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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James Craig, a well-known author of books on graphic design, was born in Montreal, Canada. He studied fine arts in Montreal and Paris before immigrating to the United States. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union and his MFA from Yale University. Now semi-retired, Mr. Craig was the Design Director for Watson-Guptill Publications and is a member of the New York Art Directors Club, Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), Type Directors Club (TDC), Typophiles, and a past member of …
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Yoo Ji-won
Yoo Ji-won is designer who loves books and letters. She majored in visual design at Seoul National University’s Department of Industrial Design and worked as a book designer at Minsumsa. He received an artistic scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, majored in typography at the Leipzig University of Graphic and Book Arts, and was a BK Research Professor at Hongik University’s Metadesign Center. Since then, he has taught typography and editorial design at Seoul … -
Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield was born in London in 1960. He is the author of an appealingly diverse and unpredictable canon of non-fiction, including the bestsellers Mauve, Just My Type and On The Map. He is a trustee of Mass Observation, and is the editor of several books of diaries from the archive, including Our Hidden Lives and A Notable Woman. His recent books include Timekeepers, In Miniature, and All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia. -
Kim Jae-hong
He graduated from Central St. Martins College Art & Design, UK, and has been active in VIDAK, the Korean Society Of Basic Design & Art, and the Korea package Design Association. He is currently a professor of art and visual design at Chungbuk National University, College of Humanities. He has co-authored the books Design Education and Slow Food . -
Kim Eung-hwa
She graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Applied Arts, and Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design, Japan. She is a member of the Korean Society of Package Design and the Package Design Association. She has participated in three solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions. She is currently a professor at the Department of Communication Design, College of Design, Hanyang University. Her translations include Package Soft: Packaging as a Marketing Tool . -
Chung Kyung-won
A leading authority in design management, he has served as the President of the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) and the Chief of Design Seoul Headquarters for the Seoul Metropolitan Government. He studied Industrial Design at Seoul National University and its graduate school, earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from Syracuse University in the United States, and a Ph.D. in Design Strategy from Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. He debuted as a designer … -
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 … -
Lee Su-yeong
Lee Su-yeong graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University and the Graduate School of Comparative Literature at the same school. She has worked as an editor, journalist, and exhibition organizer, and began translating humanities books such as Bandit: A History of Healing . She has translated the novels Even the Dogs , Wildlife , and I Am Number Four , the memoir My Korean Delhi , and the travelogue Your Siberia . When she wants to indulge her eyes and … -
Kim Ji-hun
He graduated from Hongik University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Hongik University’s International Design Academy (IDAS) and received his Ph.D. from KAIST’s Department of Industrial Design. He was a visiting researcher at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University in the U.S. Since 2013, he has been working as an examiner at the Korean Intellectual Property Office’s Trademark and Design Office. -
Yongrak Park
He is the Creative Director of Fontworks Inc., a font design company he co-founded in 2005. With over 25 years of experience, he is recognized as one of South Korea’s leading type designers. He has developed corporate fonts for Samsung, Kakao, Naver, Hyundai Card, Nexon, the Korea Publishers Association, MBC, KBS, YTN News, Dong-A Ilbo, Lotte Mart, Daishin Securities, and LINE Japan, among others. His work includes commercial typefaces such as Yoon Gothic and Yoon Myungjo, Rix Gothic and … -
Chon Seung-il
An adjunct professor in the Department of Spatial Production at Kaywon University of Art and Design and an automata artist. As the director of Studio Mimesis and Automata Workshop, he is actively involved in animation, automata, and kinetic art through education, exhibitions, and various projects. He co-authored the book Automata Workshop and has showcased his work in notable exhibitions such as ‹Chon Seung-il’s Thinking Automata› (2017), ‹Goguryeo Mural Automata› (2017), ‹Friends of the … -
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 …