지방정부의 디자인산업 지원 정책 현황분석을 통한 발전 방향 제안 - 최근 4개년 간의 서울시 디자인정책을 중심으로 -

Background The regional design policies in South Korea had been led mainly by the Regional Design Center of the Korea Design Promotion Agency, an affiliated organization centered on the central government. However, local governments have recently expanded the scope of design support policies that are limited to public design to the local design industry in order to revitalize the local economy. This study aims to propose directions for the design industry support policies of local government by examining the current status of policies focusing on Seoul and autonomous districts.
Methods This study examined the current status of local design industry support policies through the analysis of prior studies on design industry support policies and the analysis of legal context and policy implementation. In particular, the analysis of policy implementation results was conducted focusing on Seoul, which has steadily promoted policies to support the design industry over the past four years (2018-2021). Then, the limitations and problems of local governments' design industry support policies were derived, and directions were presented to improve policy efficiency.
Result The system and basis for continuously promoting the design industry policy were not established yet. Thus, it is difficult to keep the continuous and substantial regional design industry policy at the local government level. Although the Seoul Metropolitan Government's design industry support program is expanding quantitatively, its growth potential is insignificant when compared to other design policy fields, and the lack of diversity of beneficiaries has been confirmed. In addition, in terms of budget and organizational structure, there were difficulties in discovering and promoting unique programs due to the budget and decision-making structure dependent on local governments.
Conclusion In order to promote regional-oriented design industry support policies in the future, it is necessary to prepare the legal system and an integrated plan that considers the changes of the design area. Also, it is required to implement efforts such as redefining the scope of the support projects more comprehensively and establishing a legal basis.