APD 2024 SEOUL

APD is an international event aimed at exchanging Asia package design. Starting with the first event held in Seoul, Korea in 1993, four regional organizations, Korea Package Design Association (KPDA), Shanghai Packaging Technology Association (SPTA), Taiwan Package Design Association (TPDA), and Japan Package Design Association (JPDA), have held the event sequentially up to the 15th Taipei event in 2017. The 16th event in Japan in 2021 was held as an online conference for the first time due to the pandemic, and the Thai Package Design Association (ThaiPDA) joined as a member. This year, the 17th APD will be held in Seoul, Korea from October 16 to 27, 2024, and the Indonesian Graphic Designers Association (ADGI) joined as a member, expanding the event to 6 Asian regions. Companies and designers involved in the Asia package design industry can join and participate in the 6 Asia regional organizations.

History & Theme

No.1 1993	Seoul
	Traditional Culture and the Contemporary Package
No.2 1994	Shanghai
	People, Packaging and the Market
No.3 1995	Taipei
	The Package and Environmental Preservation
No.4 1997	Osaka
	Food Culture and Package Design
No.5 1998	Seoul
	Package Asia
No.6 1999	Shanghai
	Innovation: Toward21st-Century Design
No.7 2002	Taipei
	The Package and Environmental Preservation
No.8 2004	Tokyo
	Energy, Appeal, The Package
No.9 2005	Seoul
	The Fusion of Time and Space
No.10 2006	Shanghai
	Original Design and Environmental Ideals
No.11 2008	Taipei
	Package X Culture = the Economy
No.12 2010	Tokyo
	From Asia to the World and from the World to Asia
No.13 2013	Shanghai
	Package - Science Technology and Culture
No.14 2015	Seoul
	Sharing Insight in Packaging
No.15 2017	Taipei
	Touch -感動-
No.16 2021	Nara
	Think Design Future
No.17 2024	Seoul
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