Korea Association of Industrial Designers
The Korea Association of Industrial Designers (Hanguk saneop dijaineo hyeophoe, KAID) is a private association and corporation founded in 1993 with the merger of three organizations involved in industrial design. These three organizations are the Korea Industrial Designers Association (INDDA) affiliated with the Korea Designer’s Council (Hanguk dijaineo hyeopuihoe, KDC) founded in May 1972 at the initiative of Park Daesun, a leading design educator; the Korean Industrial Designers Association (the Korean Society of Industrial Designers (KSID) at the time of its founding) established in June 1972 by Min Chulhong and eight other designers (Lee Sunhyeok, Bu Sueon, Kim Gilhong, An Jongmun, Bae Cheonbeom, Choe Daeseok, Kim Cheolsu, and Min Gyeongu); and the Korean Industrial Design Company Association (KIDCA) founded in 1991. They were merged in August 1993 and launched as the Korea Association of Industrial Designers (KAID). After the merger, An Jongmun became the interim president, and at the board meeting held in April 1994, Bu Sueon was elected as the first president. Shortly after its launch in 1993, the KAID joined the International Council of Societies of Industrial Designers (ICSID, currently World Design Organization, WDO). In 2001, it co-hosted the ICSID 2001 Seoul Congress with the Korea Institute of Design Promotion. In 1997, the KAID established the Korea Industrial Design Award and renamed it as the Pinup Design Award in 2008. In 1999, it formed the Asia Designers Assembly (ADA) together with the Japan Industrial Designer Association (JIDA) and the China Industrial Design Association (CIAD). The assembly continues to this day. In 2011, it launched the Korea Society of Industrial Design (KSID) in order to bridge the gap between the field and academia in the design world.
Korean Industrial Artist Association
An organization formed on 27 December 1945, by Gwon Yeonghyu, Han Hongtaik, Hong Hyeongmun, Lee Wanseok, Yu Yunsang, Jo Neungsik, Eom Doman, Cho Byungduk, Choi Yeonhan, Lee Taeseon, and Hong Namgeuk. Its office was located at the Cheonil Building in Yejidong, Seoul. The organization's primary activities included "exhibitions of artwork; research on advertising crafts, exhibitions, and industrial design; educational lectures and round-table discussions; promotion of the new nation; and introduction of overseas industrial art to Korea." Originally, two exhibitions were planned per year, one in spring and the other in autumn. The inaugural exhibition was held at the Dong Hwa Gallery from May 20 to 25 in 1946, and according to Yesul Yeongam 1947, a second exhibition was held at the same gallery from January 8 to 14 in 1947. After the second exhibition, the group issued a statement in which it asserted that it was never a member of the right-wing Korean Federation of Cultural Organizations [Jeonguk munhwa danche chongyeonhapoe]. In 1959, the group was renamed as the Korean Industrial Artist Association [Daehan saneop misulga hyeophoe], and it continues to exist to the present day.