그림을 그리고 소프비 토이를 디자인한다. 1990년대 말부터 장난감 컬렉션을 시작했다. 1970-1980년대 장난감을 특히 애호하며, 그중에서도 소프비는 마치 노스탤지어와 같다. 소프비가 주는 아련함, 솔직함과 담백함 그리고 화려하지만 단순한 형태에 항상 매료된다. 소프비 특유의 냄새도 좋아한다.
직접 디자인한 소프비를 만들고 싶어서 오랫동안 시도하다가, 우연히 카이주원과 협업하면서 세상에 소프비를 선보이게 되었다. 매년 여러 디자인의 BJJ 소프비 시리즈를 발표하고 있으며, 대표작으로는 BJJ 타이거와 BJJ 라이더 등이 있다. 2012년 아트 팀 구포형제를 시작으로 작가로 활동했고 2016년부터는 개인적으로 국내외에서 여러 작품을 전시하고 개인전을 하고 있다. 소프비를 디자인하면서 직접 디자인한 소프비가 탄생하는 것뿐만 아니라 동경하던 소프비 작가들과 친해지고 교류하는 일도 좋아한다. 계원조형예술학교, 한국예술종합학교 애니메이션 학부, 전문사를 졸업했으며, 10여 년째 한국예술종합학교에서 강의를 하고 있다.
그림 작업과 디자인에서는 빛과 원색 그리고 거친 붓선을 선호한다. 투명하고 번쩍거리는 빛이나 직관적인 원색과 선에 끌린다. 이 요소들이 끌어내는 솔직함을 더 좋아하는 것도 같다. 자칫 부담스러울 수 있는 지점이지만, 새로운 감상과 평온이 나오도록 작품을 만들고 싶은 마음이 크다.
하고 싶은 걸 해내는 것처럼 어려운 과정이 또 없다. 매번 어렵고 자주 실패한다. 그래도 아무것도 하지 않으면 아무것도 일어나지 않으니까. 아직도 늘 고민하고 실험해보고 있다.
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Book designer, illustrator, art director, and author, whose witty work is active in various fields. After dropping out of Musashino Art University’s Visual Communication Design Department, he worked for the advertising company Hakuhodo. In 1988, he opened Yorifuji Design Office, and in 2000, he founded Bunpei Ginza, a limited company. In 2008, he won the 29th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in the Book Design category for Life Miscellany Notebook and Designers Who Don’t Design . …
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Im Ji-hwan
A licensed architect in South Korea, serving as an advisory partner at BOUNDLESS (경계없는 작업실) and the CEO of ZERO TO N. After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University, he gained practical experience at Hanul Architects and later founded Boundless Studio. At Boundless Studio, he recognized the necessity of integrated value across space development, planning, design, and construction. This insight led to the establishment of Zero to N, a comprehensive construction … -
Lee Yu-jin
Lee Yu-jin graduated from Ewha Womans University with a B.A. in Sociology and received her M.A. in Art History from Hongik University. She has been engaged in art education for the general public, exhibition planning, and publishing activities at museums. She is the author of Critic Lee Il and the AG Group in the 1970s , Critic Lee Il Anthology and The Birth of a Hero among other books. -
최명환
대학에서 시각디자인을 공부하고 편집 디자이너로 커리어를 시작했다. 디자이너로서 인문학적 소양을 쌓고자 홍익대학교 대학원 미학과에 진학했다가, 디자인을 해석하고 표현하는 일에 소질이 있다는 사실을 깨달았다. 이후 다양한 매거진에 객원으로 참여하며 2013년 월간 『디자인』 기자로 정식 합류했고, 지금까지 디자인 전방위에 관련된 글을 쓰고 있다. 2021년부터 월간 『디자인』 편집장으로 활동 중이다. -
Sakurada Jun
He graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University, Japan. After working as a programmer, system engineer, and web designer, he has been running the website “Visual Thinking” since 2010, introducing infographics and creating pictograms, diagrams, and infographics. -
Kim Jee-hyun
She studied graphic design at Seoul National University’s Department of Applied Arts and Graduate School of Design, and received his master’s degree in typography from Eastern Michigan University, USA. She has been teaching design at Hansung University since 1991. She was a research professor at Syracuse University in the United States and the third president of the Korean Typography Society. She is currently serving as the chairman of the Future Planning Committee and editorial … -
Yamazaki Ryo
CEO of studio-L, Social entrepreneur, Community Designer, Professor and Director of the department of Spatial Design in the Kyoto University of Art and Design, Vice President in RIPS, NPO. Born in Aichi, in 1973. After the university, he worked in SEN, inc., where he developed his skills and knowledge in landscape design advised by Mr. Shosuke Miyake, a founder of this firm. As well, he learnt social organization and relationship management from Dr. Fusayo Asano there. Then he founded studio-L … -
AG Typography Institute
AG Typography Institute was founded in 2012 as an affiliated institute of Ahn Graphics. We designs and develops typefaces based on in-depth studies, and aims to create new typeface culture and trend. -
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. … -
Kim Ju-sung
They graduated from the Graduate School of Industrial Arts at Hongik University. They have served as a researcher at Seoul Graphic Center, Creative Director at Type House and Inter Graphic, Production Director at Pureun Gamsung Co., Ltd., Vice President of the Korea Visual Information Design Association, Vice President of the Korean Society of Typography, and Vice President of the Korean Society of Basic Design & Art. They have participated in various exhibitions both domestic and … -
소영현
인문학자, 문학 평론가. 포항공과대학교, 성공회대학교 동아시아연구소, 연세대학교 국학연구원을 거쳐 현재 한국문학번역원에서 한국문학을 가르친다. 문예지 『문예중앙』 『작가세계』 『21세기문학』, 웹진 『비유』 기획 및 편집 위원으로 활동했다. 저서로 『하녀』 『광장과 젠더』 『하위의 시간』 『분열하는 감각들』 등이 있다. 공저 및 공역서로는 『마녀의 독서, 광녀의 춤』 『비평포럼』 『동시대 문학사: 젠더』 『문학은 위험하다』 『비평 현장과 인문학 편성의 풍경들』 등이 있다. -
William Bevington
He is on the executive team of the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping(PIIM) New School. He currently teaches at Parsons School of Design. He has worked at Rudolf de Harak & Associates, Peter Schmidt Studio(Hamburg, Germany), and the world-renowned Pushpin Group, and taught design and typography at Cooper Union for 15 years. He has also been a visiting lecturer at Columbia University and the State University of New York at Purchase.