Gwangju Biennale

: October 18 - November 3, 2005
: Light Into Life
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: 829 Artists from 33 Countries
: As for the nature of the event, the Gwangju Design Biennale focuses on the role of design as viewed from a humanistic perspective. Therefore, the theme of the 2005 Gwangju Design Biennale was defined as Light into Life, and its keywords hold the following meanings.
-Light : Gwangju, beacon, brightness, lamplight, hope, source of light, truth and intelligence.
-Life : Life, living, vitality

: October 5 - November 3, 2007
: L.I.G.H.T
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: 927 Artists from 45 Countries
: The theme of main exhibiton of "Gwangju Design Biennale 2007" is "L․I․G․H․T" Here, light symbolizes the village of light, Gwangju, and simultaneously signifies design itself. similar to obtaining rainbow colored spectrum from dispersing light by passing through a prism, by passing light of design permeated in our daily lives through the prism called Design Biennale, we are able to experience the diverse spectrum of design more vividly. keywords of the five zones comprising the main exhibition are "Life, Identity, Green, Human and Technology" are the spectrum of light called design as well as the main themes of design our times.

: September 18 - November 4, 2009
: The Clue
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: “The Clue” the Gwangju Design Biennale 2009 sets out to reevaluate the truism “think globally and act locally” by examining five examples of traditional Korean culture. These examples will be used to bring the potentialities of very specific local solutions to the fore and reconfigure them in an international design context: Perfect design is enacted in clothing, eating, living, enlightening and enjoying.