Abstract
This paper summarises a study of the narional design policy, the current status of the design industry and related support programmes offered by the government in South Korea. Government support programmes for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are analysed based on a questionnaire survey. Seven key recommendations for support programmes and the national design policy are identified as follows: (1) Improving PR in relation to the national design policy and related design support programmes, (2) Developing different support programmes for Medium sized (ME)s and Small Enterprises (SE)s, (3) Developing the support programmes more practically, (4) Improving the quality of design consultancies and subdividing them into specific fields of design consultancies, (5) Providing practical education and training programmes for designers and Chief Executive Officers(CEOs), (6)Re-considering the main operator in support programmes and (7) Raising the value of the 'Good Design' award and its globalisation.