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Installation view of the Korea Heritage Service and Korea Heritage Agency's booth at Craft Trend Fair 2024 [SHIN MIN-HEE]

Seoul's Craft Trend Fair finds extraordinary in the ordinary

The 19th Craft Trend Fair in Seoul, themed 'Extraordinary Objects,' features 280 exhibitors showcasing everyday craft items.

2024.12.12

Craftsperson Chang Yeon-soon was named a winner for the Craft Prize 2024. [KCDF]

Craft Prize 2024 announces winners, ceremony to take place at Craft Trend Fair

Craftsperson Chang Yeon-soon, media brand Design House and curator Rheem Mi-sun are the winners of the annual Craft Prize 2024.

2024.12.9

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The renovated Hanji House in Bukchon, central Seoul [KOREA CRAFT & DESIGN FOUNDATION]

Hanji Culture and History Center reopens under new name

The Hanji Culture and History Center reopened with renovations and additions under a new name, Hanji House, the Korea Craft & Design Foundation (KCDF) said Thursday.

2024.6.20

Students dye cloths at a traditional crafts center in Jongno District, central Seoul, as part of Korea Craft Week 2023 on May 19, 2023. [NEWS1]

Korea Craft Week 2024 to begin Friday until May 26

Korea Craft Week 2024 kicks off Friday and continues until May 26. It is a nationwide event that ranges from exhibitions, flea markets, seminars and hands-on programs that promote the crafts genre.

2024.5.16

Culture Minister Yu In-chon, left, and Kwak Soon-hwa, the newly-appointed chairwoman of the board of directors for the Korea Craft & Design Foundation at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Seoul branch in Jung District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. [MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM]

Former design professor tapped as chair of Korea Craft & Design Foundation

The Culture Ministry hopes that Kwak Soon-hwa, formerly of Kyonggi University, will elevate traditional K-culture worldwide.

2024.2.21

A view of the Craft Trend Fair 2023, which kicked off Thursday and continues until Sunday at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul [SHIN MIN-HEE]

Craft Trend Fair in Seoul looks to the past for inspiration for the future

The Craft Trend Fair 2023, hosted and organized by the Culture Ministry and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF), kicked off Thursday, exclusively to industry insiders and press first, at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul.

2023.12.14

Visitors look at a mural in the 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Hands' exhibition, as part of Korea Craft Week 2023. [NEWS1]

Korea Craft Week returns but this time, centers itself in Bukchon

The annual 10-day Korea Craft Week is back and for the first time, a specific area has been designated to celebrate crafts: Bukchon in Jongno District, central Seoul. Korea Craft Week 2023 begins on Friday and lasts through May 28. Since its...

2023.5.18

A promotional image for 'That's Korea,' which will promote hanbok, or traditional Korean dress. [KOREA CRAFT AND DESIGN FOUNDATION]

'That's Korea' culture fair set to take place in three Italian cities

Every year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF) make an effort to promote Korean culture, particularly crafts, in Milan. The Korean Craft Exhibition runs during the annual Milan Design...

2023.4.10

Visitors look at hanbok, or Korean traditional dress, at the ″Traditional Hanbok, Lifetime Ceremony″ (translated) exhibition at the Ara Art Center in central Seoul on Jan. 27. The exhibition was hosted by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation and ended Jan. 29. [NEWS1]

Korea Craft and Design Foundation promotes online hanbok brands

The Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF) is hosting a contest throughout March to promote the hanbok (Korean traditional dress) industry online, the foundation announced Thursday. Until March 30, the KCDF will be taking applications to choose...

2023.3.2

Artworks made by girl group NewJeans using hanji, traditional Korean mulberry paper, to go on auction this weekend [KCDF]

Hanji artworks made by NewJeans to be auctioned off to benefit traditional paper makers

Two pieces of hanji, traditional Korean paper, works made by girl group NewJeans will be auctioned off by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF), the state-run craft institute said Thursday. The two pieces were made by ...

2023.2.16