Students from the DSU College of Design, together with DSU Division of Design Professor Ico Migliore, conducted a workshop in the summer of 2021. Professor Migiliore, a representative of Migliore & Servetto Architects located in Milan, Italy, is a world-renowned architect as well as being considered a Mecca in the design field. He has won many world-class design awards, including the Golden Compass and Red Dot.

For the workshop, which marks its third year of operation this year (2019-2021) despite the global pandemic, Professor Chang Juyoung and Park Boo-mi led the process in Milan and Busan simultaneously through real-time internet video. A total of 13 students participated, including: graduate students Yu Ji-na and Lee Jae-myeong; seniors Jeong Jae-hee, Jae Yun- ho, Kim Su-min, Baek Hee-kyung, Kim Ye-eun, Kim Tae-won, and Lee Ji-soo; and juniors Park Chang-jun, An Hong-beom, Gwon Kyung-min, and Kim Hu-jeong Kim.

The theme for the 2021 workshop was ’Readymade Cocoons,’ a design concept process which recycled the folding chair (beachchair) concept familiar to the generapublic, but with an added-on focus on creativity and flexibility of ideas, with the aim of creating a haven-like chair that enabled new uses and interactions based on user behavior.

Held for a period of 10 days during the summer vacation (July 12-22), among the highlights were the production and presentation of videos and PPTs by students, including the construction of 1/5 scale models, with the participants enjoying the ensuing combined experience that incorporated visual and tactile elements of architectural design. Also coming in for special mention and commendation were the personal reviews of projects offered by Professor Migliore, all participants grateful for the opportunity for exposure to his outstanding individuality and ideas, sophisticated expressiveness, and open creativity.