The editorial staff is on the road in a rental car. With the limited edition stickers given out during the crowdfunding for the launch of D&DEPARTMENT JEJU. Photo by Jina
Hello everyone!
This is the editorial team working on the Jeju issue of <d design travel>.
After the last workshop, the two editors went back to Seoul and Tokyo, and through a lot of emails and Google Drive to share their research, travel plans, and interview schedules.
On the evening of Monday, May 8, the team from Seoul and Tokyo reunited on Jeju Island. From that day until May 22, the team will spend the first few days of the trip.
We will send you editorial stories throughout the week.
(left)Editor-in-chief Shindo met me at Gimpo Airport (Seoul). He turned on his iPhone and spoke the Korean he'd been learning for the past few days.
(right)The flags are the places recommended at the April workshop and places individually researched by the Jeju branch and the editorial staff. We use this map as the center of our research and coverage.
The "d mark review" will also be decided by seeing it for ourselves.
(left)Introduced as "d mark review" For our first official interview, we were presented with a book recently translated and published by MMMG, a partner in Seoul.
(right)While staying in the old town, we walked along Sanji Stream and visited the Arario Dongmun Motel I, II Museum. On the roof, two members of the editorial staff. Photo by Shindo
<I am Shindo, the editor-in-chief>
<d design travel> that says LONG LIFE DESIGN. Editor-in-chief Shindo next to Jeju's oldest tangerine tree photo by Jina
I'm back in Jeju. With about a week's notice, I started working in earnest on Jeju Island to create a book based on our past research.
I had the feeling of "I've been back here again," just as I had when I'd already traveled around Japan. After a week, I've gotten used to the direction (Japan's traffic is left-hand drive/Korea's is right-hand drive), and I think I'll gradually get used to it in the future. In fact, I've been driving around in a rental car since yesterday. Even though it's right-hand drive and the traffic laws are different, I'm currently obsessed with the modern-day CASPER (laughs).
By living there for a long time, <d design travel> learns about the individuality of the region and searches for the necessary designs.
In a way, I think a special relationship with my real home, Japan, which can be called a job, has gradually begun.
And even if it is "Jeju, Korea," there are experiences that appeal to me as a Japanese person that are no different from "somewhere" in Japan, except that I don't understand the language. Or rather, the joy of seeing my first 'design' that doesn't exist in Japan may be more than the coverage of Japan.
The reporting has just begun and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
<d design travel> Chief Editor of Shindo's Voicy and the D&D Jeju Society
(Both are in Japanese)
Voicy
This is an audio diary of the editor-in-chief of <d design travel>.
As editor-in-chief, I try to be as "honest" as possible, including what impressed me, what made me happy, what I struggled with, and what I worried about during the previous day's coverage.
the D&D Jeju Society
As I've been working on the book, I've created a group on Facebook to keep track of my "design travels" and to share my daily reflections on what I've learned and been impressed by along the way.
<Jeju Discovered by d design travel >
Dombe pork from Hogeun-dong is served on a dombe ( means "cutting board" in Jeju) and placed at our table.
<Kesukang> made with tangerines from Jeju Island
Actually, it's the "Flavors of Jeju" section, which is updated daily. By the category of food, alcohol, what is a unique Korean way of drinking 'bomb shot' that mixes soju(Korean distilled liquor) and beer? I was a little confused by the bomb shot at first, but I actually like it!
I'm also surprised by the soups that I drink almost every day. Yesterday I thought Jeju's bracken soup was delicious, but today I found one with seaweed in it (momguk) and it was just as good. I also tried 'Omegitteok' at Dongmun market, where I always go to eat when I come to Jeju.
The locally produced fruits such as Hallabong, a famous citrus fruit in Jeju, and Apple Mango are also delicious, and Kaksu-kang, the hangover drink, contains Jeju mandarin oranges, so I thought it had a Jeju character.
If I had to choose a favorite, it would be the Dombe pork from Hogeun-dong, which was brought to me by the president of D&DEPARTMENT Seoul, Mr. Bae, who lives in Jeju.
It was interesting to hear the history of "Dombe" (which means "cutting board" in Jeju). Jeju women were busy working at sea and raising their children, so they couldn't spend much time in the kitchen. They just simply boiled Jeju pork, sliced it, and served it on a cutting board.
I guess "Jeju's Best Food" will be updated in the future. I'm looking forward to next week. by Shindo
<This week's editorial focuses on...Music of Jeju>
<d design travel> is
a design travel guide book started in 2009 by designer Nagaoka Kenmei(D&DEPARTMENT founder).
The book features a total of six categories of places to visit (sightseeing spots, restaurants, shops, cafes, hotels, and local people), and introduces four of them with d mark reviews.
Inside the magazine, there are sections for "Local Books" and "Local Music".
This week, I submitted a manuscript for the <Books in Jeju> section from a bookstore in Jeju, and the manuscript has arrived.
Today, we're introducing `Aewol Sunset' by Jang Pil-soon, a musician who lives and works in Jeju. *Aewol is one of the seaside area of Jeju.
'Windy Aewol Port, sitting on a bench on a small promenade, forgetting everything to say.
colored by the Aewol sunset.
As my time in Jeju accumulates day by day, I am gradually discovering its design. by Jina
Listen to this week's Jeju music, selected by the d design travel editorial team(Link to youtube)
<Jina's Editorial Reviews>
It seems like there are about 1,000 pieces of a digi-puzzle called Jeju Island, because I feel like I'm putting the pieces together every day.
I spend every day asking, thinking, and answering questions with editor-in-chief Shindo, such as what is "Jeju-ness" and "Does it have a design?
There was also the joy of finding an out-of-print book in Jeju's unmanned bookstore < Chaek Yakbang(Book Apothecary)>.
<d design travel Photo Journal>
Tiles on the breakwater of the port of Jeju.
While working on this book, I realized that <Haenyeo> is only distributed in Korea and Japan. *Haenyeo is a diver who goes deep into the sea to collect abalone and seafood.
The book will be released in the spring of 2024, so it's still a long way off,
But I will continue to work diligently to write about the things I encountered and was moved by, as well as the things the two of us in the editorial team think about in Jeju.
<Editorial Team of d design travel JEJU>
Nagaoka Kenmei(publishers of d design travel), Jina Lee, and Hideto Shindo, at d47 SHOKUDO in Hikarie, Shibuya, Tokyo, on January 26, 2023.
Hideto Shindo
d design travel chief editor / d47 design travel store director
Born in 1980. Joined the D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT in 2012.
A travel guide compiled from a "long-life design perspective" and published in one volume for each of Japan's 47 prefectures. Responsible for the overall production of "d design travel", including editing, writing, and photography. Organized an exhibition in conjunction with "d design travel" at the d47 Museum in Hikarie, Shibuya. He also travels by car to pick up exhibits from the prefectures covered in each issue.
Jina Lee
Director of Calling Books /<d design travel> Writing Partner
Born in 1984. In 2012, she discovered the D&Department Project through designer Kenmei Nagaoka's book <Walking on Designer Thoughts> by designer Kenmei Nagaoka and learned about the D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT,
She was a member of the study group at MMMG, which became a partner of the D&DEPARTMENT SEOUL store. As a travel writer, she has published books such as "Rediscovering Seoul" and "Mother-Daughter Travel". In 2021, she founded Calling Books, a curated bookstore and general store that deals with books and becoming books. d design travel's first overseas special issue<Jeju>, as the Korean representative of, she is in charge of reporting and editing with editor-in-chief Shindo.
If you have something to say to the d design travel editorial team, if you know a lot about Jeju Island,
or if you think "This doesn't exist on the mainland, only on Jeju Island!" and have something to tell us, please email us.
Thank you and take care!
-Editorial Team
