2023 Marine Leisure Revitalization, Marine Design Contest

7.29. Busan Design Promotion Institute 2nd Physical Evaluation

Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-jun) is hosting the "2023 Surfboard Design Contest with Stories," a marine design competition aimed at expanding the base of marine leisure and developing related industries, until July 19.

2023 Surfboard Design Contest with Stories.

2023 Surfboard Design Contest with Stories.

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This contest is a side event of the "11th Korea International Marine Leisure Week (KIMA Week 2023)," jointly hosted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and Busan City, and co-organized by the Korea Marine Leisure Network and Busan Design Promotion Agency.


Anyone interested in design in the marine leisure field can apply. Those wishing to participate should register their works on the official website according to the submission form from June 1 until 6 p.m. on July 19.


Subsequently, the Busan Design Promotion Agency will conduct a second on-site physical design production (evaluation) on July 29 for teams that pass the first online screening. A total of 15 works will be selected as finalists, with total prize money of 5.9 million KRW awarded. The grand prize, excellence prize, and encouragement prize winners will receive prize money along with the Busan Mayor’s Award.


As a special benefit, design application registration support will be provided. If desired by the winners, their designs can be registered and sold on the Busan Design Promotion Agency’s operating sales platform (ADP), and linked to tourism product development. The grand prize-winning work will be painted on an actual surfboard and exhibited at the awards ceremony in August.



A city official stated, “As this is the only domestic design competition in the marine field promoted by Busan City, we ask for much interest and participation. Through this contest, we will discover outstanding works related to surfing, a representative marine leisure field of Busan, and use them valuably to raise awareness of Busan as a marine capital for marine leisure.”


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