'What is design? The world is changing and so is
design. The shifting networks and nodes of the global world, the movement of
wealth and production, the emergence of new media, and the changing values of
local and global communities have refocused the issues, problems, and potential
of design. Inspired by the first lines of the Do Duk Kyeong (Tao Te Ching, 道德經), “the way that is the way
is not always the way,” the 4th Gwangju Design
Biennale sought to (re)place and (re)name the fundamental issues of contemporary
design.' - from organiser's website.