Graduated with a primary major in English Education from Korea University. After completing military service and returning to school, he explored new fields and entered the world of design. Discovering an unexpected aptitude for it, he pursued Industrial Information Design as a second major and went on to earn a master’s degree from the same university. Currently, he runs the design company YOUNGLAB, participating in design projects for startups, SMEs, and large corporations domestically and internationally. He also creates content that integrates design and technology, such as smart lamps and figures. Recently, he has been actively involved as a mentor in various creative programs run by institutions like the Korea Creative Content Agency and Jeonbuk Content Korea Lab, supporting creative endeavors and startups. As a designer, creator, and supporter of aspiring designers, all of his activities converge on the core of design. With this in mind, he continues to dedicate himself to design every day.
Authors
Jang Yeong-jin
장영진
다른 사람들
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An active design educator and artist, Kan Tai-keung is one of Hong Kong’s most famous graphic designers and noted ink painters. Born in 1942 in Pangyu, Guangdong, Kan has resided in Hong Kong since 1957. His passion for painting developed early on in his childhood, and his grandfather, Kan Yaosheng, a clay sculptor, encouraged his pursuit of art. Kan first studied art and design in 1964, and then watercolour painting and sketching with his uncle Kan May-tin. In 1967, he began attending …
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Leonard Koren
Leonard Koren was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. While a teenager he designed and built a full-scale Japanese tea house out of scavenged materials. While an undergraduate student at UCLA, Koren was awarded a fellowship to pursue experiments in photographic process. He also worked as an exhibition installer at the university’s fine arts and ethnographic museums. In 1969 Koren quit school and co-founded the Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad, a trompe l’oeil mural painting group that … -
Lee Ji-eun
Graduated from the Department of Industrial Design at Hansung University in 1992 and completed a master’s program at the same university in 1997. In 2003, he graduated from the Visual Communication Design program at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and in 2006, completed the doctoral coursework at the Graduate School of International Information and Communication at Waseda University. In 2012, he earned a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies … -
Sara De Bondt
Sara De Bondt is a graphic designer, publisher, and educator. Her current design projects include creating a new website for The Showroom, developing exhibition graphics for the Wellcome Collection, and designing books for Camden Art Centre and Book Works. She has been a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 2017. In 2008, she co-founded the publishing imprint Occasional Papers with Antony Hudek and has since edited several of its titles. Her most recent book, Off the … -
Tak Hyeon-gyu
Graduated from the Department of History at Sogang University and earned a Ph.D. in Art History from the Graduate School of Korean Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies. Authored books include: Saimdang’s Garden , Conversations on Paintings , Reflections on Korean Paintings , A Study of the Triad Buddhist Paintings in the Joseon Dynasty . Currently serves as a researcher at the Kansong Art Museum and lectures at institutions including Seoul National University of Education, Gyeongin … -
Adrian George
Adrian George is Deputy Director and Senior Curator at the UK Government Art Collection. She leads a department responsible for publication projects ranging from education, commentary and public programs to professional art events, and lectures on curating and contemporary art commissioning. She has commissioned site-specific works in Belgium, the Philippines, Qatar, Spain, the UK, and Yemen, and has curated exhibitions in Hong Kong, Dublin, London, Skopje, New York, and Taipei. He has held … -
Ko Young-lan
She studied design at Seoul National University and Cornell University Graduate School. She has contributed articles on design issues to the monthly Design and Designnet , and has expressed her vision of design as a social issue in the “Seoul Declaration of Industrial Designers” (2001), “Korea Design Declaration” (2007), “Charter of Women Designers” (2007), and “Human City Design Seoul Declaration” (2018). While a professor at Hansung University, she has served as a special exhibition curator … -
정영욱
서울여자대학교 산업디자인학과 부교수로, UX 디자인 랩(UX Design Lab, UXDL)을 운영한다. 삼성전자 무선사업부에서 시니어 UX 디자이너로, 미항공우주국(NASA) 에임스 연구센터에서 UX 리서처로 일했다. 국민대학교 공업디자인학과에서 공부했으며, 한국과학기술원(KAIST) 산업디자인학과에서 석사·박사 학위를 취득했다. 새로운 기술이 사람들의 삶에 들어올 때 어떤 경험을 제공해야 하는지를 끊임없이 질문하고 연구한다. 아울러 디자이너의 성장에 장기적으로 도움이 되는 기술과, 디자이너답게 보고, 생각하고, 만드는 것(designerly ways of seeing, thinking, and making)에 관심이 있다. -
John Thackara
John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. For more than thirty years he has traveled the world in a search of stories about the practical steps taken by communities to realise a sustainable future. He writes about these stories online, and in books; he uses them in talks for cities, and business; he also organizes festivals and events that bring the subjects of these stories together. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years – first in Amsterdam, later … -
Michael Rock
He is a writer, designer, and educator who co-founded the New York-based design studio 2×4, where he serves as a creative director. Over the past thirty years, he has closely collaborated with a wide range of figures—including Miuccia Prada, Rem Koolhaas, Germano Celant, Kanye West, and Virgil Abloh—while teaching at Yale University, Harvard University, Columbia University, and the Jan van Eyck Academy, and contributing to publications such as The New York Times, I.D., and Eye. His major … -
황준필
그래픽 디자이너. 홍익대학교에서 석사 논문을 쓰며 다석을 만나 다석의 한글 씀이 한글을 이용한 타이포그래피 디자인의 바탕을 넓히는 일이라는 사실을 알게 되었다. 또한 우리가 오래 써왔던 우리말에 깊은 철학적 성찰이 담겨 있으며, 세종이 이를 기호화해 한글을 지었고, 다석은 한글의 기호적 의미를 다시 시각화했음을 깨달았다. 현재 스튜디오 ‘디자인하다’에서 한글을 사용해 멋짓는 디자인을 한다. 한양대, 가천대, 한세대에서 타이포그래피와 편집 디자인을 강의했으며, IF 디자인 어워드 등 디자인 어워드에서 수상했다. 한국타이포그라피학회 회원이다. -
Song Geun-a
Studied Physics at the undergraduate level and completed a graduate degree in International English Education (TESOL). After finishing the publishing translation program at Glbab Academy, works as a translator affiliated with Barun Translation. Also teaches English original texts at local libraries and Havruta education centers. Translated works include Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings , Space: 10 Things You Should Know , Stan Lee , and Wuthering Heights …