For me, Green Map's Director, this fall's highlights included traveling to South Korea to be part of the Seoul Design Olympiad.

This 21 day kick off event leads up to Seoul being designated as 2010's World Design Capitol, attended by 2 million people. Mayor Oh has embraced the concept of 'design is Air' and these exciting keywords: Sustainable, Convergent, Experiential, Participatory and Connecting, expressed in a conference, exhibition, competition and festival. Held in the Olympic Stadium, transformed by 3600 citizens into a gigantic recycled plastic sculpture.

With before and after workshops (the latter featuring Tokyo Mapmaker, Masahiro Horiuchi, shown in the center of the group photo)), two terrific Green Maps were created by university students devoted to inclusive exploration of natural areas. Pictured here, more details of this project will be added soon to their profile.

Special thanks to SDO Director Eun Sook Kwon, Professor Hyeon-Jeong Yoon and Wook-Hyun Han of Soong Eui Women's College and Professor Jin Ku Lee of Handong Global University and their design students, Jae-Kyoung Lee and her colleages at Seoul Design Center and all the speakers, participants and events that made this journey so special.