John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. For more than thirty years he has traveled the world in a search of stories about the practical steps taken by communities to realise a sustainable future. He writes about these stories online, and in books; he uses them in talks for cities, and business; he also organizes festivals and events that bring the subjects of these stories together. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years – first in Amsterdam, later across India – and was commissioner of the UK social innovation biennial Dott07 and the French design biennial City Eco Lab. Since then, with a focus on social, ecological and relational design, Thackara has curated place-based xskool workshops in 20 countries and has lectured in more than forty. A Brit who now lives in Occitanie, France, John studied philosophy, and trained as a journalist, before working for ten years as a book and magazine editor. He was editor of Design magazine for five years, and was later Modern Culture Editor of Harpers & Queen, and design correspondent of The Guardian. He then started a product and consulting company, Design Analysis (DAI), together with Tadanaori Nagasawa and Peter Dormer. With offices in London and Tokyo, DAI created and organised events at the Pompidou Centre, Victoria & Albert Museum, Axis Gallery in Tokyo, and other venues. From 1989-1992 John was Director of Research at the Royal College of Art. He was the first director (1993—99) of the Netherlands Design Institute. Currently, He is visiting professor at Tongji University with a focus on urban-rural reconnection; a senior fellow at the Royal College of Art; a Fellow of Musashino Art University in Japan; and visiting professor at Milan Polytechnic University.
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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 …
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Chung Hye-uk
Studied Visual Communication Design in the Department of Industrial Design at the College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University. Earned a master’s degree in New Media Design from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Ph.D. in Visual Communication from the Graduate School of Communication at Yonsei University. Currently, she serves as a professor at the Content School of Cheonggang University of Culture and Industry. -
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After graduating from Korea University with a degree in English Language and Literature and earning a degree in Translation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies , they worked for several years as an interpreter and translator for government agencies and corporations. Currently, they work as a translator specializing in culture, creativity, and technology , while also serving as the Creative Commons Asia-Pacific Coordinator . -
Seo Yu-kyung
She is a lawyer, patent attorney, and legal designer. She received her B.A. in design and information culture from Seoul National University, her J.D. from Kyungpook National University College of Law, and her J.D. from Seoul National University, specializing in intellectual property law, with a thesis entitled A Study on the Intellectual Property Law System for Protecting the Form of Virtual Goods. While running the law firm Artis, he served as a lawyer for legal counseling for artists at the … -
Lee Hwan
Collaborates with colleagues from diverse technocultural backgrounds to design product and service experiences within architectural spaces. With prior experience at Ahn Graphics and Atelier Brückner in Stuttgart, she is currently working at VAVE Studio in Frankfurt. She graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Hongik University and completed a graduate degree in Interior Architecture at the same institution. -
Kim Young-bae
He majored in visual design at Dankook University and the Department of Applied Arts at the same graduate school. He served as the editor-in-chief of the monthly Pop Sign , Sign Culture , and Sign Korea , and as the principal of the Sign Design School at the Sign Culture Institute of Hope Production Center, he conducted “Sign Design School” educational programs in Gyeonggi-do, Chungnam-do, and Jeonnam-do. He has served as a jury member for outdoor advertisements in local governments and is … -
Guho Choi
Studied Visual Design at Kaywon University of Art and Design. He is a graphic designer, application developer, and amateur musician. He runs the graphic design studio Guho Choi and is the developer, designer, and operator of Paperman, an app designed to assist with book production. -
Cody Choi
Cody Choi(b.1961), who has consistently been active as a visual artist and cultural theorist since the 1980s, explores the cultural identity and relationship of authority within contemporary society. Choi touches upon topics of cultural maldigestion, third-culture created by the clash of different cultures, the beauty of such hybridism, and simultaneously occurring new social phenomena—all of which Choi experienced as a foreigner in the US. Choi gained his stature as a world-renowned artist … -
Lauren Daugherty
Lauren Daugherty, LMHC, ATR-P, is the Arts-based Wellness Experiences Manger and full-time art therapist at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University Bloomington. In this inaugural position at the museum, she established art therapy programming for individuals of all ages and abilities, including children from backgrounds of abuse and neglect, individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities, and Indiana University students. She obtained her master’s degree in … -
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 … -
Ogawa Naho
Ogawa Naho is a unique and whimsical sensibility who draws with elegant and delicate lines and brings her own playfulness to her paintings. She studied at Parsons School of Design in New York City, which gives her drawings a distinctly New York style. She has traveled and worked with luxury brands, fashion magazines, and famous department stores in the world’s biggest cities, including Anna Sui, Vogue , Elle , Newsweek , Wall Street Journal , The New Yorker , Ja Cosmetics , Hong Kong … -
Woohyuk Park
He studied graphic design and typography at Hongik University and Basel School of Design in Switzerland, and earned a Ph.D. in Hangul Typography from Hongik University. He co-runs the design studio Typepage with designer Jindallae, working on various social and cultural design projects in collaboration with different organizations. Currently, he is an associate professor in the Department of Design at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. He has written and designed books such as …