Our Advisors
Composed of experts from Korea and abroad, the Advisory Committee sets
the direction and operational plans for the Seoul Design Award.
Seoul Design Award will continue to expand
as a forum where designs to solve human,
social, natural, and environmental issues
in our daily lives are presented and shared.
as a forum where designs to solve human,
social, natural, and environmental issues
in our daily lives are presented and shared.
- Eriko Esaka
- Overseas Expert(Asia)
- Japan
- Program director at UNESCO City of Design Organizing Committee of Nagoya
- Mark Wee
- Overseas Expert(Asia)
- Singapore
- Advisor to the DesignSingapore Council
- Josyane Franc
- Overseas Expert(Europe)
- France
- Ambassador of Saint-Etienne Cité du design
- Andrea Cancellato
- Overseas Expert(Europe)
- Italy
- Director of ADI Design Museum
- Member of the Board of Directors of Museo Dicesano
- Fernando Mascaro
- Overseas Expert(South America)
- Brazil
- Architect and designer at FM Consulting for Sustainable Design Strategies
- Tuba Kocaturk
- Overseas Expert(Oceania)
- Australia
- Professor of Integral Design and Architecture, and founding director of MInD Lab at Deakin University
- Richard Perez
- Overseas Expert(Africa)
- South Africa
- Director at Hasso Plattner School of Design at the University of Cape Town
- Member of SAP Africa Academic Board
- Anya Sirota
- Overseas Expert(North America)
- USA
- Principal & Founder of Akoaki
- Associate Dean at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
- Ken Nah
- Overseas Expert(Asia)
- Republic of Korea
- Professor at Hongik University
- Jury of Red Dot Award
- Hyunsun Kim
- Overseas Expert(Asia)
- Republic of Korea
- President of Korea Federation of Design Associations
- Professor at Hongik University
- Member of Central Urban Planning Commission of the Ministry of Land Transportation
- Sangkyun Kim
- Overseas Expert(Asia)
- Republic of Korea
- Professor at Kyunghee University Graduate School of Business (Specialized in Metaverse)
- Sertaç Ersayin
- Overseas Expert(Asia/Europe)
- Turkey
- Treasurer / board member of WDO
- President of Industrial Designers Society of Turkey
- Jukka Savolainen
- Overseas Expert(Northern Europe)
- Finland
- Director of Design Museum in Helsinki