A design-led tour of one destination, selected by our global contributors and team. In this first edition, we visit the South Korean capital of Seoul, notebook in hand

Designed by A Work of Substance, retail concept House of Shinsegae belies its bustling urban surrounds

Korean studio Niceworkshop and upcycling brand Format repurpose aluminium formwork to create a starkly modern furniture collection

Studio HJRK designed this Seoul apartment to combine openness and privacy while echoing the owners’ love of nature, art and design

American giant Blue Bottle Coffee continues its international expansion with the opening of Korea’s first Blue Bottle Studio in Seoul, designed by Teo Yang Studio

Five-day Korean design event Define Seoul sits alongside its well-established art fair counterparts, adding a new dimension to the nation’s ever-increasing cultural capital

Korean brand Dozamm’s female artisans hand-make furniture using traditional joinery methods

Korean Air‘s new cabin interiors reflect a modern, forward-looking airline that focuses on creating spaces with both material and aesthetic longevity

The global appetite for no- and low-alcohol beverages is manifesting in physical spaces such as new bar NoLo!

In Seoul, multi-unit residential project Brighten N40 makes its home in a Jean-Michel Wilmotte-designed building with interiors by local studio INTG. Here INTG founders Daniel Song and Kate Cho tell us more about the Gallery House concept they developed for the units

In Seoul’s downtown Jongno-gu, Teo Yang Studio has realised an elegant, contemporary restaurant that pays tribute to Korean architectural vernacular

Tucked away in Seoul’s Bukchon Hanok Village, this hanok hotel realised by local design firm Kilyeon reinvents the traditional hanok home for the modern traveller

Studio Eccentric designed this serene, layered family home in Seoul’s Cheongdam neighbourhood around a central bonsai tree. Here studio founder and creative director Seuk Hoon Kim tells us more about the project

Designed by architecture firm Samuso Hyojadong, Aesop Seochon is modelled on the traditional open-sided pavilion and invites people, nature and the elements in

We get to know South Korean weaver Dahye Jeong, the winner of this year’s Loewe Foundation Craft Prize known for her delicate horsehair creations

Designed by OONN and U.LAB, new Seoul bookstore Graphic — dedicated to graphic novels, comic books and art and design books — takes its shape from the well-worn pages of an old book

Set in Seoul’s bustling Itaewon, lifestyle store and creative space HAHOUSE was designed by local interior design studio niceworkshop. and incorporates the minimal design language of the studio’s steel furniture series. Co-founder Hyunseog Oh tells us more about the project

Herzog & de Meuron’s first project in South Korea, for the SONGEUN Art & Cultural Foundation, is inspired by distinct elements of local context, culture and environment

AHC Spa launches its new forest-inspired Gangnam flagship location designed by local studio FLYmingo

The new Seoul headquarters of South Korean media company JTBC was designed by THE_SYSTEM LAB to be an agile, adaptable office tower that meets the requirements of the fast-paced media environment