"Oullim" is a pure Korean word meaning "great harmony." It refers to harmony between nature, mankind, and machine, harmony between north and south, east and west, and between past, present, and the future.

Program summary

The Icograda Millennium Congress, Oullim 2000 Seoul consisted of a Main Program featuring some of the most prominent designers, artists and philosophers from around the world, three Oullim special events, four special exhibitions and one special project. The entire event was developed around the theme of Oullim, a Korean word meaning great harmony. The Congress was organised jointly by Icograda, KIDP (Korea Institute of Industrial Design Promotion), VIDAK (Visual Information Design Association of Korea), and KECD (the Korean society for Experimentation in Contemporary Design), Seoul Metropolitan Government, Songnam City.