10 awards in the world's top 3 design contests
Learned various subspecialties such as products, environment and transportation tht helped in the graduation piece production curriculum
[September 26, 2016]
<Department of Industrial Design students awarded at design contests>
(left to right: Lee Shi-bin, Cha Young-ah, Lee Jin-hee, Kim chan-seop)
Students of the YU Department of Industrial design are making a name for themselves by winning awards at various contests both in Korea and abroad.
These students took home a total of 10 awards such as the Gold Prize at the '2016 Spark Design Awards' of the US, grand prize, participation award and select awards at the '2016 Pohang Steel Design Contest', gold prize and select award at the '2016 Busan Public Design Contest', and the silver prize at the '2016 Gumi Public Design Contest'.
Among them, Miss Lee Ji-hye (22, junior), who was awarded the gold prize at the '2016 Spark Design Awards', had three of her works named as award winners in the global contest by having two more of her works also selected as 'finalists'.
At the '2016 Pohang Steel Design Contest' that recently announced the winning works, 127 works from both undergraduate and graduate students competed. Students from the YU Department of Industrial Design took first place with their works. The winners were the same-age friends from the class of '12 Kim Chan-seop (24) and Lee Shi-bin (24). Their piece wa titled 'Haeddi‘, which is a table clock that doubles as a mood light.
Lee Shi-bin said, "We got our motif from the solar eclipse that appears in the story of Yeonorang and Saeonyeo. The clock needle hidden inside creates a shadow with the internal light and that needle shadow indicates the time," while adding, "Even clocks don't have to show the time all the time, so we designed it to also double over as a mood light, which I think received good responses."
Earlier at the '2016 Busan Public Design Contest', Lee Jin-hee (20, sophomore) and Cha Young-ah won the gold prize for their work titled 'Protecting the Sky'. 'Protecting the Sky' is a piece that designed a variable handrail that could be used on stairways or hilly neighborhoods when people go up and down.
Lee Jin-hee said, "We wanted to give some leisure to life for people who walk up and down steep and dark paths by providing them with a place of rest and convenience facilities." She added, "We designed the rails that could adjust the width and length so that people could lean on it and rest. In addition, we added a light under the rails to providing lighting and to improve the nighttime ambience of alleys."
The winners all agree that the reason why the works of students from the YU Department of Industrial Design stood out at various contests was because of their curriculum. The winners said, "Among the various fields of industrial design such as products, environment and transportation, we are required to designate a major and minor and learn at least two subspecialties and produce actual works for the graduation exhibit," and added, "This curriculum helped us to see objects and the environment from various perspectives for our designs."
