Seoul City Wins Gold Award at the 2022 IAUD International Design Awards

Universal Design Application Guidelines Web Service

Seoul City announced on the 2nd that it won the Gold Award in the Communication category at the '2022 IAUD International Design Awards' held the previous day for the ‘Seoul Universal Design Application Guidelines Web Service’.

Seoul City became the first local government to receive the Gold Award, solidifying its international status as a leading entity in promoting universal design-related policies.

The awarded work, ‘Seoul Universal Design Application Guidelines,’ is a manual that must be mandatorily applied by Seoul City and its affiliated public institutions when developing sidewalks, parks, and buildings. It visualizes the previously extensive literature-based guidelines (pdf, booklets) by category and optimizes them for PC and mobile device environments, making the information easier and more convenient to use.

The ‘Seoul Universal Design Application Guidelines Web Service’ previously won the Grand Prize in the Public Design category at the 2022 Korea Public Design Awards (Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award), and is available for anyone to use and download through the Seoul Universal Design Center’s ‘Universal Design Application Guidelines website.’

Choi In-gyu, Director of Seoul City’s Design Policy Division, said, “This IAUD Award recognizes Seoul City’s policies and achievements in spreading universal design on a global scale. We will continue to promote universal design-related policies to become a universal design city that walks together with the vulnerable.”

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