Chris Ro is a graphic designer based in Seoul, South Korea working on projects spanning both the cultural and commercial sector. Originally educated at UC Berkeley and the Rhode Island School of Design, the thinking behind Chris’ work connects a diverse range of concepts spanning architecture, graphic design, typography, motion, photography and form making. His work has been honored by the New York Type Directors Club, Tokyo Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club Global, Communication Arts Typography Annual, Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, The Korean Society of Typography, Output and The Cannes Cyber Lions. He was chief curator for the Typojanchi 2015 International Typography Biennale. Chris has exhibited his work around the world and his work has recently been added to the permanent collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, the Paris Museum of Arts Decoratifs and the National Hangul Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Chris currently teaches design, typography and form making at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea.
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Chris Ro
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An architectural critic, journalist, and architectural culture planner. Former editor-in-chief of the architecture and design magazine 《SPACE》, and currently a contributing editor for the architectural critique journal 《(WIDE AR)》. Focuses on the social and public aspects of architecture, as well as its relationship with civil society and urban communities.
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Son Boo-kyung
Graduated from the Department of Art Theory at Hongik University and earned a master’s degree from the same university with research on spatial experiences in Minimalism and New Media Art. Co-translated works such as 40 Essential Readings in Art Theory and Criticism, 21 Terms for Media Criticism, and Postproduction. Published papers including “Jeffrey Shaw’s New Media Installations: Tension between Physical Space and Virtual Space”, “Medial Turns in Korean Avant-Garde”, and “Binghamton Letter: … -
Shin Hyun-woo
A digital culture researcher specializing in critiques of information capitalism, game studies, and technology and information culture. Actively engaged in various writing projects. Co-authored the book Mario, Born in 1981. -
Kim Hee-young
She graduated from Seoul National University’s College of Arts and Humanities with a B.A. in English Literature and received her M.A. in Fine Arts from the same graduate school. She earned an MA in art history from the University of Chicago and a PhD in art history from the University of Iowa. She is currently a professor in the Department of Art at Kookmin University College of Art. She is the author of Korean Abstract Painting: A Formation of Korean Avant-Garde (2013), The Vestige of … -
Leonard Koren
Leonard Koren was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. While a teenager he designed and built a full-scale Japanese tea house out of scavenged materials. While an undergraduate student at UCLA, Koren was awarded a fellowship to pursue experiments in photographic process. He also worked as an exhibition installer at the university’s fine arts and ethnographic museums. In 1969 Koren quit school and co-founded the Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad, a trompe l’oeil mural painting group that … -
Sung Sang-woo
Graduated from Waseda University, Department of Architecture. After working at several design offices, he founded a0100z space design with his life partner in 2009. Currently, he is building a series of houses called ‘House with a Worn Threshold’ and ‘Together’, and runs Jeongchu Seodang in Yongsu Village, Yongin, where he talks about humanities and gives a lecture on humanities architecture called ‘House is Meaning’. -
Oh Seok-hui
Oh Seok-hui is an interdisciplinary engineer exploring metaverses, extended reality, user experience design, generative AI, games, and animation. He is currently a PD at the Cultural Contents Technology Promotion Center of the Korea Creative Content Agency, leading research and development projects and project planning in the field of cultural contents. As a professor of computer science at Gachon University, he has conducted research and development on augmented reality (AR), virtual reality … -
Nam Jung-min
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 … -
Pureun Nuri
People who believe that if everything we discard and throw away becomes compost, we can live in harmony with the earth, keeping our living spaces clean and sharing the green bounty of the planet with all living beings. They dedicate their lives to farming during the summer, cultivating not just crops but a sustainable way of life. -
Jeong Yeong-seon
CEO of Seoahn Total Landscape Architecture Co., Ltd. and an adjunct professor at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Seoul National University. His notable works include the landscape design for the Won Dharma Center of Won Buddhism in the United States and the basic and detailed designs for the Amorepacific Technology Research Institute. She has received numerous awards for his projects, including the Environmental Culture Award (1998) for the traditional garden Heewon at the Ho-Am … -
Kuresawa Takemi
Born in 1966. Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Letters. Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Faculty of Design. Entered the art criticism world by winning an award in the art criticism contest hosted by the art magazine Art Notebook . Currently engaged in a wide range of writing activities across fields such as art, architecture, design, and subculture. His books include Politics of Art Museums , Fiction Called Landscape , Where is the Art Museum? , Critical Words for … -
Kwak Yung-bin
He is an art critic and visiting professor at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of Communication, and holds a PhD from the University of Iowa, USA, with a “The origin of Korean Trauerspiel”. In 2015, he was awarded the inaugural SeMA-Hana Art Criticism Award, the first national art criticism award established by the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). His recent publications include “The Blind Past and the Eternal Return of Global Civil War: Difference and Repetition in Omer Fasth …