Young design contests offer new opportunities

By Ines Min

Artists here and around the globe are pulling up their sleeves in preparation for upcoming competitions, which have busied summer schedules already full of biennales and exhibitions.

Two young competitions, the Sangsangmadang Design Award and the Prix Emile Hermes, are offering the best opportunities to local and international audiences.

Sangsangmadang Design Award

Already known as a cultural hub in the creative area surrounding Hongik University, Hongdae, KT&G’s Sangsangmadang is a combination exhibition hall, art shop, cinema, open space and academy.

The inaugural Sangsangmadang Design Award 2010 is taking off this year to extend its resources into another area: Finding the best among the unknown to showcase to the art world.

Open to the public, anyone ― from college