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On 5 December 2010, I visited a Busan seaweed farmer as part of a joint research project with designer Julia Lohmann, aiming to develop seaweed as a design material. Julia began the project during her 3-month stay at the S-AIR artist in residence centre in Sapporo, Japan, in 2007, and continued it as a design research fellow at the Stanley Picker Gallery of Kingston University. She is now extending both her research and design work with seaweed as part of her practice-based PhD studentship at the Royal College of Art and Victoria & Albert Museum in London. I am very grateful to the British Council Korea for making this research trip possible.

9-11 December 2010
Oakwood Premier COEX Centre
Seoul, South Korea

From 9-11 December, I will be mentoring a team of Korean designers during the Seoul 48hr Inclusive Design Challenge 2010.

The event will be led by Julia Cassim, Senior Research Fellow at the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art. It is supported by the British Council Korea, the Korean Institute of Design Promotion and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea. The resulting projects will be presented to the public at the COEX Centre on 11 December 2010.

8 December 2010
2.30-5.00pm
Hongik University
Seoul, South Korea

As part of Design Korea 2010, I will be speaking at a design seminar hosted by Hongik University in Seoul on 8 December 2010. The event introduces ideas of inclusive and sustainable design and research, based on the work of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for people-centered design research at the Royal College of Art and the UK design practices Studiohead, Gavin Thomson Design, and Studio Bec. It is supported by the British Council Korea and the Korean Institute of Design Promotion.

On Saturday, 4 December 2010, I will act as a team mentor to Korean design students at a one-day Inclusive Design workshop held at the Design Center Busan. The participating students are part of the Korea Design Membership organisation.

The Design Center Busan will also hold a public seminar on Monday, 6 December 2010, where I will speak about the links between inclusive design and sustainability, based on the work of my own practice Studio Bec and that of Julia Lohmann Design.

The events will be led by Julia Cassim, Senior Research Fellow at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for people-centered design research at the Royal College of Art. They are supported by the British Council Korea and the Korean Institute of Design Promotion.