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How the Republic of Korea draws on tradition and envisages the future through design.
What do traditional Korean clothing and Samsung gadgets have in common? In Korea they are not just objects—they are part of everyday culture, where design bridges the past and the future. Over the past half-century, Korean designers and artisans have created a genuine revolution, developing a visual language that fuses traditional artistic forms, Buddhist philosophy, and cutting-edge technological discoveries.
Maria Savostyanova is an art historian, critic, and lecturer. She is a faculty member in the School of Design at the Institute of Social Sciences, RANEPA (Moscow) and deputy publisher of Russian Art Focus, an online magazine on contemporary art. She has written over 450 articles and interviews with key figures in contemporary design and is author of the book Design Today, published by Garage in 2021.
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