"Mindungsan Experience Route" Wins This Year's GOOD DESIGN KOREA Presidential Award

Galaxy Z Fold8 and MobED receive Prime Minister’s Awards

The Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) announced on October 20 that it had selected 80 winners through the award review for the 2026 GOOD DESIGN KOREA.

This year’s Presidential Award went to Eum Partners for “A Vast Silver Grass Plain Spanning 200,000 Pyeong, an Awe-Inspiring Mindungsan Experience Route.” The Prime Minister’s Awards went to Samsung Electronics’ “Galaxy Z Fold8” and Hyundai Motor Company’s “MobED.”

"20만 평" means 200,000 pyeong; phrase translated. Need English-only. **"A Vast 200,000-Pyeong Silver Grass Plain, an Awe-Inspiring Mindungsan Experience Route" image. Korea Institute of Design Promotion**

“Mindungsan Experience Route” is a public-environment design project that reinterprets the natural setting of Mindungsan and the way visitors experience the place through design. It visualizes the mountain’s natural features, including its ridges, silver grass, dolines and red soil, through the concept of “layers of nature,” and applies this concept to features such as trail signs and sculptures at village entrances. The project was particularly praised for connecting visitors’ journeys, information searches and memories of the place into a single experience.

“Galaxy Z Fold8” is a foldable smartphone that uses a folding screen to open up new possibilities for the form and use of digital devices. “MobED” is a mobile robot platform designed for use in a variety of environments, with an experience of movement using adaptive wheels incorporated into its design.

The award review was held on September 17 and 18 at DK Campus at the Korea Design Center. Six division chairs from the first-round judging committee took part in the review, while 80 observers watched the process. The winning entries are scheduled to be exhibited at DESIGN KOREA 2026, taking place from November 25 to 29, and the awards ceremony will be held in early December.

Kang Yoonju, president of the Korea Institute of Design Promotion, said, “Through GOOD DESIGN KOREA, we will continue to discover outstanding design across our daily lives and industries, and widely promote the value and competitiveness of Korean design at home and abroad.”

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