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History of Design Institute

2000 Established ‘Design Research Institute’
2002 Designated as a 'Center for Research Excellence' by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2002-2008, the first designation in the field of design)
2006 Selected as the 2nd stage of BK21 Support Projects from The Ministry of Education (Smart Home UID Project, 2006-2013)
2008 Hosted an international and joint design conference for Korean Society of Design Science, Ergonomics Society of Korea and Korean Society of Emotion and Sensibility
2010 Selected as KCI Candidated Journal by the National Research Foundation of Korea - ‘Journal of Integrated Design Research'
2011 Re-selected as the 'Center for Research Excellence' supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2011-2020)
2012 Selected as Healthcare Service Design Development Program supported by Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy
2013 Selected as the 3rd stage of BK21plus Support Projects (Healthcare U-Service Design, 2013-2020)
2014 Conducted 2nd stage Research ‘Environment Based u-Healthcare Design (2014-2017)
2015 Awarded ‘Excellent Research’ by Ministry of Education – published by Design Institute
2015 Journal of Integrated Design Research' was nominated as a KCI Accredited Journal by the National Research Foundation of Korea
2017 Conducted 3rd stage Research‘Service Oriented u-Healthcare Design (2017-2020)
2019 - Presidential Citation at the Korea Design Awards (Director of Design Research Institute)
- Awarded ‘Excellent Research’ by Ministry of Education 2019
2020 Selected as a 'Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute' supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2020-2026)
2021 Selected a '2021 Journal publish support program' by the National Research Foundation of Korea
2022 Selected a '2022 Journal publish support program' by the National Research Foundation of Korea
2023 Continued supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2023~2026)
2023 Selected a '2023 Journal publish support program' by the National Research Foundation of Korea