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).
Authors
Kay Jun
전가경
다른 사람들
-
A designer and design educator based in Seoul. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and worked in web design and editorial design in New York and Boston. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Hongik University, where she continues his personal projects in editorial work, writing, and web design.
-
Kim Won-young
She worked as a lawyer at the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and Law Firm Deoksu. Since 2013, she has been involved in performing arts research and creation, and since 2019, she has been directly participating in performances as a choreographer, playwright, and dancer. She has published books and papers dealing with disability and the relationship between human rights, art, and technology. She wrote books including Defense for the Disqualified (2018) and Becoming a Cyborg (2021), and … -
Kang Sung-joong
After graduating from Hanyang University with a degree in precision mechanical engineering, he worked as an engineer at Ssangyong Engineering before graduating from Seoul National University with a degree in industrial design. He then completed a master’s degree in industrial design at Seoul National University, a master’s degree in interaction design at Carnegie Mellon University, and a doctorate in design at Seoul National University. He has trained designers at Hanyang University … -
Shim Jun
Shim Jun is the International Product Manager for Adobe Creative Cloud products. Driven to create intuitive and productive products for global users, she has delivered market-leading products for over 20 years, with a focus on the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) markets, with a particular emphasis on Korea. -
Rhi Joo-myung
Rhi Joo-myung studied industrial design at Seoul National University and design management at Leicester Polytechnic in the UK. He joined LG Electronics when it was called Geumsung and gained practical experience in planning and product design for over 9 years. He taught product design, design methods, and design management at Inje University and now at Yonsei University Wonju Campus. He has long been interested in the qualitative nature of design and hopes to better understand the … -
Helmut Schmid
Typographer. Born in February 1942 in Austria with German nationality, he completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter in Germany before studying at the Basel School of Design (Schule für Gestaltung Basel) under Emil Ruder, Kurt Hauert, and Robert Büchler. He subsequently worked in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, and Japan, where he created his renowned type design “Katanaka Eru”. In Japan and Germany, he published several books, including Gestaltung ist Haltung (Design Is … -
Sung Sang-woo
Graduated from Waseda University, Department of Architecture. After working at several design offices, he founded a0100z space design with his life partner in 2009. Currently, he is building a series of houses called ‘House with a Worn Threshold’ and ‘Together’, and runs Jeongchu Seodang in Yongsu Village, Yongin, where he talks about humanities and gives a lecture on humanities architecture called ‘House is Meaning’. -
배상규
After studying Architectural Engineering at Yonsei University , they worked in the construction industry. Following their completion of the English Publishing Translation program at Gulbab Academy , they began working as a translator affiliated with Barun Translation . Their translated works include Japanese-Style Small Houses . -
Lee Young-choon
He graduated from Hongik University, College of Fine Arts, Department of Wooden Furniture, and majored in Industrial Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. He has worked as a senior designer at Spoon Design, an adjunct professor at the Department of Industrial Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, a commissioned researcher at the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), and is currently a professor at the Department of Living Furniture Design at Seoil University. -
Kim Hwang
Designer. He graduated from Hongik University in 2006 and worked as a UX designer at Angraphics. He then earned an MFA from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, UK, and worked as a UX Design Director at Philips Healthcare in Singapore and the Netherlands before returning to Korea to join the Department of Design at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). He is an associate professor at UNIST, where he teaches students, founded OND Lab, conducts numerous design research … -
Erik Spiekermann
Erik Spiekermann is a German typographer, designer and writer. He is an honorary professor at the University of the Arts Bremen and ArtCenter College of Design. -
Kim Jae-hong
He graduated from Central St. Martins College Art & Design, UK, and has been active in VIDAK, the Korean Society Of Basic Design & Art, and the Korea package Design Association. He is currently a professor of art and visual design at Chungbuk National University, College of Humanities. He has co-authored the books Design Education and Slow Food .