LONDON.- The Design Museum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Seoul Design Foundation, becoming part of an international consortium of design institutions, which includes the Seoul Design Foundation, Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, Vitra Design Museum, Frankfurt Museum of Applied Arts and Red Dot Design Museum in Germany, Taiwan Design Centre and Objeto Brazil. The MOU is a global association of design institutions creating improved networks for communications, collaborations with touring exhibitions and learning programmes, promotional activities and development initiatives. The partnership will create a direct link between the design capitals of London and Korea, with the Design Museum touring exhibitions to the Zaha Hadid designed Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, Korea which will open in 2013. The Design Museum will also showcase Dongdaemun Design Plaza touring exhibitions and create