서울디자인재단 시민디자인사업에 관한 연구 - 2012~2014년 시민디자인사업 예산을 중심으로 -

Background: Recently, design for functional develop- ment and results has played a new role in social problem-solving. Public design, which mainly focused on tangible means in the past, has started to highlight aspects of citizen-led social value. Hence, public design institutions, which lead public design, are encountering a pivotal moment, unlike any before, in order to play a new design role. Methods: Specifically, this paper aims to investigate the aspects of utilizing public-design projects and to analyse their budget usage within the Seoul Design Foundation, based on a ‘design white paper’ published by the Seoul Design Foundation and a ‘revenue and expenditure budgetary document’ from Seoul Metro- politan City. Result: Analysing the results, it is found that the Seoul Design Foundation has expanded its public-design projects by employing a 'citizen-driven' aspect, and subsequently the budget and expenses of citizen-driven projects have been increased. Conclusion: Still the media focus on the public-design form of 75 percent of projects from the Seoul Design Foundation. However, the increasing proportion of public-design projects focusing on social value and continuity is a positive sign of an evolving role for social design.