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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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 .
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Seung H-Sang
Seung H-Sang graduated from Seoul National University and studied at Technische Universitaet in Wien. Worked for Kim Swoo-Geun from 1974 to 1989 and established his office “IROJE architects & planners” in 1989. He was a core member of “4.3 Group” which strongly influenced Korean architectural society, and participated in founding “Seoul School of Architecture” for a new educational system. His works are based on his own critical concerns on Western culture of the 20th century whose subject … -
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. -
Ellen Lupton
Ellen Lupton is a designer, writer, and educator. Her books include Design Is Storytelling, Graphic Design Thinking, Health Design Thinking, and Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers . The third edition of her bestselling book Thinking with Type launches in March, 2024. She teaches in the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (MICA), where she proudly serves as the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz … -
AeLe Family
The family is made up of Ko Kyung-ae, a painter, and Lee Sang-wook, a semiconductor researcher, along with Jun Sung-seong, Eun-sol, and their dog Corbusier. After working for President Kim Dae-jung’s presidential secretariat and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Sendai, Japan, Ko Kyung-ae became a self-taught painter and held three solo exhibitions in Japan and one in Korea. After experiencing the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, she changed her outlook on life and … -
Lee Kyu-bok
He majored in calligraphy at Wonkwang University and completed his doctoral program at Dongguk University. In 2002, he founded CalliDesign, a company specializing in calligraphy, where he is currently the president, and served as a board member of the Korea Calligraphy and Design Association. He has been in charge of important large-scale projects in Korea, including the slogan titles for the 17th and 18th presidential inaugurations, the slogan titles for the opening of Gwanghwamun Square, the … -
Emil Ruder
He was born in Zurich in 1914. After primary and secondary school in Zurich and vocational training as a caterer, he studied in Paris and earned a degree in French at the Cercle Commercial Suisse de Paris. He then worked as a commercial printer at a Zurich publishing house. He attended a weekly course in typesetting and letterpress at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich, where he learned typography from Alfred Willimann (1900-1957) and Walter Käh (1901-1970). In 1942 he was appointed permanent … -
Kim So-jeong
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. -
Shim Bok-seob
Graduated from the Department of Visual Design at Hongik University’s College of Fine Arts and its Graduate School of Industrial Arts, and later from the Graduate School of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Won an award at the international competition Extrasensory Museum hosted by Nikkei Inc. and participated in the planning and production of symbolic parade vehicles for the 50th Anniversary of Liberation. Currently serves as a professor of Visual Design in the Department of … -
Jeong Jae-wan
Jeong Jae-wan graduated from Hongik University with a degree in Visual Communication Design and began his career as a book designer at Jung Byung-kyu Publishing Design and Minumsa Publishing Group. Inspired by a strong interest in street letters, he has held four solo exhibitions titled Letterscape since 2008. In 2018, he presented Jeong Jae-wan: Book Design and also Letterscape (Bukseong-ro) in 2019 as an exhibition focused on regional visual culture. He has co-authored several books, … -
Lee Jung-min
Lee Jung-min graduated from Ewha Womans University, Faculty of Design and received her master’s degree from the Graduate School of Industrial Design with the thesis Strategies for Legal Protection of Service Design . Since 2013, she has been working as a researcher at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. -
Yoo Da-mi
She has worked as an editor for online and offline media, including Elion , Design Monthly , 1.5°C , and East . She is interested in stories about art, design, climate and environment, cities and spaces, and ways of life. She is currently the editor of C , a magazine published by GrandeClip.