‘Daesang’ ‘Eunsang’ ‘Dongsang’ ... Dong-Eui University Sweeps Korea Footwear Design Competition

Park Ji-hye, Major in Product Design Engineering, Receives Busan Mayor's Award and 4 Million KRW Prize... Also Wins Silver and Bronze Awards

Award-winning work of the Korea Footwear Design Contest submitted by a student from Dong-Eui University.

A student team from Dong-Eui University won several awards, including the grand prize, at the Korea Shoe Design Competition.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Students from the Department of Product Design Engineering at the College of IT Convergence Components and Materials Engineering and the Department of Design and Plastic Arts at the College of Arts, Design, and Physical Education at Dong-Eui University swept several awards, including the Grand Prize in the design category, at the awards ceremony of the "7th Korea Footwear Design Contest" held on October 30 at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 1.

As part of the 2021 PAPA Busan (Busan International Footwear & Textile Fashion Exhibition) event, this contest was hosted by Busan City and organized by the Footwear Industry Promotion Center of the Busan Economic Promotion Agency to discover next-generation footwear designers and enhance the competitiveness of Korea's footwear design industry.

Held annually, this year’s contest received 352 entries in the design category and 150 entries in the custom category from across the country.

In the design category, third-year Product Design Engineering major Park Ji-hye from Dong-Eui University presented the work "PROKI," winning the Grand Prize, the Busan Mayor’s Award, and a prize of 4 million KRW.

Baek So-young, a third-year Product Design Engineering major who submitted the work "SIGNAL RUNNER," received the Silver Award and 2 million KRW, while Son Ji-yoon, a fourth-year Design and Plastic Arts major who submitted "CAMOU FLEXI," won the Bronze Award and 1.5 million KRW.

In the brand awards, selected directly by sponsoring companies, fourth-year Design and Plastic Arts majors Lee Si-young (Consu Brand Award, 1 million KRW), Ha Sung-geun (Prospecs Excellence Award, 1 million KRW), Yoon Ji-young (Descente Excellence Award, 1 million KRW), Kang Dae-jun (Elcanto Excellence Award, 1 million KRW), Kim So-yeon (Descente Merit Award, 500,000 KRW), and fourth-year Product Design Engineering major Kim Hyun-ah (Prospecs Merit Award, 500,000 KRW) were honored.

In the fashion footwear category, fourth-year Product Design Engineering major Heo Ji-seon was selected for the Excellence Award, receiving a certificate and 1.5 million KRW.

Grand Prize winner Park Ji-hye expressed her gratitude, saying, "I applied a design using car patterns to convey the image of 'running fast sneakers' from the consumer’s perspective. I thank Professors Park Kwang-chul and Lee Dong-ryeol for helping me take a step closer to my dream."

Additionally, in the design category, encouragement awards were given to fourth-year Product Design Engineering majors Ha Sung-geun and Lim Hye-min, and third-year Design and Plastic Arts major Han Su-bin.

In the custom category, fourth-year Product Design Engineering majors Kim Hyun-ah and Lim Hye-min each won bronze awards in the custom graphics and technical concept categories, respectively.

Dong-Eui University has been producing talented individuals in the footwear design field, having also won the Grand Prize and Gold Award at last year’s Korea Footwear Design Contest.

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