Authors

Kwon Jin

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Kwon Jin is a contemporary art researcher and curator and currently works as the project director of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale at the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). He has been at the SeMA since 2016 after working at ARKO Art Center and the 4th Anyang Public Art Project (APAP), where he curated Ahn Sang-soo’s solo exhibition Nalgae.pati (2017), Latin American Contemporary Art Exhibition Work for the Future Past (2017–2018), Middle Eastern Contemporary Art Exhibition gohyang: home (2019–2020), and Lee Bul’s solo exhibition LEE BUL—Beginning (2021) and compiled the accompanying book. His major works include “The Allegory of ‘Beginning’” (LEE BUL—Beginning, Seoul Museum of Art; BB&M; MediaBus; BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE, 2021) and “Garden and mountain going too, as we slowly walk” (Kang Seung Lee, Gallery Hyundai, 2024).

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Kim Jung-suk

He studied Glass and Sculpture at Seoul National University, Ohio State University Graduate School, and University of Illinois Graduate School, and received his Ph.D. in Crafts from Seoul National University. He has held 13 solo exhibitions in Korea, Italy, Japan, and the United States, and has exhibited his works at SOFA Chicago and Kanazawa Art Fair. Currently, he serves as a Professor in the Department of Ceramics and Glass at Hongik University’s College of Fine Arts and as the …
Charles Wallschlaeger

In his long tenure at The Ohio State University (OSU), Charles A. Charles Wallschlaeger was instrumental in creating one of the first full-scale industrial design departments at the university level. In more than 30 years there – including 19 as department chair, Charles influenced countless students and design educators.
Park Seong-eun

She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York and earned a master’s degree from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York. Her translated works include Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters , Force: Dynamic Life Drawing , and Sketch Your World , among others.
Choi Ho-chun

Completed doctoral coursework in Visual Design at the College of Fine Arts and the Graduate School of Hongik University. Recipient of awards such as the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) President’s Award and the Prime Minister’s Award at the Korea Industrial Design Exhibition. Served as an inaugural designer for KIDP and as the Chair of the Visual Designers Division at the Korean Association of Industrial Artists. Authored books including Visual Communication Design and High School …
Choi Jeong-ho

A Pioneer of modern Korean type design and typeface research. He moved to Japan, where he worked at a printing company, mastering various printing techniques, and studied at Yodobashi Art Academy. In 1957, he developed the Dong-A Publishing Typeface, which received high acclaim. In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Japanese phototypesetting companies Shaken (寫硏) and Morisawa (モリサワ) to create Hangeul typefaces. In his later years, he focused on writing and researching the philosophy and …
Lee Jung-kuk

Lee Jung-kuk graduated from Yonsei University’s Graduate School of Education, and attended the Emerson College Waldorf Teacher Training Program and the Visual Arts Program in the UK.
김동환

연세대학교 커뮤니케이션대학원 HCI디자인 전공 교수이자 디자인 & 인텔리전스 연구실 디렉터. LG전자 MC사업부 UX 디자이너와 뉴욕 와이어리스 제너레이션 프로덕트 디자이너로 일했고, 인간과 알고리즘의 협업을 연구한 Lab64를 설립·운영했다. 롱아일랜드대학교에서 컴퓨터 과학을 공부했고, 카네기멜론대학교에서 HCI 석사 학위를, 서울대학교에서 언론정보학 박사 학위를 취득했다. 기술이 인간의 고유한 창의성을 무한히 확장시키는 즐거운 도구가 될 것으로 믿고, 디자이너가 여러 AI 에이전트와 호흡을 맞추며 단순한 작업자를 넘어 ‘창의적 지휘자’로 거듭나는 방법을 연구한다. “AI가 나를 대체할까?”라는 막연한 두려움이 “AI와 함께 무엇을 더 할 수 있을까?”라는 설렘으로 변하기를 바란다.
Kimura Shunsuke

Interviewer and author. He began his career as an interviewer when he attended a seminar by Japanese intellectual Tachibana Takashi while a student at the University of Tokyo. After working in the office of copywriter Shigesato Itoi, he went out on his own. He has been a professional interviewer for 20 years and has interviewed and organized the stories of more than 1,000 people.
Yongrak Park

He is the Creative Director of Fontworks Inc., a font design company he co-founded in 2005. With over 25 years of experience, he is recognized as one of South Korea’s leading type designers. He has developed corporate fonts for Samsung, Kakao, Naver, Hyundai Card, Nexon, the Korea Publishers Association, MBC, KBS, YTN News, Dong-A Ilbo, Lotte Mart, Daishin Securities, and LINE Japan, among others. His work includes commercial typefaces such as Yoon Gothic and Yoon Myungjo, Rix Gothic and …
Lee Jung-min

Lee Jung-min graduated from Ewha Womans University, Faculty of Design and received her master’s degree from the Graduate School of Industrial Design with the thesis Strategies for Legal Protection of Service Design . Since 2013, she has been working as a researcher at the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
Kim Hee-jung

She studied visual design at Hongik University. She went on to study photography at Parsons School of Design and completed her MFA in fine art at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Since returning to Korea, she has been working and teaching at the university level. She has held four solo exhibitions, including Family in 2004, Kumho Young Artist: Pink & White in 2007, and Broken But in 2012, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions at the Seoul Museum of Art and the Gyeonggi …
Ito Toyo

Toyo Ito (born 1 June 1941) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a “simulated” city, and has been called “one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects.” In 2013, Ito was awarded the Pritzker Prize, one of architecture’s most prestigious prizes. He was a …

Kwon Jin

권진

Kim Jung-suk

Charles Wallschlaeger

Park Seong-eun

Choi Ho-chun

Choi Jeong-ho

Lee Jung-kuk

김동환

Kimura Shunsuke

Yongrak Park

Lee Jung-min

Kim Hee-jung

Ito Toyo