Located in the heart of Seoul, DDP is a multicultural space that has served as a hub for launching design trends through exhibitions, forums, design conferences, and interactive content since 2014. DDP at the Superdesign Show is a resonance center for Korea’s K-design culture and industry.
“DDP SEOUL.IZE” celebrates the energy restlessness of the city that does not stand still, where night and day merge because there is no right time for creativity.

It was one of the huge audience successes of the 2022 edition, FORUM8’s interactive show returns to the Superdesign Show to engage visitors with high-adrenaline presentations. Under the theme VR inspires Imagination, Innovation! FORUM8, the award-winning Tokyo-based leader in cloud-based photo-realistic and immersive 3D VR and design software, presents the entire range of latest generation software solutions. 

Designing a lamp without slipping into banality requires a careful study of the environment in which it is to be used. It’s quick to say “lamp”, less to make the perfect one. With 5 lights, the young Japanese start-up quantum rethinks lighting through five lamps with a sophisticated design and extreme versatility.
Flag, a rechargeable table lamp that can be extended and shortened if necessary, thus modifying the projection of the shadow, a ductile and convenient object for those who, for example, work from home; 

Inheriting traditional techniques and developing them with modern technology, Akira Mitsuokaha’s Kawashima Selkon Textiles plunges its roots in the kimono industry of Nishijin, Kyoto district, where it specializes in reproducing with modern techniques the threads recognized as a Japanese national treasure. 

The timeless appeal of Indonesian craftsmanship is modernized in contemporary production. An immersive crochet installation amazes the audience as they were entering a world of colors, shapes, materials, and surprisingly cohesive techniques. Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Service, Jakarta Capital City Government, and Indonesian Contemporary Art (ICAD) presents “Weaving the World” by ICAD Collective.

Every year, the most important neighborhoods of Japan’s capital unite under the banner of art in all forms. This year, the wave of energy and creative fervor arrives in Milan with an amazing four-handed project. TCS is the largest fashion and art event in Japan and includes a series of initiatives in 6 key districts of the city: Shibuya, Harajuku, Ginza, Marunouchi-Yurakucho, Nihonbashi and Haneda.

In the home of the future there are smart appliances, SmartThings that connect and help people live better, and great care for aesthetics that become tailored designs. With a focus on sustainability. The Bespoke Home, Bespoke Life by Korean company Samsung Electronics is a “sustainability zone” for the setup of which designer Seungji Mun chose recycled materials.

The latest model of a coupé by Lexus offers inspiration to Suchi Reddy for creating an installation that engages all the senses, in a dialogue between art, design and innovation, which nicely conveys the zero-impact vision of the company. Acclaimed New York-based designer Suchi Reddy was inspired by the curves and craftsmanship of the Lexus Electrified Sport coupé for the “Shaped by Air’’ installation, which is partially made from recycled consumables and, therefore, perfectly matches the company’s ethos, its drive for innovation, and its concern for environmental issues, without ignoring the aesthetics.

The Superstudio Academy, a cycle of lessons that enriches the Master MADEM-Arts and Design Management of the LUM School of Management, was an opportunity to hear Luca Gnizio speak, designer, artist, experimenter (it is difficult to find a label for him), who he made his debut at Superstudio 13 in 2012 with a terracotta chair, from whose cracks a sprout grew, shy. 

From there he went on and grew up with his original and avant-garde idea of eco-social design: he reused everything, carbon fibre, marble, old tyres, jeans, industrial waste which gives rise to a sustainable design which don't forget to arouse beauty...

The war in Ukraine, the Iranian revolution, the aesthetics of food and buildings, the different implementations of Artificial Intelligence in the fields of creativity… the photographic language and its topicality return to the center of the XII edition of the MIA Fair, the first fair of photography in Italy, the most interesting and trendy, which for the fourth year in a row hosts 100 exhibitors in the spaces of Superstudio Maxi from 23 to 26 March.

The pop collage chosen as the icon image of this edition is Davide Bramante's Milan, an ideal vision with the Cathedral and the facade of the gallery in the background, silhouettes of people, and some advertising slogans, from which the many....