探索韩国(设计)特性的二分法

An Exploration of Dichotomies in South Korea's (Design) Identity

韩国设计业通过制度化的方式,已经完成了从模仿者到创新者的战略转型。这个过程的关键里程碑之一是形成了一种称为K-Design DNA的韩国设计特性。另外,设计界对非物质文化价值观和文化现象的重视也是韩国设计特性的讨论基石。总体而言,韩国设计似乎存在于多维紧张领域,并呈现在至少五个显而易见的对立二分法之中:传统和现代,自上而下和自下而上,全球和本土,独特和大众以及纵向和横向。本研究探讨了这些矛盾,并建议在设计、文化研究与哲学的交叉点进行进一步研究。

The Korean design industry has been transformed strategically from imitator to innovator through an institutionalized approach. One of the key milestones in this process has been the formulation of a national design identity known as K-Design DNA. Additionally, there is a strong focus in the design community on intangible cultural values and cultural phenomena as cornerstones of the discussion around the Korean design identity. Overall, Korean design appears to be existing in and emerging from a multidimensional tension field, challenged by at least five apparent antagonistic dichotomies： traditional and modern, top-down and bottom-up, global and local, exclusive and mundane, as well as vertical and lateral. The present study explores these oppositions and suggests further investigation at the intersection of design, cultural studies and philosophy.