Korea

Look at twenty items from Korea; part of the Top 20 issue of Wallpaper* which showcases 20 new items waiting to be discovered in 10 global destinations. One of the twenty items focuses on some aspect of that countries involvement with the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale. The first page of the section shows a female fashion model shot against Seoul's National University Museum by Rem Koolhaas wearing a draped dress by Hexa by Kuho. Architecture includes two full page images of the modernist Mizium bulding by Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza for cosmetic company Amore Pacific (08); the Yangji housing development by GaA Architects where the houses are made up of four interlocking stacked boxes (11); the bright yellow structure of the Anyang Open School public arts exhibition centre made from shipping containers (16) by Lot-Ek of New York and the Hanil Visitor Center by BCHO Architects (04). Fashion designers include Jain Song (02) the daughter of Kim Dong Soon and menswear brand General Idea (17). Furniture design is represented by Jihoon Ha (06) and art by Gwon Osang (10) Interiors include the flagship store of stationery brand O-Check (03) which is also a cafe and the wooden timber structure by Shigeru Ban at the Clubhouse of the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club (20). Technological innovation considers electro paper from LG Display (15) which is only 0.3mm thick and the SGR-1 border patrol robot from Samsung Techwin (08).