Christopher Wolfgang John Alexander (1936–2022) was an Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist. He was an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His theories about the nature of human-centered design have affected fields beyond architecture, including urban design, software, and sociology. Alexander designed and personally built over 100 buildings, both as an architect and a general contractor. Alexander is best known for his 1977 book A Pattern Language, a perennial seller some four decades after publication. Reasoning that users are more sensitive to their needs than any architect could be, he collaborated with his students Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid King, and Shlomo Angel to produce a pattern language that would empower anyone to design and build at any scale. His other books include Notes on the Synthesis of Form, A City is Not a Tree, The Timeless Way of Building, A New Theory of Urban Design, and The Oregon Experiment. More recently he published the four-volume The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, about his newer theories of “morphogenetic” processes, and The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth, about the implementation of his theories in a large building project in Japan.
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An illustrator who believes in the comforting power of pictures. Starting with the magazine Madang in 1982, he has worked in various fields such as newspapers, magazines, books, picture books, and advertisements. He taught at Hongik University’s Visual Design Department and the Korea School of Illustration for many years. He illustrated the picture books Tiger , It’s raining , Boy , and Reading Poetry , and wrote and illustrated Blue Walk , I’m Big, You’re Small , and …
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Han Jae-joon
Graduated with a focus on visual design from the College of Fine Arts and the Graduate School of Hongik University. Through the Text Abstraction project, he explored new possibilities and real-world issues related to Hangul, gradually expanding his work to include research and activities from a social perspective. From 1988 to 1995, he studied the fundamentals of Hangeul design under Dr. Kong Byung-woo, a pioneer in the mechanization of Hangul. Since 1989, he has developed and implemented … -
Kil Hyung-jin
He is passionate about design and making complex concepts more accessible. He is currently working on design systems at Wanted Lab to improve the speed and quality of digital product creation. -
Ahn Hye-shin
Ahn Hye-shin graduated from the Department of Information Design at Ewha Womans University and the Graduate School of Industrial Design at the same school, and received her PhD in Industrial Design from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Since 2013, he has been the head of the Public Design Foundation and an adjunct professor at the Department of Techno-product Design at Hanyang University. -
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. -
Kang Sung-joong
After graduating from Hanyang University with a degree in precision mechanical engineering, he worked as an engineer at Ssangyong Engineering before graduating from Seoul National University with a degree in industrial design. He then completed a master’s degree in industrial design at Seoul National University, a master’s degree in interaction design at Carnegie Mellon University, and a doctorate in design at Seoul National University. He has trained designers at Hanyang University … -
Yoon Je-won
Yoon Je-won majored in geography education and aesthetics at Seoul National University and graduated from the Gumbap Academy. She was very interested in performing arts, art, and video, which she was exposed to in college, and was active in performance festivals and film festivals. She pursues natural translation by utilizing her long experience in video translation and is interested in various fields such as education, cooking, philosophy, art, and foreign languages, and strives to convey … -
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Founded in 2004 , this design studio was established by Swiss designers Augustin Scott de Martinville, Grégoire Jeanmonod, and Elric Petit . Having met as friends at the École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) , they have built a solid team dynamic and an optimistic design approach , creating practical yet distinctive everyday objects . Their work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Swiss Design Award, iF Design Award, and Good Design Award . Their designs are part of the … -
Kim Sang-kyu
He studied design in college and graduate school and received her PhD in design archive research. He has been practicing design curation and archival research since he worked as a chair designer at FURSYS Inc.’s and curated exhibitions such as droog design , Korean Design , and The New Vision from László Moholy-Nagy while working as a curator at the Design Museum at the Arts Center of Korea, and conducts workshops and research on maker culture and Korean design at Jayul Design Lab. He is … -
Cho Young-jae
A graphic designer and Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University, he is the Honorary President of the Korean Federation of Design Organizations. Throughout his illustrious career, he has held numerous influential positions in the field of design: Jury Member for the Asia Digital Art and Design Awards (2001–2007), Honorary Doctorate in Design from Dongseo University (2001), International Jury Member for Hong Kong Design Show 98 (1998), Founding President of the Korea Society of Visual … -
Han Baek-jin
Graduated from the Graduate School of Industrial Arts at Hongik University and has been actively involved as a member of the Korean Society of Brand Design, the Korean Society of Basic Visual Design, and VIDAK, as well as an invited designer at the Korea Industrial Design Exhibition. In 2005, served as a visiting professor at the University of Washington (UW) and is currently a professor in the Department of Visual Design at Dankook University’s College of Arts. Authored Brand Package … -
Ko Bong-seok
He graduated from Hongik University and the Graduate School of Industrial Art. He is a member of the Korean Institute of Brand Design. He is currently the CEO of August Brand.