‘Life designer, lifestyle adventurer, director of the No Money Economic Center, chieftain of the early days of the shortage of balance, thought collector, rag master, place lessor for the multi-base living lifestyle, daytime planner.’ He creates such strange jobs for himself. He majored in industrial design, but converted to life design after realizing that industry is threatening everyone’s life. How can we save life? What kills life? Where can we start to change life? With these topics in mind, he presents his work on housing issues in the city, self-sufficiency production, living skills, transportation, energy transition, and community spaces. He lives by the motto, “There may be people without money, but there is no one without life. Anyone can start based on the life they already have.”
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Researches the history of visual expression and representational theory, with a focus on picture books, and teaches Studies of Culture and Representation at Musashino Art University in Japan. Engages in various activities such as exhibition planning and translation, striving to raise awareness of the role and impact of picture books in society.
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Yoon Je-won
Yoon Je-won majored in geography education and aesthetics at Seoul National University and graduated from the Gumbap Academy. She was very interested in performing arts, art, and video, which she was exposed to in college, and was active in performance festivals and film festivals. She pursues natural translation by utilizing her long experience in video translation and is interested in various fields such as education, cooking, philosophy, art, and foreign languages, and strives to convey … -
Chung Byoung-kyoo
An editorial designer who graduated from Korea University with a degree in French Literature and studied design at École Estienne in Paris. In 1979, he co-founded the editorial company Yeoreogaji Munje Yeonguso with writer Lee Yoon-ki and later established Jung Byung-kyu Design in 1985, which continues to this day. He has served as a Specialist for the Seoul Olympics, President of the Korean Society of Visual Information Design, and President of the Korean Society for Image Culture. His career … -
Kwanjo
Born in 1943, he attained enlightenment at Beomeosa Temple in Busan in 1960 and passed away in 2006. Since the 1970s, he has been widely capturing Korean temples and nature in his photographs. He has held numerous solo exhibitions, including the Seoul Asian Games Celebration Photo Exhibition and Olympic Celebration Exhibition , as well as overseas exhibitions in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Chicago. His collections of works include Sangha 1–2, Nirvana , Sumidan , Main Buddha Hall , Life, Death, … -
Lee Seung-heon
Lee Seung-heon is a professor of interior architecture at Dongmyung University. He majored in architectural engineering at Dong-A University and earned his PhD from Pusan National University with a thesis on the meaning and expression of locality in architecture. He writes and lectures on various media for public understanding of architecture, and his research interests include the evolution of space and the aesthetics of weaving. He has worked as a planner and designer for ‘Reno House , … -
MERRY-MJ
Born in 1983 in South Korea. He earned a master’s degree in graphic design from Tama Art University Graduate School of Art and completed the TOMSBOX Picture Book Workshop training program in 2009. In 2010, she won the Jury Prize from art director Morimoto Chie at the Illustrated Notes (Seibundo Shinkosha) Notes exhibition, and in 2014, she was selected as Illustrator of the Year at La Fiera del Libroper Ragazzi di Bologna (Bologna International Children’s Book Fair) in Italy. She … -
Kashiwagi Hiroshi
Design critic. Professor Emeritus at Musashino Art University and Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Art. Born in Kobe in 1946. Graduated from Musashino Art University. After working as an editor, became an associate professor at Tokyo Zōkei University in 1983. Started at his current position in 1996. His works include Design no 20 seiki (The 20th Century of Design) (NHK Shuppan, 1992), Housework no seiji gaku (The Politics of Housework) (Seidosha, 1995), and Nichijitsu no bunka shi (The … -
Yang Sung-hee
Yang Sunghee studied architecture in college. After studying publishing translation at GIbab Academy, she is currently a member of Barun Translation and a professional Japanese translator. The books she translated include Treasured Stories of Ryunosuke Akutagawa (co-translation) and Natural Interior Decorated with DIY. -
Kang Hyeon-joo
He studied visual design at Seoul National University and Konstfack, Sweden, and worked at Allcommunication, a CI company. He is currently a professor at Inha University’s Department of Design Convergence. His books include Studies in the History of Design and Handbook of Korean Design History: Interviewing Korea’s Paul Rand, Cho Young-Jae , and his articles include “Correlation between Generation Shift and Corporate Design”, “The Characteristics and Meaning of Hong-Taik Han’s Design : The … -
Chung Dah-young
Chung Dah-young is a curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, specializing in architecture and design exhibitions and writing. She has curated significant exhibitions, including Diary of Drawings: Chong Ki-yong Architecture Archive (2013), Itami Jun: Sculpting the Wind (2014), Experiments of Architopia (2015), Paper and Concrete: Korean Modern Architecture Movements 1987–1997 (2017), Kim Chung-up: Dialogue (2018), The Olympic Effect: Korean Architecture and Design of the … -
Doi Akifumi
Born in Hiroshima in 1957. Owner of Tom’s Box. Handles picture books and books related to picture books. He has been involved in the planning and editing of over 300 picture books to date, including the Forest of Images series (Holp Shuppan) and Neko no Sweater (Oikawa Kenji, Takeuchi Mayuko). He also organizes the workshop Atosaki Juku with Akira Ono, which aims to nurture picture book authors. -
Peter Troxler
An independent researcher and concept developer, he focuses on the overall composition and design of the social, technological, and commercial dimensions of businesses. His work pays particular attention to companies as permanent organizations and projects as temporary organizational structures.