Authors

Choi Chul-yong

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Choi Chul-Yong studied Textile Art and Fashion Design at Hongik University and its graduate school and later explored the intersection of design and art at the Domus Academy in Milan. After working as a fashion designer and art director for European fashion brands such as Meltin’pot (Italy), Wrangler Blue Bell (Belgium), and Marteli (Italy), he returned to Korea in 2009 and launched his own brand, Cy Choi. Cy Choi has held 18 presentations in Paris, participated in Seoul Fashion Week 10 times, and won the Samsung Fashion Design Fund (SFDF) twice. Choi was named Fashion Designer of the Year by Arena in 2014 and recognized as a promising newcomer by Italian Vogue in 2010. Currently, he serves as a professor in the Department of Textile Art and Fashion Design at Hongik University and continues his role as the creative director of Cy Choi.

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Jeon Eun-kyung

A design journalist, design advisor for grandeclip, and director of C , a magazine focused on iconic chairs. From 2006 to 2022, she worked as a reporter, editor-in-chief, and director at the magazine Monthly Design , overseeing over 200 issues. During this time, she conducted interviews with designers, executives, and marketers from around the world and curated content on projects, exhibitions, spaces, and trends across various design fields. She launched Work Design and authored publications …
Choi Dae-suk

Graduated with a BFA from the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University, an MFA in Industrial Design from Seoul National University, and an MBA in Marketing from Yonsei University. Guided by the belief that “a successful designer must balance theory (文) and practice (武),” he is dedicated to professional design education while contributing to the field as a recommended designer and jury member for the Korea Industrial Design Exhibition. His primary interests include new product …
빌레 코코넨

A Finnish industrial designer , he runs a Switzerland-based studio where projects explore technological and scientific discoveries. His work reflects visions of future living environments , blending innovation with design foresight. Currently, he is a professor at Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design, and Architecture in Helsinki, Finland .
Lim Taehee

After completing a research program in Architecture at Kyoto University, he returned to South Korea and gained six years of practical experience in the field. He later went back to Japan and earned a Ph.D. in Architecture from Kyoto Institute of Technology. Currently, he runs Im Taehee Design Studio, continuing to work on various projects.
Park ji-hee

After studying Biology and German Literature at Sogang University, they began working at an international patent law firm. Following their completion of the Gulbab Academy program, they have been working as a translator affiliated with Barun Translation . Their translated works include Demian , Beneath the Wheel , Capture the Moment for Me , and Capture the Moment for Love .
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1935년 함경남도 원산에서 태어나 일제강점기와 해방, 한국전쟁의 파고를 겪으며 살아남았다. 홍익대학교에서 조각을 공부한 뒤 파리 국립고등미술학교(École des Beaux-Arts)로 유학을 떠나 그곳에서 이응노, 한묵, 문신 등 파리의 당대 예술가와 교류하고, 새로운 조각 기법과 판화를 공부하며 예술 세계를 확장했다. 귀국 후 상명여자대학교 조소과 교수로 재직하며 작업을 이어가던 그는 1984년 조카를 보러 찾아간 아르헨티나의 대자연에 깊이 매료되었고, 한국에서의 안정적 삶을 뒤로하고 야생의 재료를 찾아 그곳에서 40년 동안 왕성한 작품 활동을 했다. 그는 70년이 넘는 시간 동안 조각의 본질을 탐구해온 예술가이자 ‘조각-회화’라는 독자적인 장르를 개척한 작가다. 나무와 돌을 주재료로 삼아 조각과 회화의 경계를 넘나들며 오로지 작업에 매진했다. 서로 다른 둘이 만나 하나가 되고, 그 하나가 다시 둘로 나뉜다는 ‘합이합일 분이분일(合二合一 …
Renate Raecke

Renate Raecke was born in 1943 in Lübeck, Germany. A German children’s book author and children’s literature critic. She studied literature and art history before working for various publishers and book shops. She has served as president and vice president of the German chapter of IBBY and is currently a member of the European chapter of IBBY. She has been a jury member for the BIB, Illustrator of the Year at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Deutscher …
Ezio Manzini

Ezio Manzini is a world-renowned scholar in the field of design for sustainability. In 2009, he founded the DESIS Network, a network of design universities dedicated to social innovation design, to connect design universities around the world and revitalize the discourse on social innovation design. As a longtime professor of design at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, he conducted research on design for sustainability and expanded the scope of design education by launching new design majors such …
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 …
Asaba Katsumi

Asaba Katsumi is one of those rare individuals who has led the graphic world with both art direction and typography. With his insatiable curiosity and keen eye for detail, Asaba, who says that art direction is a combination of the two, has been the first to discover interesting things and has produced many advertisements and designs that have made people’s eyes light up. without sleeping. He believes that reading a lot of books, training his body including manual work, and …
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 …
Hwang Hee-gyeong

She majored in Textile Arts at Hongik University and earned a master’s degree in Design Strategy and Innovation from Brunel University in the UK. She worked as a fashion information planner and trend analysis researcher at a major apparel corporation and a consulting firm. Currently, she is a translator with Barun Translators. Her translated works include Service Design for Customer Experience Innovation and Shoes: A Cultural History of Style .

Choi Chul-yong

최철용

Jeon Eun-kyung

Choi Dae-suk

빌레 코코넨

Lim Taehee

Park ji-hee

김윤신

Renate Raecke

Ezio Manzini

Shunmyo Masuno

Asaba Katsumi

Cheon Sang-hyun

Hwang Hee-gyeong