Comments on: The Seoul of Design http://discoveringkorea.com/2009/06/23/video-the-seoul-of-design/ Exploring Korea and its culture through travel >> DiscoveringKorea.com Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=9012 By: Seoul Design Olympiad 2009 | Discovering Korea http://discoveringkorea.com/2009/06/23/video-the-seoul-of-design/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Seoul Design Olympiad 2009 | Discovering Korea Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:02:35 +0000 http://discoveringkorea.wordpress.com/?p=1905#comment-668 [...] Design seems to be a passion of Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon. At the very least, he’s put an emphasis on improving the city’s aesthetics, from restricting the unsightly signage that clutters up the sides of many buildings to commissioning a top architect like Zaha Hadid to create a 400-billion won Dongdaemun Design Park and Plaza. [...] [...] Design seems to be a passion of Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon. At the very least, he’s put an emphasis on improving the city’s aesthetics, from restricting the unsightly signage that clutters up the sides of many buildings to commissioning a top architect like Zaha Hadid to create a 400-billion won Dongdaemun Design Park and Plaza. [...]

]]> By: Selene http://discoveringkorea.com/2009/06/23/video-the-seoul-of-design/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Selene Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:53 +0000 http://discoveringkorea.wordpress.com/?p=1905#comment-221 Hi there, Am also dismayed to hear that the mayor regards the street stalls as a blight on the cityscape. Long live the pojangmachas and the street stalls selling my favourite snacks such as odeng and red-bean in fish-shaped pancakes ( forgot the Korean name)! Hope the update on 10.6 is a sign that the vendors have a fighting chance to make a living on the streets of Seoul. SL Hi there,
Am also dismayed to hear that the mayor regards the street stalls as a blight on the cityscape. Long live the pojangmachas and the street stalls selling my favourite snacks such as odeng and red-bean in fish-shaped pancakes
( forgot the Korean name)!
Hope the update on 10.6 is a sign that the vendors have a fighting chance to make a living on the streets of Seoul.
SL

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