SubscribeThe Korea IT Times reports on the 44th Korean Design Exhibition.
Representing the best in "Good Design" the event is yet another international-scale manifestation of the user-centered inclusive approach that is both Universal Design and Green.
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From Designs Convey Environmental Messages:
Many designers made efforts to take the government's "Green New Deal" policy into consideration. At a glance, 23 percent of the winners of major prizes were based on the ubiquitous theme of "Low Carbon, Green Growth." For example, the panel members set their eyes on bicycle-related designs, considering bicycles' emergence as a new favorite transportation means or fitness and recreation equipment. Bicycle designs featuring novel ideas drew visitors' attention, including a portable bike, a self-powered electric tricycle, and a multi-functional bike. These designs are believed to have lingering positive effects on expanding the bike population in the future.
A self-powered electric tricycle designed by Cho In-soo, who won the KIDP President's Prize, features a mini pickup that can be used in rural areas. "Oxcycle" designed by Park Sung-bin and Koh Pyung-joo focuses on the pedaling function of the bicycle by installing an oxygen generator. "Bicycle Shelter" is designed by Cho Kyung-deuk and Yoon Se-il. Its concept is to provide shelters or resting places for bike riders along bike paths to be built across the country, with focus on a master plan for a Tour de Korea in connection with the government's four rivers project and its "Low Carbon, Green Growth" vision.
Another attraction is the display of designs for the people with mental and physical disabilities as well as the underprivileged. This section's theme is "Universal Design" aimed at helping these people overcome their physical weaknesses or handicaps that can occur as they age or under other certain circumstances. This design is aimed at making products human-centered, as opposed to what everybody had in the past when everything was standardized and only economic efficiency was emphasized.
A recyclable bottle cap designed by Park Dong-hyuk and Choi Du-sun is for visually handicapped people. The bottle cap carries Braille signs to help the visually handicapped identify its content without having to smell to find out what is in it. What drew our attention was a set of colored pencils designed by Roh Ji-hoon and Lee Kyung-kook under the theme "touch your colors." Unlike ordinary colored pencils, each of these specially designed colored pencils has a different shape, so that visually handicapped children aged 8 or younger, who cannot read Braille signs, can identify each colored pencil without other people's help. Another noteworthy item is "Navi Stick" designed by Yoo Ho-jin as an electronic walking cane for the visually handicapped. With this specially designed Braille cane, they can navigate roads with relative ease because the navigation sensor in the cane conveys road information to its holder through sound, vibration and Braille signs.
Source:
http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/4004/designs-convey-environmental-messages
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