101 Top South Korean Product Design Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Product Design companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Product Design industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top South Korean Product Design Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

4:33 Creative Lab

4:33 Creative Lab

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4:33 Creative Lab, a top Korean mobile game designing company

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ProtoPie

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The easiest interaction design tool for all digital products, allowing designers to build highly interactive prototypes.

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Ateam Ventures

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Ateam Ventures brings personalized manufacturing to the hardware and software the company designs.

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Stripes

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Stripes is a Korean-based apparel company focused on designing and manufacturing men’s clothing products.

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RADSONE

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Radsone, short for Radical Sound, is a full stack audio company established to deliver high quality sound easier than before.

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JK Inspir

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JK Inspir is a direct-to-consumer company that offers eco-friendly consumer packaged goods.

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Black coin

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Black coin, a Korean startup, provides social membership cards for individuals all around the country.

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Marymond Corp.

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Marymond realizes the restoration of dignity through product design and infromative contects.

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SHAPL

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A crowd design D2C ecommerce platform .

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RESPACE

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RESPACE is a Korean company providing a shared space platform for people looking for extra spaces.

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WAPA

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WAPA is a Korean designer community organizing design contests.

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Samsung C&T Corporation

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Samsung C&T Corporation was founded in 1938 as a parent company of Samsung Group.

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Daily & Co

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Daily & Co is a D2C company that offers product design, production, brand building and management services.

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Pantech

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Pantech is a Korean company that manufactures mobile phones.

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SEMI FIVE

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SEMI FIVE is a semiconductor product design company.

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Key Valve Technologies

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The KVT as a specialist of valve engineering is now providing for customers the best product of good design of proper fluid flow control,

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Willings

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Willings is involved in manufacturing photovoltaic inverters, power conversion systems and other electrical equipment.

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ALTO

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ALTO specializes in the development of lighting products.

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enspire

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enspire offers brand communication and design to inspires people and ideas through integrated consulting services.

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Bros. & Co.

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Bros. & Co. operates FindingEdison.com a crowd sourcing product development platform aimed at commercializing inventions by designers.

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Duotone

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Duotone is a product design agency that creates visionary strategies and design systems for the products.

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Korea Electro-Optics

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Korea Electric Optical design and manufactures ultra-precision optical products.

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BNB Korea

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BNB Korea is a cosmetic product planning and design company.

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COOKIES

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COOKIES offers web design, web development, product design, and brand marketing services.

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FILA Holdings

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FILA Holdings is the designer of sports goods.

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Happycall

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A South Korean maker of cookware and kitchen appliances

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Artisan & Ocean

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Artisan & Ocean develops accessories for scuba diving equipment, such as waterproof housing for diving computers and underwater cameras.

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Vital Smith

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Vital Smith is a commercialize the innovative medical ideas.

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Shapeways Korea

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Shapeways Korea 3D printing education, product development consulting, and prototype production services.

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MARHEN.J

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MARHEN.J is a handbag design company.

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HNS

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HNS specializes in research and development of hardware design and mass production technology.

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GLOBALORDER

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GLOBALORDER specializes in branding, design and production services.

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HANKOOK STEEL CO LTD

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Hankook Steel is a Korean firm that specializes in the production of cast steels for use in sectors such as shipbuilding & power generation

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EggWiz

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EggWiz is an internet company specializing in website and product designing services.

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MFM Korea

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MFM Korea is a textile industry specialized in manufacturing and exporting clothing with main product knitwear.

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Lab80

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Lab80 builds Hello Money, an investment portfolio design tool.

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Seoul bund

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East-Asian style living design Online platform

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HEAZ

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HEAZ specializes in branding, packaging and design communication for the brand.

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StageFor

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StageFor provides an online & offline platform connecting businesses, marketing, and product advertising services.

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SAE-A

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SAE-A is a garment manufacturing company.

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KIDP

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KIDP improves Korean design and industrial competitiveness.

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J & C

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J & C specializes in manufacturing jig and inspection fixtures for welding automobile body parts.

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LIFE SQUARE

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Innovation Design Company, Content and Story Platform

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Goth Design

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Goth Design is a product design company specializes in home appliances and IT products.

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Howful

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Howful is a graphics and visuals design agency.

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SAMWON PAPER

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SAMWON PAPER supplies graphic design papers and industrial papers.

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BKID

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BKID is an industrial and product design studio.

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Project H

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Project H is a product production, design, marketing and distribution company.

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3D Connection

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3D Connection specializes in product design and 3D printing technology.

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Taeju Industry, Inc.

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Powerstrips and electrical socket(receptacle) designer and manufacturer

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EXPA

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EXPA engages in the research and development of product display systems.

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Paulus

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Paulus is an online store that designs and supplies kitchenware products made from ceramics, glass, wood, and stainless steel.

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B D C I

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B D C I is a global design management company.

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Media Center

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Media Center provides media education and production support services.

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Redbox

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Redbox is an advertising company specializing in web & UI designing, advertising and marketing services.

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Metafaux Studio

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Metafaux Studio is a product design, furniture, 3D modeling and simulation company.

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K-TOYZ

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K-TOYZ is a toys design & distribution and sales & advertising company.

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Osung Advanced Materials

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Osung Advanced Materials manufactures optical films like protective, functional, thermal barrier films and involved in other activities.

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JNCompany

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JNCompany is a character merchandising and design company.

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Hs2studio

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Hs2studio is a product design company that specializes in the design and connected to the sympathy of users.

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Airlab.Inc.

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Airlab is a manufacturer of a new type of portable air purifier in the area of ​​moving air purifier.

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PDF HAUS

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PDF HAUS is a product design and industrial design service company.

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MetaRobotics

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MetaRobotics is a Korean robotics design company.

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NUBRID

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NUBRID is a product and graphic designing studio.

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Thinksmaker

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Thinksmaker is a product design and manufacturing studio.

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Yoon Lab

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Yoon Lab is an e-commerce platform that offers products to control body odor.

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TOV

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TOV is a brand that specializes in the design of beauty and cosmetics products.

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HIGINO

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HIGINO designs, implements, applies and maintains customer experience services.

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Creative Works

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Creative Works is a creative strategy and design agency.

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STORYFORM

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STORYFORM provides design consulting services in IT-based products, industrial equipment, daily necessities, UI / UX, and brand design.

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Ciaat

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Ciaat is a dye-diffusion company with professional experience and material development in relevant business.

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Brandlab

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Brandlab is a footwear designer company.

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Cosco Paper

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Cosco Paper specializes in eco-friendly paper materials and products to address global environmental issues.

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Lemon Yellow

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Lemon Yellow is a graphic design and product development company.

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Sullem Design

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Sullem Design is a design research institute that offers package, leaflet, catalog, poster, and logo designing services.

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Y Creative

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Y Creative provides the best advertisements at a fast and reasonable price and product design services.

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Leemyungsu Design Lab

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Leemyungsu Design Lab is dedicated in developing IT Fashion products.

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TiNA3D

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Tina3D software is an organized group of 3D engine veteran developers, specializing in research and development of visualization software.

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IAMPLUS

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IAMPLUS provides homepage & shopping mall consulting, and web page design services.

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Heink Korea

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Heink Korea is a mobile accessory products development company.

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DNI Communication

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DNI Communication is an industrial design company.

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Dawin Electronics

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Dawin Electronics designs and develops semiconductors.

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O-STAR GLOBAL

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O-STAR GLOBAL engages in the manufacturing of multi-component injection moldings.

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NOVV

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NOVV is a product design and development company.

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Miroad

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Miroad is a rubber products manufacturing firm based in Korea.

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Dawon Chairs

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Dawon Chairs is a manufacturer of office and reception chair components.

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SeenBnTek

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SeenBnTek is a global manufacturer of advanced automation equipment.

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VISUAL FRAME

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VISUAL FRAME offers web design, app development, product design, and brand marketing services.

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TELOS

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TELOS is the provider of package design, marketing content, 3D design, prototype production services.

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EGGPLANT FACTORY

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Egg Plant Factory offers brand strategy, identity design, graphic design and architecture design.

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Seojin Automotive

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Seojin Automotive is a manufacturer of automotive components.

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Barunn Company

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Barunn Company manufactures wedding invitations, greeting cards, stationery, and other paper products.

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Almond Studio

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Almond Studio is an international design studio.

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MOTO

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MOTO provides product design and brand design services.

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U.lab

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U.lab provides retail & commercial, food & beverage, space identity design, and consulting services.

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BEBOP

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BEBOP is a studio that specializes in product design.

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SEON DESIGN

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SEON DESIGN is a product design company that provides design consulting for electronic devices, medical devices, and household goods.

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Data Triple

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Data Triple is an IT professional development partner that provides development startup services.

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We’d design

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We’d design is a design company that provides product design and UI design services.

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Hao Design

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Hao Design is the provider of catalog production, brochure production, brochure design, brochure design services.

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Youthstarting

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Youthstarting provides product design, mobile development, training, and business support services.

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