October 12, 2007
Gwangju Design Biennale 2007
The Gwangju Design Biennale 2007 is one more sign of Korea's leadership in Universal Design. Pre-conference publicity describes the event:
The international design conference is to provide the scientific background for the motto of this year's design biennale, "Light" (Life, Identity, Green, Human, Technology).The conference will deal with the industrial value of design as well as design's new orientation towards convergence and communication in the era of U-Design and the new roles, which designers will play in it.
The term "U-Design" refers to universal design, design for everyone.
In his lecture “U-Design: Design for the People” Prof. Dr. Zec will talk about Life Science Design. As the term already indicates, Life Science Design is a combination of design and biological sciences such as medical technology, biology, bionics, genetics and nanotechnology. The most important focus of Life Science Design, however, is the human being.“Life Science Design concentrates on a new quality of life as well as new product quality. It can function as a kind of translator of complex machines; it can make the life of handicapped people more comfortable and simplify medical processes – in other words, it opens up completely new perspectives,” Professor Dr. Zec explains the significance of Life Science Design.
Since design was increasingly becoming an essential part of our life, good design was no longer inspired by the idea of creating a new product for market success, but rather by meeting people’s needs. “‘Universal Design’ is the term of the future,” resumes Zec.
Sources & Further Information:
http://www.dexigner.com/product/news-g12284.html
http://www.design-biennale.org/2007gb/
http://en.red-dot.org/2398.html