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네이버 공유 카카오 공유 트위터 공유 페이스북 공유

Communicating with the World through Ceramics

The International Ceramics Design Exchange Exhibition, under the sponsorship of the Korea Ceramics Design Association, was presented at the Gallery Nuri of the Foundation’s Cultural Center on September 7-29. In conjunction with the exhibition, a symposium on ceramics design was also held, which featured a theme of “Ceramics for Breakfast.” In the following interview, Ms. Lee Gyeong-mi, President of the Korea Ceramics Design Association, shares her thoughts about this exhibition.

Q: What are the primary goal and characteristics of this exhibition?
A: Ceramics design refers to individually produced ceramics that incorporate the distinctive sentiments of each designer, and is thus different from the mass produced ceramics products made in factories. However, we do not emphasize the making of ceramics for only artistic app-reciation, but also user-friendly ceramics that combine refined craftsmanship with practicality. This year, along with 38 members of the Korea Ceramics Design Association, 19 members of the Pottery Design Organization of Japan, five ceramics designers from China, and three designers from Germany are participating in the exhibition, which features easy-to-use ceramics that are well suited to our theme of “Ceramics for Breakfast.”
The Japanese organization, which has a 60-year history, consists of designers who work for ceramics businesses in Japan as well as those who operate their own studios and free-lancers. Over the years, this group has been extending active support to the annual exhibition organized by the design association in Korea. As for the German participants, they include a designer and a student employed by Germany’s leading ceramics company, KAHLR, along with an independent design professional.

Q: What priorities were considered during the process of organizing this year’s exhibition?
A: Our association has held an annual exhibition since the time of its founding in 1993. We started with a small-scale group exhibition, and then included the participation of a small handful of members of the Pottery Design Organization of Japan in 2003, when the exhibition served as a kind of Korea-Japan exchange project. In Korea, we have a long history of ceramics; however, the field of ceramics design has only a relatively brief history.
We thus seek to broaden the horizon of Korea’s ceramics industry, academia, and students by promoting regular cultural exchange with Japan and Germany, where ceramics design has attained a high level of advancement.
In the future, we will strive to refine the direction of Korea’s ceramics design and ceramics industry through continued research on new design technology. And we will make efforts to implement a system for the exchange of information on ceramics design and cooperation with ceramics designers in foreign countries by linking together related parties. I hope that more people can learn to appreciate the practical beauty of individually d works, rather than mass-produced items.


Q: How did you develop a working relationship with the Korea Foundation?
A: We learned from its website that organizations engaged in international exchange could utilize the facilities of the Korea Foundation Cultural Center for free. So we submitted an application, without any expectations. And, to our surprise, we were selected to use the center’s facilities, based on the high marks received for our exhibition project. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Foundation for actively supporting our exhibition and allowing us to use its Audio-Visual Room for the symposium.

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