ceiling shelving, the store is bright and open, filtering light into the restaurant beyond. The dining room features a range of creative illuminations, from oversized lampshades to blocky beaded chandeliers and angular neon tubes.

Address:174-1 Jeongja- dong, Bundang-gu Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Seoul, Korea
Key features: A contemporary ceramics shop-cum-restaurant, with interiors contrasting unrefined concrete and curved waves of wood
Cuisine: Korean/Italian fusion
Designer: Sungchul Park