Often found at theaters and museums, Kwon Mee-yoo has covered a wide range of cultural fields from K-pop and dramas to theater and fine art for over a decade. Now as K-Culture Desk editor, she tries to connect Korean culture with global readers through fresh perspectives.
Seoul designated as UNESCO Creative City for design
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff reporter
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Seoul as a Creative City for Design, last week.
UNESCO graded Seoul’s abundant cultural heritage, creative potential and various policies supporting the city’s development through design very highly.
“The designation as the UNESCO Creative City for Design indicates international appraisal and support for Seoul’s design administration,” Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said.
Seoul now can associate the logo and UNESCO with their projects as well as share cultural programs and information with other creative cities.
The municipal government will sign an MOU with the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and hold an international forum of the Creative Cities Network this year.
Starting in 2005, UNESCO created a Global Alliance’s Creative Cities Network, recognizing leading cities for cultural aspects such as Crafts and Folk art, Design, Gastronomy, Film, Literature, Media arts and Music.
Other cities in the network of Creative Cities for Design include Berlin, Buenos Aires, Kobe, Montreal, Nagoya, Shenzhen and Shanghai.