| Abstract |
| The main administrative project of Seoul city in the year 2009 can be narrowed down to "The City for Women`s Happiness Project" and "Seoul, Capital City of Design Project," These two main projects have a common denominator, "the sensitivity", and focus on improving the quality of life for all people.
"The City for Women`s Happiness Project" is a project in which the Seoul city government strives to transform the city into a place where women can be happy by reflecting the women`s perspectives in all administrative work. This project uses the belief that if women (housewives) who play an important role in families are happy, then the entire family and even all the citizens can be happy, as its foundation. In the midst of the design being recognized as a determining factor for a nation`s competitiveness, the "Seoul, Capital City of Design Project" finds its significance in that its purpose is for the city to be the leader and develop the economy, and improve the citizen`s quality of life by utilizing designs. The city is hosting various events such as the Seoul Design Olympics and pushing forward with many public design projects as the city was designated as the 2010 World Design Capital.
Therefore, the "Sungdong/Hanyang Women`s Happiness Design School" case study which this particular study focalizes on was an attempt of the Seoul city to create a synergy effect that the individuals and the society can be happy by putting together the aforementioned two projects. So far, the projects that had to do with designs consisted of projects in which the public institutions focused on the public design and the administrators putting a focus on the design experience training for students.
However, the designer like sensitivity training programs targeting women who live in the city`s space and are solely in charge of educating their children were non-existent. It is expected that from the city`s efforts, the women will understand and actively participate in the 21st century city design projects such as life design, public design, and design training educational programs, and their increased participation is also expected to make women into competent curators when making the creative and sensitivity friendly happy city. |
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| 대중디자인교육, 여성행복도시 프로젝트. 디자인수도 서울, Design-education for the General Public, Women`s Happiness Projectl. Seou, Capital City of Design Project |
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