Specialized Industrial Design Company Report

Procedure

Procedure

1. 01

   Choose specialized fields: Select the fields the company actually works in, such as visual, packaging, product, environmental, multimedia and service design. Reporting three or more fields makes it a comprehensive design company, which adds the sales standard of KRW 200 million or more in the previous business year or on average over the previous three business years.

2. 02

   Check professional staff standards: Confirm that at least one person per field meets the Guidelines, such as holders of a design engineer qualification or higher, master's degree holders in design, or bachelor's degree holders with 1 year or associate degree holders with 3 years of practical experience. Non-majors need 3 to 7 years or more of practical experience depending on education.

3. 03

   Organize evidence: Match education and experience with qualification certificates, graduation certificates and career certificates, and confirm employment through social insurance enrollment records. A one-person company can also report if the representative meets the standard.

4. 04

   Prepare and submit the report: Attach the articles of incorporation (for corporations) and documents proving the reporting standards to the report in Form No. 3 of the Enforcement Rule of the Industrial Design Promotion Act and submit it to the Korea Institute of Design Promotion.

5. 05

   Acceptance and certificate issuance: The Institute verifies the facts reported and gives notice of acceptance within 14 days, and issues a report confirmation certificate in Form No. 4 once accepted. If supplementation is requested, submit evidence based on the same standards.

6. 06

   Change reports and follow-up management: If the company name, representative, location, professional staff or specialized fields change, file a change report in Form No. 5 within 30 days. The certificate may not be transferred or lent to others, and the Institute may inspect operations at any time.

Filing route

Filing route

Deadlines & processing notes

Deadlines & processing notes

Basic documents

Basic documents

If a professional leaves and the one-person-per-field standard is no longer met, or a change report is not filed within 30 days, the reported details will differ from the facts and support may be restricted, so prepare replacement hiring and the change report together as soon as staff change.