Fleur Watson PhD is a curator, creative producer and author. Her academic and cultural leadership extends across a broad spectrum of creative disciplines including architecture, design, visual art, and expanded spatial practices. Fleur is an Associate Professor, School of Architecture & Design at RMIT University and founder of independent curatorial practice Something Together. She is an experienced researcher within an ‘integrated scholarship’ framework with a focus on curating contemporary art and design within a cross–disciplinary context. She has co-created and led curatorial projects, design studios and industry workshops with a diverse range of institutions including RMIT University, Melbourne and, internationally, at Innsbruck University, Austria; Design Museum, London, and the Venice International Architecture Biennale.
In 2021, the UK-based publisher Routledge released Fleur’s authored book The New Curator : Exhibiting Architecture & Design which is also due for release in the Korean language in early 2024. This publication builds on Fleur’s practice-based PhD titled ‘The Agency of Encounter’ completed in 2016 at RMIT University. Fleur is a Board member for the not-for-profit organisation “Open House Melbourne” and was formerly OHM’s Executive Director and Chief Curator from 2020–2022. From 2013–2020, Fleur was Curator at RMIT Design Hub Gallery – a purpose-designed project space dedicated to cross-disciplinary exhibitions. Fleur managed the creative direction, curation and program from the Design Hub’s official opening to the public and co-curated a diverse range of influential exhibitions and research-led projects.
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Fleur Watson
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Director of the Play AT Institute. He teaches young people at the Kurikindi center. He is the author of “An Earthbag House with Neighbors , The Return of the Fire Pit , The Age of the Woodstove , and “My Hands Are Tired .
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Jang Yeong-jin
Graduated with a primary major in English Education from Korea University. After completing military service and returning to school, he explored new fields and entered the world of design. Discovering an unexpected aptitude for it, he pursued Industrial Information Design as a second major and went on to earn a master’s degree from the same university. Currently, he runs the design company YOUNGLAB, participating in design projects for startups, SMEs, and large corporations domestically and … -
Park Hye-sook
After graduating from the Department of Visual Design at Hongik University’s College of Fine Arts, she received her Master’s degree(M.F.A.) in Fashion Design from the same university’s graduate school. She later completed her Master’s degree(M.F.A.) at the London College of Fashion in England, and her Ph.D. from Kookmin University. She is currently serving as the Dean of the Department of Fashion Design and Branding at Pyeongtaek University, and is active as an executive in several academic … -
Kim Hee-jung
She studied visual design at Hongik University. She went on to study photography at Parsons School of Design and completed her MFA in fine art at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Since returning to Korea, she has been working and teaching at the university level. She has held four solo exhibitions, including Family in 2004, Kumho Young Artist: Pink & White in 2007, and Broken But in 2012, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions at the Seoul Museum of Art and the Gyeonggi … -
Lee Dong-guk
Lee Dong-guk is a Korean calligraphy researcher, curator, and current director of the Gyeonggi-do Museum. He has been an academic researcher at the Calligraphy Museum at the Arts Center of Korea for 35 years and has published Myth, Song of Life - From Petroglyphs to Atheists (1999), Two Thousand Years of Korean Calligraphy (2000), Ose Chang’s Pavilion. Collection World (2001), Heavenly Life, Sky of Fertility (2012), Special Exhibition on the 10th Anniversary of the Passing of Galesun … -
Song Tae-wook
He graduated from Yonsei University’s Department of Korean Language and Literature and received his Ph.D. from the same graduate school. He was a researcher at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and is currently a university lecturer and translator. He is the author of The Renaissance Man Kim Seung-ok (co-author), and the translator of I Am a Cat , Kokoro , The Light of Illusion, Story of the Crusades, Cut Off, Those Praying Hands, The Birth of Form, We All Return Home,* and other books. … -
Roel Klaassen
Roel Klaassen is Programme Manager at Premsela, Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion. Roel is a design enthusiast with an academic background in design, psychology and strategic management. At present he’s working on the People’s Republic of Design programme, a Premsela initiative that aims to stimulate the development of an open design culture. -
Josh A. Halstead
Josh Halstead is an epistemic activist working at the intersection of critical disability studies, design pedagogy, and community organizing. A recognized contributor to disability design discourse, they seek to unsettle and rupture normative systems of thought by centering marginalized perspectives. Halstead has been an invited lecturer in academic and industry settings—from Stanford to Google—and is co-author of the forthcoming book Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Non-Binary … -
Park Hee-won
After studying Living Design and Journalism & Broadcasting at Yonsei University , they worked as a product development MD. Driven by a desire to shape and engage with stories, they transitioned into the world of translation. After completing the publishing translation program at Gulbab Academy , they began working as a translator affiliated with Barun Translation . Their translated works include Vinyl , Ace , The Outlaw Ocean , and A Bookshelf of One’s Own . -
Woowa Brothers Corp.
Founded in June 2010 by Kim Bong-jin and his friends, Woowa Brothers is a food tech company that operates Baedal Minjok (Baemin), Korea’s leading delivery app. In collaboration with Delivery Hero, they established Woowa DH Asia Pte. Ltd., managing operations across Asia. Driven by the vision of “Delivering Everyday Happiness to Your Door,” Woowa Brothers has expanded into various sectors, including Baemin Riders, B Mart, and Baemin Store. Since the launch of the ‘Hanna’ font in … -
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. -
Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann was a Swiss graphic designer. He was one of the most prominent individuals in Swiss design. He began his career in 1947 as a teacher at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel School of Art and Crafts at the age of twenty-six. Hofmann followed Emil Ruder as head of the graphic design department at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Basel School of Design) and was instrumental in developing the graphic design style known as the Swiss Style. His teaching methods were unorthodox and broad …