After graduating from the Department of Visual Information Design at Kyungpook National University, he majored in typography at the Department of Visual Communication (now Institute Digital Communication Environments, IDCE) of the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (HGK FHNW) in Basel, Switzerland. He received his master’s degree from the same school and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the United States. He began teaching as a research assistant at the Basel University of Art and Design in 2009, and was officially hired in 2014 to teach typography major classes and concept classes for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He translated Jan Tschichold’s Typographische Gestaltung (2014), On the Form of Books and Typography (2021), and Emil Ruder’s Typography (2023) into Korean.
Authors
Ahn Jin-su
안진수
다른 사람들
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Professor at Jeju National University, School of Architecture. He graduated from Dong-A University and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from Kyoto University in Japan. He worked as a researcher at the Longevity Social Organization in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and as a manager of the Silver Division at Kyungnam Corporation. His specialty is senior facility planning, and his research focuses on community-based senior living environments. As a researcher on Jeju Island, he is …
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Choi Dong-shin
Graduated from the Department of Applied Arts at Seoul National University and the Graduate School of Hongik University. A former professor at the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University, he also served as President of the Korean Society of Package Design. He contributed to significant projects such as creating cultural posters for the 36th Asian Games and signage and environmental design for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. His collaborative works include textbooks such as High School Design … -
Chang Eung-bok
Born in Seoul, Chang Eung-bok graduated from the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University and founded Mono, the predecessor of Mono Collection, in 1985. With a foundation in textile design, she has contributed significantly to Korea’s textile design industry, working across residential and commercial spaces, domestic and international hotel projects, and furniture and soft interior design. She has held numerous exhibitions, including at Mori Art Museum (2005), Gallery Artlink (2010), Seoul … -
Lee Yil
Lee-Yil is an art critic who made a significant contribution to recognizing and establishing the concept of art criticism and review in the Korean art world from the 1960s to the 1990s. Born in 1932 in Gangseo, South Pyongan Province, Lee was a student at Seoul National University, where he was active as a literary youth, organizing the ‘Literature and Literature Society’ and appearing as a poet. After dropping out of college, he studied abroad in France in 1956, where he completed … -
Yuka
Yuka aims for sensible translations that capture the nuances of the original, and will continue to introduce Chinese-language books that are both entertaining and meaningful. -
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 … -
Omagari Toshi
Toshi Omagari is a font designer at Monotype in the UK. He studied typography and font design at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, graduating in 2008. Arcade Game Typography is his first book. -
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. -
Farah Kafei
Farah Kafei is a designer and art director who has led initiatives addressing gender disparity in design education and fostered communities pushing for a more inclusive industry. She’s had the pleasure of working for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and studios such as Sagmeister & Walsh and Doubleday & Cartwright. -
Arumjigi
The Arumjigi Foundation is a non-profit organization established in November 2001, dedicated to creatively preserving and passing down Korea’s traditional culture. Its mission is to rediscover the identity of Korean culture and cultivate new cultural heritage for future generations. Through efforts to care for Korea’s traditional cultural heritage and its surrounding environments, Arumjigi seeks to ensure that the values of tradition remain alive in modern life across clothing, … -
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.” -
Koo Sang
Professor Koo, Sang has been researched for mobility and automotive design over 30 years since his career in Kia Motors Design Center either California Design Research Center as a senior designer, and now works as a professor at Hongik University. He got a doctor degree at the Graduate School of SNU for the first turn. He wrote 12 books related to automotive design and two long novels. Nowadays, he is writing design critique columns in Medias for every week. So far, they’ve collected more …