Akasegawa Genpei was a pseudonym of Japanese artist Akasegawa Katsuhiko (赤瀬川克彦), born March 27, 1937 in Yokohama. He used another pseudonym, Otsuji Katsuhiko (尾辻克彦), for literary works. A member of the influential artist groups Neo-Dada Organizers and Hi-Red Center, Akasegawa went on to maintain a multi-disciplinary practice throughout his career as an individual artist. In 1986, Akasegawa and his collaborators, Terunobu Fujimori and Shinbo Minami, to announce the formation of a new group: Street Observation Society; In 1994, the Leica Alliance with contemporary artist Akiyama Yūtokutaishi and photographer Takanashi Yutaka; and in 1996, the Japan Art Support Group with art researcher Yamashita Yuji. He has had retrospective exhibitions at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Chiba City Museum, and Oita City Museum. His work is in the permanent collection at Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist Nam June Paik has described Akasegawa as “one of those unexportable geniuses of Japan.” He pass away on October 26, 2014, at the age of 77.
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Akasegawa Genpei
赤瀬川原平
다른 사람들
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Born and raised in Osaka. He has two master degrees in computer science at Nara Institute of Science and Technology and design at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. Currently, he runs his award-winning design studio ANKR DESIGN in Tokyo and designs new products and services with his clients. He thoroughly understands the Japanese manufacturing industry, as well as, the workflow of large companies and startups in Japan. He also has a profound knowledge of Japan’s unique culture and …
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Song Myung-min
Studied Visual Design at the College of Design, Sangmyung University, and Communication Design at its Graduate School of Art and Design. Worked as a designer at companies such as Hong Design Co., Ltd., and has taught typography and editorial design courses at Sangmyung University, Hannam University, Kyonggi University, Chungbuk National University, and Pyeongtaek University. Actively engages in creative projects through organizations such as the Korean Society of Typography, the Korean Society … -
Kwon Myung-kwang
Graphic designer. Distinguished Professor at Sangmyung University. 15th President of Hongik University, Honorary Professor of Hongik University. He graduated from summer term at Osaka University of the Arts, Japan in 1974 and Hongik University, Faculty of Crafts and Graduate School of Visual Design in 1974. Since 2006, he has been an advisor to the Animation Society of Korea, a standing advisor to the Korean Federation of Design Associations (KFDA), and a standing advisor to the Visual … -
Jang Hun-gyo
A full-time researcher at the Research Center for Common Resources and Sustainable Society at Jeju National University. She dreams of running a small research institute under the name Democracy for All. She is the author of The Miryang War: A Radical Democracy Project Based on Common Resources and is currently working on her next book. -
Sara Kristoffersson
Sara Kristoffersson was born in Stockholm 1972 and is a Swedish writer and professor of design history and theory at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She is the author of several exhibition catalogue essays and has published a number of articles on various aspects of design, architecture and popular culture. -
Jasper Morrison
Jasper Morrison CBE RDI (born 1959) is an English product and furniture designer. He is known for the refinement and apparent simplicity of his designs. In a rare interview with the designer, he is quoted as saying: “Objects should never shout.” Jasper Morrison is a leading British designer, best known for his work in furniture, lighting, tableware and everyday products. Born in London in 1959, he studied design at Kingston Polytechnic, the Royal College of Art and Berlin’s HdK. In … -
Kim Min-young
Typography consultant. He majored in visual design at Hongik University and received his master’s degree from Musashino Art University in Japan, where he proposed a new direction for CJK-Latin multilingual blending based on the history of multilingual typography and a study of modern and contemporary blending samples in his master’s thesis. After working at Japanese type foundries Morisawa and Fontworks, he founded the typography studio Em Dash in Tokyo, Japan. Based on his diverse … -
Cheon Sang-hyun
Graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Hongik University, he is an editorial designer and picture book planner. Currently, he is the head of Sang Publishing, a publishing house specializing in creative picture books. From 2008 to 2011, he published 《Picture Book Imagination》, Korea’s first magazine dedicated to picture books. He has been involved in planning and organizing the CJ Picture Book Festival, an international picture book exhibition linked to the CJ Picture … -
김정석
서울대학교, 오하이오주립대학 대학원, 일리노이대학 대학원에서 유리와 조각을 공부했고, 서울대학교에서 공예 전공으로 박사학위를 받았다. 한국, 이탈리아, 일본, 미국에서 13회의 개인전과 〈시카고 SOFA〉 〈가나자와 아트페어〉 등에 작업을 출품했고, 현재는 홍익대학교 미술대학 도예·유리과 교수, 한국조형디자인협회 이사장으로 재직하고 있으며, 한국공예·디자인문화진흥원 편집위원으로도 활동하고 있다. 도시 주거 공간과 식문화 개선과 관련된 연구논문 일곱 편을 등재지에 발표했고, 저서로는 『유리, 예술의 문을 두드리다』가 있다. -
박금준
그래픽 디자이너. 601비상 대표. 국제그래픽연맹(agi) 회원. 1988년 홍익대학교 미술대학 시각디자인과, 1999년 홍익대학교 광고홍보대학원 광고홍보학과를 졸업하고 2002–2005년 홍익대학교 미술대학 시각디자인과 겸임교수, 1993–1997년 제일기획 커뮤니케이션아트팀 아트 디렉터, 1988–1992년 쌍용그룹 홍보실 디자이너로 일했다. -
Jang Ji-seong
Graduated from the Department of Oriental Painting at Seoul National University and pursued further studies in Oriental Painting at the Graduate School of Hongik University and Art History at the Graduate School of Humanities at Dongguk University. Currently, he teaches in the Department of Art Education at Jeonju National University of Education and serves as a guest research fellow at the Kansong Art Museum. He has contributed to the 2009 and 2015 revised national curricula for elementary and … -
배상규
연세대학교 건축공학과에서 공부하고 건설사에서 일했다. 글밥아카데미 영어출판과정을 수료한 뒤 바른번역 소속 번역가로 활동 중이다. 옮긴 책으로 『일본식 소형 주택』이 있다.