The Gwangju Design Biennale 2017 primarily seeks to reflect the power of design in the future creative society . Exploring the theme of “FUTURES” the exhibitions and installations will touch on contemporary hot-topics ranging from sustainable, eco-friendly, future-oriented design with emphasis on sympathy, distribution/sharing and consideration. It explores the future life , design value and its vision under new paradigm of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

- As the world’s first design biennale, the Gwangju Design Biennale is held to celebrate and to promote Gwangju as the design capital of the world.​