Authors

Hansil

한실

Awakened to the disarray in the Korean language, he dedicated himself to reviving dying words, simplifying difficult Sino-Korean terms into accessible native expressions, and interpreting Korean words in Korean. He established “Maum-Dakkeuneun Maeul” (Mind-Polishing Village) at the foot of Surime (Mount Songni) in the Sabara region (Sangju) of Nosarasa (Gyeongbuk). There, he leads meditation practices to help anyone polish their mind, freeing themselves from suffering to live a content and unburdened life. Through “Pureun Nuri”, he strives to live in harmony with the natural laws (Nuri Byeori) alongside all living beings, sustaining life with naturally grown food from fields and meadows. Earlier in life, he worked toward empowering working people to become the true stewards of the nation and dedicated himself to uniting a divided Korea.

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Go Yun-seo

She explores how text, graphics, and people interact between the virtual and the real. After working as a designer and developer at graphic design studio Everyday Practice, She recently went independent to run his own creative design studio, YYY. Continues to experiment with digital interaction in the graphic web experimentation group HHHA.
Kwon Min-ho

Drawer, illustrator. He studied visual communication at Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art (RCA) postgraduate program. His work is based on drawing and new media, blurring the boundaries between illustration and fine art painting. He has worked with Factum-Arte, Bompas & Parr, Jotta studio, and RA in London, and has won awards such as the Jerwood Drawing Prize, V&A Illustration Awards, and RCA Sustain, a London design festival. He has presented and curated exhibitions …
Koo Sang

Professor Koo, Sang has been researched for mobility and automotive design over 30 years since his career in Kia Motors Design Center either California Design Research Center as a senior designer, and now works as a professor at Hongik University. He got a doctor degree at the Graduate School of SNU for the first turn. He wrote 12 books related to automotive design and two long novels. Nowadays, he is writing design critique columns in Medias for every week. So far, they’ve collected more …
Lee Ji-eun

Graduated from the Department of Industrial Design at Hansung University in 1992 and completed a master’s program at the same university in 1997. In 2003, he graduated from the Visual Communication Design program at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and in 2006, completed the doctoral coursework at the Graduate School of International Information and Communication at Waseda University. In 2012, he earned a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies …
Park Jaeyong

He is a writer, translator, and curator primarily based in Seoul, South Korea. A bibliophile, he founded and operates Seoul Reading Room (@seoulreadingroom), a contemporary art and theory library. He is also a frontman of the research band NHRB (@nhrb.space) alongside Heo Youngkyun, and co-runs the stand-up comedy group Seochon Comedy Club (@westvillagecomedyclub) with Jung Sung-eun and Kim Su-ji. His translated works include There Is No Last Revolution: Art and Political Imagination Since 1980 …
Kristel van Ael

Kristel Van Ael is a business partner at Namahn, a humanity-centred design agency based in Brussels. She is the lead author of the Service Design (servicedesigntoolkit.org) and Systemic Design (systemicdesigntoolkit.org) toolkits. Kristel is also co-teacher in product-service-system design and lead teacher in systemic design at the University of Antwerp (Faculty of Design Sciences).
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 …
Massimo Vignelli

He was born in Italy in 1931 and studied architecture in Milan and Venice from 1950 to 1957. After actively engaging in various projects, including designing posters and graphic materials for the 1964 Venice Biennale, he moved to the United States in 1956. In Chicago, he co-founded Unimark International, and in 1971, together with his wife and business partner Lella, established Vignelli Associates in New York. From 1966 to 1980, he worked on the graphic program for Knoll; in 1966, he designed …
Chang Eung-bok

Born in Seoul, Chang Eung-bok graduated from the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University and founded Mono, the predecessor of Mono Collection, in 1985. With a foundation in textile design, she has contributed significantly to Korea’s textile design industry, working across residential and commercial spaces, domestic and international hotel projects, and furniture and soft interior design. She has held numerous exhibitions, including at Mori Art Museum (2005), Gallery Artlink (2010), Seoul …
권근영

중앙일보 미술 담당 기자. 20년 넘는 기자 경력의 대부분을 문화부에서 보냈다. JTBC 스포츠문화부장도 지냈다. 서울대학교에서 국어국문학과 미학을 공부했고, 동 대학원에서 「서산 구본웅 연구」로 미술학 석사, 「광주비엔날레 연구」로 미술경영학 박사 학위를 받았다. 서울대학교 미술대학 서양화과에서 강의했으며, 미국 UCLA 방문연구원을 지냈다. 예술가들이 육성으로 들려준 ‘영감의 비밀’을 생생하게 전하는 일을 한다. 2026년부터 더중앙플러스 온라인 연재 콘텐츠 「권근영의 Art Talk」를 통해 예술가들의 내밀한 창작 공간으로 독자들을 안내하고 있다. 집필한 책으로 『아주 사적인 미술관: 이건희 홍라희 마스터피스』『완전한 이름: 미술사의 구석진 자리를 박차고 나온 여성 예술가들』『나는 예술가다: 한국 대표 예술가 10인 창작과 삶을 말하다』 등이 있다.
Korean Society of Typography

The Korean Society of Typography (hereafter KST) is an academic organization in South Korea, started in 2009. The KST supports many design activities to diversify the visual communication field. Some of which include the journal LetterSeed , academic conferences, annual exhibitions as well special committees on Korean typography, typographic terminology, digital typography education, international typography biennale, and a diverse range of research.
Pyo Hyun-myung

President of KT. In 2004, during his tenure as Vice President of Marketing at KTF, he played a pivotal role in introducing service design into corporate management and marketing activities in Korea. Drawing on his extensive experience as a corporate leader, he applied service design to KT’s innovations, leading to the creation of iconic branding campaigns such as Have a good time (2005), SHOW (2007), QOOK (2009), and the groundbreaking exclamation olleh (2010). These efforts marked a …

Hansil

한실

Go Yun-seo

Kwon Min-ho

Koo Sang

Lee Ji-eun

Park Jaeyong

Kristel van Ael

Lee Kyu-bok

Massimo Vignelli

Chang Eung-bok

권근영

Korean Society of Typography

Pyo Hyun-myung