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'Amazing! Tomorrow’, Welcome to Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP).
DDP is a multi-cultural complex located at Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station in Seoul, Korea. Since its foundation on March 21, 2014, DDP has staged diverse cultural events including exhibitions, fashion shows, product launch shows, forums, conferences and various cultural events. DDP is where new design trends begin and cultures are exchanged. It is a venue that introduces new products and fashion trends, that shares knowledge through exhibitions, and that offers diverse contents to experience new design. Through these activities, DDP will be the hub of the design and fashion industry that will expand to Asia and the world.
‘Amazing Tomorrow’ captures the ambition to deliver an experience that will pleasantly surprise future citizens and foreigners through the DDP, which showcases a future-oriented building design resembling a spaceship, cutting-edge construction technology, and content.
After the opening, the ddp
1. A must-visit tourist attraction in Seoul that is visited by more than 10 million people annually
- Visited by more than 10 million people annually since 2018 (approx. 30 thousand visitors daily)
2. Selected as “A Place to Go” by the New York Times
- Selected as one of the 100 Must-Visit Tourist Spots in Korea and referred to as a representative tourist spot in Seoul by the LA Times
3. A posthumous work of Zaha Hadid, the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize
- A place loved by world-renowned designers including Karl Lagerfeld, Alessandro Mendini and Jean Paul Gaultier
4. Holding more than 100 exhibitions and events annually
- A place that attracts luxury brands including Chanel and Louis Vuitton
- A place used as a launch event of BMW, Benz, etc.
5. Endless efforts and transformation made for the mutual growth with Dongdaemun commercial area
- Continuous event and product development in collaboration with Dongdaemun region
- Floating population in the subway increased by more than 12% since the opening (source: Seoul Metro)