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Kay Jun

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https://www.aprilsnow.kr

She studied literature at Ewha Womans University and Seoul National University and pursued visual design at the Graduate School of Hongik University. After graduation, she worked as the publishing team leader at the design studio AGI Society. Starting with her master’s thesis, Photography as Text and Society as Image: Handling of Photography in Twen」 (2006), she has focused her research on the intersections of photography, text, and design. Currently, she runs the photography book publishing house Aprilsnow (사월의눈), which continues her exploration of these themes. To date, she has curated five photography books and contributed numerous articles on graphic design to various publications. Her authored works include 10 Art Directors of the World (Ahn Graphics, 2009) and Bb: From Basel to Bauhaus (PaTI, 2014, co-author). She also co-translated Graphic Design: A User’s Manual (Semicolon, 2015).

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Ito Toyo

Toyo Ito (born 1 June 1941) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a “simulated” city, and has been called “one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects.” In 2013, Ito was awarded the Pritzker Prize, one of architecture’s most prestigious prizes. He was a …
Yamamoto Riken

Riken Yamamoto, born 1945 in Beijing, China is a Japanese architect. In 2024, he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered to be the most prestigious award in architecture, becoming the 9th Japanese architect to receive such honor.
ZERO PER ZERO

ZERO PER ZERO is a design studio founded in Seoul in 2008. We focus on themes of ‘EARTH, TRAVEL, LOVE,’ creating a wide range of graphic designs and illustrations that capture precious moments discovered in travel and everyday life. Initially inspired by themes related to travel, we have since expanded to include warm family portraits, dogs, cats, flowers, and national treasures, continually building our own graphic dictionary. Through our work, we aim to celebrate and share the …
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.
Jan Tschichold

Jan Tschichold also known as Iwan Tschichold or Ivan Tschichold, was a German calligrapher, typographer and book designer. He played a significant role in the development of graphic design in the 20th century – first, by developing and promoting principles of typographic modernism, and subsequently idealizing conservative typographic structures. His direction of the visual identity of Penguin Books in the decade following World War II served as a model for the burgeoning design practice of …
Park Hyun-taek

Majored in visual design at Hongik University and lectured at several universities before coming across the National Museum of Korea, where work has continued for over twenty years. While working in the fields of ‘museums,’ ‘design,’ and ‘culture,’ doubts arose about the fact that design was being absorbed only in external decoration. Reevaluating design led to confronting the question of ‘why and for whom to design,’ rather than ‘how to design.’ This process led to the realization that design …
Seo Ji-su

She majored in ancient art history at university. After graduating from the Glbab Academy, she worked in various Japanese translation jobs and is currently working as a professional Japanese translator at Bareun Translation.
Yoon Min-goo

Yoon Min-goo was born in 1989. Graphic designer and font designer. He draws letters and turns them into fonts. He has created various Korean fonts, starting with the web font Barngul in 2002. A separate interest is modern paleontology. He is fascinated by the process of providing letters as materials to workers in various fields and collaborating with them to produce unexpected results.
Shinbou Minami

Born in Tokyo in 1947, he is an illustrator, editor, cartoonist, and essayist. He completed the “Art Practice” course taught by Genpei Akasegawa at the “School of the Arts” (Mihakyo). For seven years, he served as an editor for the magazine Garo (ガロ) , while concurrently working on illustrations and essays. His published works include An Art Museum for the Uninitiated , Poster Paleoanthropology , Funny Science , Funny Photos , My Own People , and the co-authored An Introduction to Street …
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.
Bas van Abel

He is the Creative Director at Waag Society, focusing on developing various projects based on open design principles. He is also the co-founder of Waag Society’s Fab Lab and the Instructables Restaurant. On a personal level, he is actively involved in the global maker and digital fabrication community.
Kim Hyun-ho

Editorial director of VOSTOK magazine and head of VOSTOK PRESS. He is the editor of various publications and the director of PLATFORM-P. He has worked as the chief editor of the design journal Yanggwibi , editor-in-chief of the Seoul National University Press and Culture Center, and a member of the planning committee of the School of Photographic Theory and the bimonthly magazine Wordnbow , and received the Art in Culture New Vision Art Criticism Award.

Kay Jun

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Ito Toyo

Yamamoto Riken

ZERO PER ZERO

Kim So-jeong

Jan Tschichold

Park Hyun-taek

Seo Ji-su

Yoon Min-goo

Shinbou Minami

AG Typography Institute

Bas van Abel

Kim Hyun-ho