Seoul Design Foundation Opens Public Recruitment for 'Design and Craft Products' at DDP Design Store

Final Selection of 100 Products Through Expert Review

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Design Foundation announced on the 6th that it will hold a contest for excellent design and craft products to be stocked at the DDP Design Store until the 18th.

The DDP Design Store is a design product sales and promotion shop created to reinterpret the beauty of Korea's tradition through design and to share Seoul's lifestyle with citizens. The outstanding products and designers selected through the contest will be simultaneously stocked and sold at the DDP Design Store operated by the Seoul Design Foundation and the online shop scheduled to open in July.

This contest, which will select about 100 types of products, is expected to provide opportunities for designers and design companies struggling to find sales channels due to COVID-19. Designers and design companies possessing creative and practical design and craft products can participate in the contest, and the categories include design products, craft products, accessory products, and graphics. Currently, the DDP Design Store sells about 1,000 products, including those developed directly by the foundation.

Meanwhile, the DDP Design Store maintains the industry's lowest commission fees for sales. Commission fees are discounted during sales planning exhibitions or discount events. Tenants can not only sell products at relatively low commission rates but also gain opportunities to promote their own products and brands.

The selected products will be able to be stocked both online and offline at the DDP Design Store starting in July, when the DDP Design Store online shop opens. This is to pioneer sales channels for young designers and young entrepreneurs along with entering the online market in the untact era and to introduce excellent designs to more citizens. Citizens and foreigners will be able to conveniently experience Seoul's excellent design and craft products regardless of time and place.

In addition, excellent products will be supported for exhibition at major events held at DDP, such as the DDP Design Fair and Seoul Design Week. Yoo Yeon-sik, Acting CEO of the Seoul Design Foundation, said, “We hope that many healing design products will be stocked at the DDP Design Store in the with-COVID era, presenting new design trends to citizens and becoming a sales marketing platform for young designers and young entrepreneurs.”

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