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.
Authors
Chris Ro
크리스 로
다른 사람들
-
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, …
-
NAMELESS Architecture
NAMELESS Architecture is a idea-based design practice, based in Seoul. Committed to the simplicity on the unpredictable world, they explore the world of architecture, city, and global cultural phenomenon. NAMELESS’s work has been widely published and exhibited at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York Center for Architecture, Parsons The New School, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) and Seoul Museum of Art, National Museum of Korea. The office has received numerous awards, including … -
Florencia Colombo
Florencia Colombo, a Switzerland-based architect, designs cultural projects with a creative focus. She works across architecture, contemporary art, and design, developing interdisciplinary academic exhibitions and publications for various international institutions. -
Fiona Raby
Fiona Raby, of Dunne & Raby , is University Professor of Design and Social Inquiry at The New School in New York and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the China Academy of Art (CAA) in Hangzhou. She was Professor of Industrial Design (id2) at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna between 2011-2016 and was Reader in Design Interactions at the RCA between 2005-2015. She studied Architecture at the RCA before working for Kei’ichi Irie Architects in Tokyo. She also holds an MPhil … -
Shin Seung-won
An invited artist and judge for the Korea Calligraphy Grand Exhibition, recognized as Korea’s Outstanding New Intellectual for pioneering and promoting calligraphy education programs. Held solo exhibitions in 2015 at the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo and the Cultural Center of the Korean Embassy in Argentina, where two works, “Life” and “Ten Symbols of Longevity”, are now part of the permanent collection. Former director of the Pilmuk Calligraphy Research Institute, … -
Frank Wagner
A designer and freelance curator, founder of the international design agency “hw.d”, which he led for 20 years. Over the course of his career, he has worked with various institutions, companies, brands, and designers on-site, while also publishing a magazine focused on new design cultures. He has curated exhibitions at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Cobra Museum in Amsterdam. Currently, he resides in Munich, Germany. -
Youngwon Park
He majored in Visual Design at Hongik University and went on to study Advertising Design and Visual Communication at the Graduate School of Industrial Arts at Hongik University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). While studying signage and symbols at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he explored a semiotic approach to design research. He later earned a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Hongik University, where he analyzed visual humor through semiotics. He has contributed to the … -
Yoon Hei-jeong
Yoon Hei-jeong has been at the forefront of culture and art since the 1990s, writing about the work, philosophy, and lives of contemporary artists. She began her editorial career as a founding member of the film magazine Film 2.0, then worked as a feature director for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue , and in 2009 founded Bazaar Art , a publication that explores the coexistence of fashion and art. She is the author of Life, Art (2022), a book about contemporary art as experienced in everyday … -
Kashiwagi Hiroshi
Design critic. Professor Emeritus at Musashino Art University and Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Art. Born in Kobe in 1946. Graduated from Musashino Art University. After working as an editor, became an associate professor at Tokyo Zōkei University in 1983. Started at his current position in 1996. His works include Design no 20 seiki (The 20th Century of Design) (NHK Shuppan, 1992), Housework no seiji gaku (The Politics of Housework) (Seidosha, 1995), and Nichijitsu no bunka shi (The … -
Sim So-mi
Sim So-mi is an independent curator based in Seoul and Paris, interested in exploring the relationship between urban space and artistic practice through exhibitions, public projects, and research, and reproducing it in curatorial discourse. She received the Young Artist Award from the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in 2021, the Hyundai Blue Prize Design 2021, and the Lee Dong Seok Award for Exhibition Planning 2018. She is a member of the editorial board of the cultural research … -
Sofie Beier
Sofie Beier is an internationally recognized researcher in typeface legibility and professor WSR at the Royal Danish Academy. She has a long career in academic research and is the author of several books and numerous academic articles on typography and legibility. -
정연종 추모전 추진위원회
디자이너 정연종의 작고를 기리며 그의 디자인 사료를 발굴하고 기록하기 위해 동료 및 선후배 디자이너, 연구자들이 자발적으로 구성한 단체이다. 류명식 위원장을 필두로 김현, 명계수, 이영혜, 김성천 위원 등이 참여하고 있으며, 이번 도록 발간과 추모 전시를 통해 정연종이 남긴 한국적 디자인의 가치를 학술적으로 재조명하고 후대에 전달하는 것을 목적으로 한다.