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 …

LCAT, ATR-BC. 창의미술치료 석사, 시각예술 석사, 미술치료 박사 학위를 받았으며 뉴욕주 면허를 소지한 공인 미술치료사, 연구자, 작가 및 교육자다. 현재 뉴욕주 정신보건국의 사가모어아동정신건강센터에서 미술치료사로 근무한다. 약 10년간 정규 뮤지엄 미술치료사로 일하며 퀸스박물관의 아트액세스 프로그램 및 자폐주도팀과 나소카운티미술관에서 헌신적으로 임했다. 또한 마운트시나이사우스나소 행동분과 입원 병동 같은 성인 임상 환경과 지역사회 노인 프로그램에서 일하고, 리빙뮤지엄의 상주 예술가로도 활동했다. 뮤지엄, 지역사회, 임상 치료 환경에서 정신 질환을 가진 사람들, 장애가 있는 어린이 및 성인들과 함께하며 다년간 경험을 쌓았다. 현재 뉴욕 호프스트라대학교와 LIU포스트에서 학생들을 가르친다.

어도비 타입앤폰트 그룹에서 텍스트 레이아웃 엔지니어링팀을 이끌며 어도비 포토샵, 일러스트레이터, 애프터 이펙트 등 여러 제품에 내장된 텍스트 엔진을 담당한다. 특히 CJK 레이아웃 기능을 전문적으로 다룬다. JLReq 태스크 포스의 한 파트인 W3C 국제화 그룹과 유니코드® CJK & 유니한 그룹에서 각각 어도비를 대표한다.

She studied visual design in South Korea and worked in design education and magazine design. After studying illustration in the UK, she now lives in the seaside town of Bournemouth, where she works as a designer and illustrator.

An active design educator and artist, Kan Tai-keung is one of Hong Kong’s most famous graphic designers and noted ink painters. Born in 1942 in Pangyu, Guangdong, Kan has resided in Hong Kong since 1957. His passion for painting developed early on in his childhood, and his grandfather, Kan Yaosheng, a clay sculptor, encouraged his pursuit of art. Kan first studied art and design in 1964, and then watercolour painting and sketching with his uncle Kan May-tin. In 1967, he began attending …

John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. For more than thirty years he has traveled the world in a search of stories about the practical steps taken by communities to realise a sustainable future. He writes about these stories online, and in books; he uses them in talks for cities, and business; he also organizes festivals and events that bring the subjects of these stories together. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years – first in Amsterdam, later …

An architectural historian and architect, born in Seoul in 1961. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University, earned a master’s degree from the University of Michigan, and completed a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania with research on French Enlightenment architecture. In 1994, he established the Department of Architecture at Ewha Womans University as its founding professor, where he continues to serve. His extensive and profound research transcends time …

Specialized in Korean typography at Kaywon University of Art and Design. Focused on font production, he is an active member of the design studio FORMULA. He has released typefaces such as 「Cheongwol」, 「Cheongjo」, 「Choseol」, 「Goyo」, 「Shinsegae」, 「Tal」, 「Classic」, 「Giha」, and 「Omin」. Passionate about creating typefaces, he enjoys the process of detecting and studying subtle differences in letterforms.

He majored in visual design at Dankook University and the Department of Applied Arts at the same graduate school. He served as the editor-in-chief of the monthly Pop Sign , Sign Culture , and Sign Korea , and as the principal of the Sign Design School at the Sign Culture Institute of Hope Production Center, he conducted “Sign Design School” educational programs in Gyeonggi-do, Chungnam-do, and Jeonnam-do. He has served as a jury member for outdoor advertisements in local governments and is …

Born in Hwangju, Hwanghae-do, he graduated from Pyongyang Teachers’ College (平壤師範學校) at the age of 18 and briefly worked as an elementary school teacher. After the liberation of Korea, he moved south, worked as a houseboy for the U.S. military, and at 22, went to study in the United States. He graduated from Wesleyan College and Vanderbilt University and earned a master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Harvard University. Returning to Korea in 1954, he pursued a career in …

CEO of studio-L, Social entrepreneur, Community Designer, Professor and Director of the department of Spatial Design in the Kyoto University of Art and Design, Vice President in RIPS, NPO. Born in Aichi, in 1973. After the university, he worked in SEN, inc., where he developed his skills and knowledge in landscape design advised by Mr. Shosuke Miyake, a founder of this firm. As well, he learnt social organization and relationship management from Dr. Fusayo Asano there. Then he founded studio-L …

Born in 1971, received technical education to become an industrial draftsman and completed mandatory training at a psychiatric hospital. Subsequently studied education, psychology, philosophy, and literature in Cologne, Bonn, and Frankfurt, focusing on the ethical issues of constructivism. Later transitioned to a career as a science journalist. As of 2011, teaches psychology and philosophy at the Eco Design Academy and design at a vocational school in Cologne. Co-founder of the knowledge portal …