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 Myungjo, the Rix Road Name series, the Rix Rock series and Rix Rock Variable, as well as various Rak fonts, including Rak Gothic and Myungjo Variable. To date, he has directed and developed approximately 1,000 typefaces. He has received numerous prestigious design awards, including the iF Design Award for Typeface Design, Red Dot Design Award, Good Design Award, Asia Design Prize Winner, German Universal Design Award, and the K-Design Award Grand Prix.
Authors
Yongrak Park
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After graduating from Sogang University with a degree in History , they earned both their master’s and doctoral degrees in Art History from Dongguk University . Since 1991, they have been cultivating a deep understanding of Korean history and culture at Kansong Art Museum , where they have been actively lecturing and writing, particularly on Joseon-era painting and Korean art. Currently serving as the Director of Research at Kansong Art Museum , they also teach Korean and East Asian art at …
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Lee Soo-kyung
Lee Soo-kyung is an assistant professor at Ewha Womans University’s Hawkman College of Liberal Arts. She teaches Liberal Arts English and American Ethnic and Cultural Fiction. -
Roel Klaassen
Roel Klaassen is Programme Manager at Premsela, Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion. Roel is a design enthusiast with an academic background in design, psychology and strategic management. At present he’s working on the People’s Republic of Design programme, a Premsela initiative that aims to stimulate the development of an open design culture. -
Kim Hyun-a
After graduating from Hongik University’s Visual Design Department and KAIST’s MBA program, she worked as a designer in various organizations. She works as a freelance designer and participates in open design projects such as the Open Design Salon at Creative Commons Korea. -
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. -
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한국전통문화대학교를 졸업한 후 전통 회화의 재료학적 기법 연구와 지류 문화재 보존을 심도 있게 연구하기 위해 일본으로 유학을 가 도쿄예술대학원 문화재보존학 석박사 학위를 취득하였다. 일본에서 다수의 회화 문화재 복원 모사 및 수리 작업의 연구원으로 활동했으며, 한국에 귀국한 후 객원 연구원으로서 회화 문화재의 복원 모사 사업에 참여했다. 장황에 대한 새로운 접근을 시도하고자 권민성과 함께 2022년 SOKO 장황 스튜디오를 설립했다. 장황이 지류 문화재의 보존 처리와 작품을 표장하는 것에 국한되지 않고 하나의 독립된 공예로 분류되길 바라며 장황을 기반으로 한 다양한 디자인 작업을 진행한다. 현재 SOKO 공동 대표로 활동하고 있으며, 후시카솔 스튜디오 및 전통문화교육원 전통문화사화교육과정에서 모사(전통 회화) 강의를 병행하고 있다. -
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 … -
John H. Falk
John H. Falk is one of the world’s leading scholars in museum studies, visitor studies, and free-choice learning. He earned his Ph.D. in Ecology and Science Education from the University of California, Berkeley, and is Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University as well as the founder of the Institute for Learning Innovation. Falk’s research focuses on the social and educational roles of cultural institutions—including museums, zoos, and aquariums—and on understanding why people choose to … -
Kang Hyeon-joo
He studied visual design at Seoul National University and Konstfack, Sweden, and worked at Allcommunication, a CI company. He is currently a professor at Inha University’s Department of Design Convergence. His books include Studies in the History of Design and Handbook of Korean Design History: Interviewing Korea’s Paul Rand, Cho Young-Jae , and his articles include “Correlation between Generation Shift and Corporate Design”, “The Characteristics and Meaning of Hong-Taik Han’s Design : The … -
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 … -
Yu Hye-young
She graduated from Sookmyung Women’s University in 1994 with a degree in Industrial Design and completed her MFA at Elisaba Design School in 2000. He has exhibited at Sol Ferino , Seoul Design Festival Milan (Milan, 2007), Seoul Design Olympics, Design is Air (Seoul, 2008), Spanish Kitchen at Samji Gallery, Insadong (Seoul, 2009), and Casas Marcs Illustration Group (Barcelona, 2010). Since 2003, he has been a design exhibition commissioner and curator, organizing various exhibitions, and … -
James Chae
A designer and design educator based in Seoul. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and worked in web design and editorial design in New York and Boston. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Hongik University, where she continues his personal projects in editorial work, writing, and web design.