Korea Craft Week 2024 to begin Friday until May 26 Korea Craft Week 2024 kicks off Friday and continues until May 26. It is a nationwide event that ranges from exhibitions, flea markets, seminars and hands-on programs that promote the crafts genre. 2024.5.16
Former design professor tapped as chair of Korea Craft & Design Foundation The Culture Ministry hopes that Kwak Soon-hwa, formerly of Kyonggi University, will elevate traditional K-culture worldwide. 2024.2.21
Craft Trend Fair in Seoul looks to the past for inspiration for the future The Craft Trend Fair 2023, hosted and organized by the Culture Ministry and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF), kicked off Thursday, exclusively to industry insiders and press first, at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul. 2023.12.14
Korea Craft Week returns but this time, centers itself in Bukchon The annual 10-day Korea Craft Week is back and for the first time, a specific area has been designated to celebrate crafts: Bukchon in Jongno District, central Seoul. Korea Craft Week 2023 begins on Friday and lasts through May 28. Since its... 2023.5.18
K-design offers solutions to life's problems Design applies not only to clothes or interiors. It also has the ability to solve everyday problems. Park Bo-gyoon, minister of culture, sports and tourism, stressed the importance of public design. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and... 2023.5.4
'That's Korea' culture fair set to take place in three Italian cities Every year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF) make an effort to promote Korean culture, particularly crafts, in Milan. The Korean Craft Exhibition runs during the annual Milan Design... 2023.4.10
From Milan to Seoul — this exhibition has crossed the globe Korea is now into its 11th year of showcasing local crafts during Milan Design Week. Hosted and organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF), the latest edition was held last June at... 2023.4.4
Korea Craft and Design Foundation promotes online hanbok brands The Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF) is hosting a contest throughout March to promote the hanbok (Korean traditional dress) industry online, the foundation announced Thursday. Until March 30, the KCDF will be taking applications to choose... 2023.3.2
'Newtro Festival' provides a contemporary approach to traditional Korean culture With smartphones serving as one of children’s main sources of entertainment, it is now a rare sight to see them playing traditional Korean games outdoors. The Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF), along with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and... 2023.1.25
Public Design Festival 2022 consists of exhibition, pop-ups and playground The Public Design Festival 2022, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation, consists of an exhibition at the Culture Station Seoul 284 in Jung District, central Seoul, and pop-up stores... 2022.10.13
![Students dye cloths at a traditional crafts center in Jongno District, central Seoul, as part of Korea Craft Week 2023 on May 19, 2023. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10147295.jpg?imageId=10147295&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Culture Minister Yu In-chon, left, and Kwak Soon-hwa, the newly-appointed chairwoman of the board of directors for the Korea Craft & Design Foundation at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Seoul branch in Jung District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. [MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11027598.jpg?imageId=11027598&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A view of the Craft Trend Fair 2023, which kicked off Thursday and continues until Sunday at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul [SHIN MIN-HEE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12340852.jpg?imageId=12340852&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Visitors look at a mural in the 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Hands' exhibition, as part of Korea Craft Week 2023. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11720778.jpg?imageId=11720778&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The orange chair on the right is a prototype “Longevity Chair,” a foldable seat installed on columns at crosswalks for the elderly. The pink one on the left, the “Caring Chair,” is for anyone who needs it, including children or pregnant women. [SHIN MIN-HEE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10415893.jpg?imageId=10415893&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A promotional image for 'That's Korea,' which will promote hanbok, or traditional Korean dress. [KOREA CRAFT AND DESIGN FOUNDATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10037847.jpg?imageId=10037847&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The Glass Cube Room, filled with works from glass craftspeople, is the final section of the “Another Letter to Nature' exhibition at the Culture Station Seoul 284 in central Seoul. [SHIN MIN-HEE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11810581.jpg?imageId=11810581&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Visitors look at hanbok, or Korean traditional dress, at the ″Traditional Hanbok, Lifetime Ceremony″ (translated) exhibition at the Ara Art Center in central Seoul on Jan. 27. The exhibition was hosted by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation and ended Jan. 29. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10930557.jpg?imageId=10930557&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A pop-up store on the second floor of the Culture Station Seoul 284 is filled with products like shoes, jewelry and clothes, which were made by young entrepreneur artists, as part of the 'Newtro Festival.' [KCDF]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10835285.jpg?imageId=10835285&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The entrance of the Public Design Festival 2022 exhibition has a playground for visitors. [KOREA CRAFT AND DESIGN FOUNDATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11822290.jpg?imageId=11822290&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)