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 clients include Prada, Miu Miu, Apple, Google, Samsung, Nike, MTV, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Harvard Art Museums, the Arumjigi Foundation, Target, Vitra, and CCTV. He received the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and currently serves as a trustee of his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). His forthcoming book is Coherence.
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Michael Rock
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He graduated from Yonsei University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and received his master’s degree in architectural design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). He has interned and practiced at various offices including Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA), Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and Safdie Architects. He is currently a professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, where he founded the OA-Lab architectural …
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대학에서 시각디자인을 공부하고 편집 디자이너로 커리어를 시작했다. 디자이너로서 인문학적 소양을 쌓고자 홍익대학교 대학원 미학과에 진학했다가, 디자인을 해석하고 표현하는 일에 소질이 있다는 사실을 깨달았다. 이후 다양한 매거진에 객원으로 참여하며 2013년 월간 『디자인』 기자로 정식 합류했고, 지금까지 디자인 전방위에 관련된 글을 쓰고 있다. 2021년부터 월간 『디자인』 편집장으로 활동 중이다. -
Kim Bong-ryol
He graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and earned a Ph.D. in engineering from the same graduate school, and studied at the AA School of Architecture in the United Kingdom. He has served as a professor and dean of architecture at Korea National University of Arts, and chairman of the Cultural Heritage Committee of the Cultural Heritage Administration. Based on his deep knowledge in the field of ancient architecture, he is working to popularize … -
Seo Ha-na
A Japanese translator and publishing editor who hovers between language and print. She considers language to be design, translating Japanese into Korean and plans books. She has worked in architecture and interiors, and after studying in Japan, she worked as an editor at Ahn Graphics. She has translated Rojinryoku , Who Made 501XX? , The Mina Perhonen Design Journey: The Circulation of Memory , An Encyclopedia of Tokyo Hotels , The Original Scenery of Harajuku in the 1970s , Walking with the … -
Lee Soon-jong
Lee Soon-jong graduated from Seoul National University College of Fine Arts and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Graduate School of Design. He has served as a professor at Kookmin University’s Department of Industrial Design and Seoul National University’s Department of Design. He also founded the International Association of Societies for Design Research (IASDR), served as president of the Korean Design Association, and was the first design director of the Gwangju Design … -
Park Sun-a
She studied Library and Information Science in college. She began her career as a feature assistant at Nylon magazine and later worked as an editor at Around magazine and Angraphics. While working in companies, she collaborated with various brands, both large and small. Now, she is active as a freelance editor and art director. She is the author of 20 Kilograms of Life . She dreams of living “in a small house, with broad-minded people, and with a deep heart.” -
Yoo Ji-won
Yoo Ji-won is designer who loves books and letters. She majored in visual design at Seoul National University’s Department of Industrial Design and worked as a book designer at Minsumsa. He received an artistic scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, majored in typography at the Leipzig University of Graphic and Book Arts, and was a BK Research Professor at Hongik University’s Metadesign Center. Since then, he has taught typography and editorial design at Seoul … -
William Bevington
He is on the executive team of the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping(PIIM) New School. He currently teaches at Parsons School of Design. He has worked at Rudolf de Harak & Associates, Peter Schmidt Studio(Hamburg, Germany), and the world-renowned Pushpin Group, and taught design and typography at Cooper Union for 15 years. He has also been a visiting lecturer at Columbia University and the State University of New York at Purchase. -
Shunmyo Masuno
He is the abbot of Dokuozan Genko-ji Temple of the Soto School, a garden designer, and a professor in the Department of Environmental Design at Tama Art University. Born in 1953, he graduated from the Department of Agriculture in the College of Agriculture at Tamagawa University in Japan and practiced at the head temple Sojiji. While creating Zen gardens, he has given lectures at schools and museums around the world. As a garden designer, he has received numerous honors, including the Art … -
Kim Eun-ha
She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Cambridge. She is currently a researcher at the Institute of Social Education, Korea University Continuing Education Center, where she develops programs for teachers. -
Hirano Kouga
Hirano Kouga graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University and worked in the PR department of Takashimaya before becoming a freelance graphic designer. Beginning in the 1960s, he actively participated in the underground theater scene, creating numerous posters. From 1964 to 1992, he was responsible for book design at Shobunsha Publishing, where he designed nearly all of its publications. His contributions earned him the Kodansha Publishing Culture … -
Naka Toshiharu
Born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1976. Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1999, and completed a Master’s degree in Architecture at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 2001. After working at Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop, he established Naka Architecture Studio in 2009. Served as a design assistant at Y-GSA, Yokohama National University Graduate School from 2009 to 2011. Received the Young Architect …