JangHeung Art Park and Times Square

JangHeung Art Park South Korea
Times Square Mall Seoul South Korea

A few weeks ago on a lovely 20 degree day I visited an art park in gyeonggido. Across the street from an amusement part the art park has an art museum showcasing various form of art on several levels and an open air "Art Park" with several sculptures on display as well as some places to relax and enjoy the day.


You can read more about it on their website:
http://www.artpark.co.kr/

Here are some pictures:





































I also took a trip to Times Square for the purpose of taking you for a virtual visit. Here is the YouTube link:



Well this week begins a month of excitement. Starting on Friday the 29th of March is the Seoul International Motor Show at KINTEX so if you have time I definitely recommend you get out there. I will be there for a few days. It finishes on the 7th of April so you have plenty of time to visit.

I will be bringing you some limited pictures next week with a full video presentation perhaps the week after depending on the work involved in creating the video :)
Until next week have a fantastic time! ^^

GDEK 2013 Graduate Design Exhibition Korea

GDEK 2013 Graduate Design Exhibition Korea 


Last weekend I was invited to visited the Graduate Design Exhibition in Yatap.

At the Korean Institute of Design Graduate designs were on display to the public.

A wide variety of designs were on display from practical items, clothing, architecture, household items, jewelry, electronics and so on.
There were some impressive submissions at the exhibition and I have some photographed here as well as the YouTube slideshow. So have a look below. ^^





















Well that's all for this week. We are getting closer to some big events that will be happening in Seoul soon but I will update you with all the details of those events next week. ^^

Until then have a fantastic week! ^^

Lighting Museum Gyeonggi-do Yangju-si South Korea

Lighting Museum Gyeonggi-do Yangju-si South Korea

This weekend was fantastic with a temperature reaching 20 degrees on Saturday! So it was only fitting that a day out in the lovely weather was in order.

We visited a couple of places but I will tell you about one of them for now; The Lighting Museum.

Another one of a kind museum has an exhibition of light. A look at the history of lighting bulbs, lamps and other historical forms of lighting. There is also a special exhibition showing some applications of light such as light therapy and effective lighting in an apartment mock up. Here are the websites:

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=1779869

http://www.lighting-museum.com/new/main/main.asp

Here are some pictures and a YouTube slideshow:













Well that's all for this week... Next time perhaps we shall see some of the design ideas of some young Korean minds but until then have a fantastic week! ^^

Seoul International Audio Exhibition 2013

Seoul International Audio Exhibition 2013
COEX 31 March - 3 February 2013

This weekend I went to the Seoul International Audio Exhibition that was held at COEX.

The first thing that struck me about this exhibition is that everything was huge... I was expecting to see some surround sound equipment that was very subtle but had excellent crystal clear and immersive sound. However I was greeted with huge speaker systems with power cables as thick as a snake (a fat snake anyway) and space age record players and even valve amplifiers!

There were a lot of classical music enthusiasts listening to delicate music on 50,000,000 won speakers That's about $50,000). And to be honest i am a bit of an audio fan and I didn't hear too much of what I would call amazing or spectacular sound for the amount of money, equipment and power drain that was on offer. I'm not even sure where you could put this equipment in Korea it was so big and bulky.

I was also a little confused by some of the exhibitors using dark lighting for their displays especially Sennheiser. Maybe they thought that the deprivation of the sense of sight would enhance your listening experience but for me it only added to the confusion of trying to find their product and experience the styling or  uniqueness of what they were offering.

Overall it was an unusual experience (if a little expensive at 10,000 won per ticket) and a good place to buy a good copy of some old records (as there were several record vendors located in the outside corridors).

Here are some photos and a slideshow so you can get the feel of what I am talking about:

















Well that's all for this week... I believe that the weather forecast says that the temperature will start increasing by this weekend so I am happy about that! ^^
Have a great week and I will see you back next time for some more from around Seoul! ^^