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World View: Letter from Seoul
The World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with our international contributors, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. While South Korean designers have had to grapple with logistical hurdles and diminished business prospects, they are emerging from crisis with undimmed spirits, fresh ideas and a newfound sense of purpose, reports SuhYoung Yun from Seoul.
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Comme des Garçons’ new flagship store in Seoul
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APC opens in Seoul's cosmopolitan Itaewon neighbourhood
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Architecture report: letter from South Korea
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Family ties: Unsangdong Architects improve familial bonds through architecture
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Seoul and NYC based stpmj selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Based in New York and Seoul, this practice is headed up by Harvard postgraduates Seung Teak Lee and Mi Jung Lim, who have combined experience at SOM and Herzog & de Meuron. The pair describe their approach as ‘provocative realism’, as demonstrated in their vertically stacked Five-Story House (pictured) on a small site in the highly dense city of Seoul.
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Two new whiskies join Royal Salute's 21 year old collection
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High notes: Low Classic reaches new heights at Seoul Fashion Week
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Body and Seoul: flourishing fashion is on top form in South Korea
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Searching for Seoul: on the ground at South Korea's A/W 2016 fashion week
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Wrap artist: a retrospective remix for Max Mara embraces body and Seoul
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For S/S 2019, Seoul Fashion Week puts menswear on the map
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In search of Korea’s new wave of design talent at Seoul Fashion Week S/S 2016
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Traditional South Korean architecture meets innovation in a renovated hanok house
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Architects explore urbanism, heritage and power at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul
‘Architecture and Heritage: Unearthing Future’ organised by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul unites imaginative installations by five international architects at the historic Deoksugung Palace
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Paul McCarthy puts Snow White (and himself) under the knife in Seoul
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Haegue Yang embarks on a surreal multi-sensory space odyssey in Seoul
Kukje Gallery is virtually unrecognisable after undergoing a bold transformation by the Korean artist
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Whisk taker: the Hyundai Card Cooking Library opens in Seoul
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Tokujin Yoshioka show, Seoul
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Inside Na Kim's vibrant playground for all ages
South Korean graphic designer Na Kim's ‘Bottomless Bag’, installed at Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, is a vivid, geometrical exploration of memory and everyday objects. We offer a virtual tour and find out how the concept came to be
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Seoul’s newest café is inspired by Alvar Aalto
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Eath Library skincare boutique in Seoul is inspired by Korea’s traditional apothecaries
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Gangnam apartment transformed with Memphis and neo-deco inspired interior design
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Designer Andre Fu has designed the modern Chinese restaurant in Seoul's Four Seasons Hotel
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Seoul’s boutique hotel scene gets a boost with the launch of Owall Hotel
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Seoul's new restaurant turns out faithful renditions of classic Italian dishes
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Money makers: tour the new Hyundai Card Factory in Seoul
