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Koyama Ryusuke

小山龍介

Associate Professor Koyama started his business career at a major advertising agency after receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at Kyoto University. After working as a producer at Shochiku Co., Ltd. to launch a new business based on the theme of Kabuki, he established Bloom Concept Inc. Professor Koyama received an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and Ph.D. from Kyoto University of the Arts, before joining NUCB Business School in 2015, and his research interests include business models, innovation, and concept creation. In addition to developing new products and producing new businesses such as the HACKS! Notebook, he has given many lectures, seminars, and corporate training programs based on increasing productivity in daily life.

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Han Jae-joon

Graduated with a focus on visual design from the College of Fine Arts and the Graduate School of Hongik University. Through the Text Abstraction project, he explored new possibilities and real-world issues related to Hangul, gradually expanding his work to include research and activities from a social perspective. From 1988 to 1995, he studied the fundamentals of Hangeul design under Dr. Kong Byung-woo, a pioneer in the mechanization of Hangul. Since 1989, he has developed and implemented …
Yorifuji Bunpei

Book designer, illustrator, art director, and author, whose witty work is active in various fields. After dropping out of Musashino Art University’s Visual Communication Design Department, he worked for the advertising company Hakuhodo. In 1988, he opened Yorifuji Design Office, and in 2000, he founded Bunpei Ginza, a limited company. In 2008, he won the 29th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in the Book Design category for Life Miscellany Notebook and Designers Who Don’t Design . …
Lee Yong-shin

Lee Yong-shin studied Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University, Industrial Design at Seoul National University, and Communication Design at Pratt Institute Graduate School. He has worked as a designer at magazines Glamour and Advertising Age , and now works as an art director at CMYK+WHITE, a design firm in New York City.
NAMELESS Architecture

NAMELESS Architecture is a idea-based design practice, based in Seoul. Committed to the simplicity on the unpredictable world, they explore the world of architecture, city, and global cultural phenomenon. NAMELESS’s work has been widely published and exhibited at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York Center for Architecture, Parsons The New School, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) and Seoul Museum of Art, National Museum of Korea. The office has received numerous awards, including …
Lim Taehee

After completing a research program in Architecture at Kyoto University, he returned to South Korea and gained six years of practical experience in the field. He later went back to Japan and earned a Ph.D. in Architecture from Kyoto Institute of Technology. Currently, he runs Im Taehee Design Studio, continuing to work on various projects.
Piers Bizony

A science journalist, filmmaker, and book creator, he began his career as a portrait photographer in London and has contributed articles on science, aerospace, and cosmology to various magazines in the UK and the US. From 2012 to 2018, he worked closely with Stanley Kubrick’s family on book projects and international exhibitions commemorating Kubrick’s films 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr. Strangelove . He collaborated with NASA on a major retrospective celebrating its most iconic missions for …
Yang Da-sol

She is a writer, a vegan advocate, and the host of the writing community Kkabul Writing Room . She has authored books such as A Heart That Doesn’t Become Poor , Anyway, Friends , and A Proper Courtesy .
Lee Suk-woo

Lee Suk-woo graduated from Hongik University, worked for Samsung Electronics in South Korea, Fuse Project and Teague in the US, and acted as a global creative leader and chief designer at Google-Motorola, Korea. Following the establishment of the industrial design office SWNA in 2011, he established his own object brand, The Liberal Office. In 2015, he was selected as one of the top 10 Global Design Studios in the design concept category at the Red Dot Awards and received the Minister of Trade, …
Kim Yu-yeong

She is a Ph.D. candidate at Yonsei University’s HCI Lab. She is currently working with HAII (a company specializing in digital therapeutics) on the planning, development, and clinical trials of a digital therapeutic for language therapy targeting stroke patients. She has directly experienced the A to Z of creating digital therapeutics and researches how patients can better and continuously benefit from digital therapy. She co-authored The Digital Therapeutics Revolution: Everything About …
Leslie Xia

Leslie Xia is a queer Chinese American art director. They studied graphic design at the Maryland Institute College of Art and have worked for companies like the Foundry at Meredith, Men’s Health , VICE News, and Fast Company . Their personal work focuses on race, gender identity, and social justice.
Richard Harris

Born in Toronto, Canada in 1974. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at McGill University in 1996, he moved to South Korea, where he lived for 10 years. He continued to live overseas for two more years—in Spain, Australia, and South Africa—before returning to Canada in 2009. Today, he lives and works in Toronto. A Father’s Son (2013) is his first novel. He is also the author of two nonfiction books, Roadmap to Korean (2003) and Faces of Korea (2004), a novella, and a …
Tanaka Ikko

Ikko Tanaka was a Japanese graphic designer. Tanaka is widely recognized for his prolific body of interdisciplinary work, which includes graphic identity and visual matter for brands and corporations including Seibu Department Stores, Mazda, Issey Miyake, Hanae Mori, and Expo 85. He is credited with developing the foundational graphic identity for lifestyle brand Muji, emphasizing the “no brand” quality of their products through unadorned, charming line drawings paired with …

Koyama Ryusuke

小山龍介

Han Jae-joon

Yorifuji Bunpei

Lee Yong-shin

NAMELESS Architecture

Lim Taehee

Piers Bizony

Yang Da-sol

Lee Suk-woo

Kim Yu-yeong

Leslie Xia

Richard Harris

Tanaka Ikko