Prof. Lu Jingren is a book designer and illustrator. During the 1990s, he studied under Prof. Kohei Sugiura (杉浦康平) in Japan. In 1998 he established the Jingren Art Design Studio. He was senior art editor of the China Youth Publishing House. He is now a professor of the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University and a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Prof. Lu has received many book design awards at home and overseas, including the World’s Most Beautiful Book award …

He graduated from Yonsei University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and received his master’s degree in architectural design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). He has interned and practiced at various offices including Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA), Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and Safdie Architects. He is currently a professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, where he founded the OA-Lab architectural …

Suzy Lee studied painting in Korea and book arts in the UK and has published picture books internationally. Her work has garnered several prestigious awards, including the “2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award” “the Bologna Ragazzi Award”, “the Inchon Memorial Award” “The Korean Publishing Culture Award” and “The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award”. Among her most celebrated works are the picture books Summer , River , Wave , Shadow , The Black Bird , Alice in Wonderland , and …

Yang Seonghee graduated from Ewha Womans University’s Department of Chinese Language and Literature and studied at Beijing Normal University. She is currently working as a professional translator. The books she has translated include: Learning to Love, Reading the City, Living the World, Learning Flexibility from Lao Tzu, Don’t Make Enemies Even if They Are Not on Your Side, The Art of Choosing at a Decisive Moment, Chaegeundam 1, 2, Mencius’s Management, Wasin Consulting 1, 5, Qinghai-Tibet …

A Japanese translator and publishing editor who hovers between language and print. She considers language to be design, translating Japanese into Korean and plans books. She has worked in architecture and interiors, and after studying in Japan, she worked as an editor at Ahn Graphics. She has translated Rojinryoku , Who Made 501XX? , The Mina Perhonen Design Journey: The Circulation of Memory , An Encyclopedia of Tokyo Hotels , The Original Scenery of Harajuku in the 1970s , Walking with the …

A full professor in the Design Management program of the Department of Design Engineering at Chosun University. He graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Chonbuk National University, where he also earned a master’s degree in Design Management and a Ph.D. in Business Administration. He previously served as a senior researcher at the IBRD Design Development Research Institute and the Design Strategy Development Team at R&C KOREA. Actively engaged in various academic …

Mike Evans was a musician who released two singles on the Decca label and performed at the Cavern Club. In 1969, he was active in the Liverpool music scene and took the stage as a support band for Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan. Afterwards, he transitioned to radio and contributed articles to magazines such as Sounds , Melody Maker , and The Guardian . Since the late 1980s, he has written and edited over 60 books on music, film, and fashion.

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 …

Josh Halstead is an epistemic activist working at the intersection of critical disability studies, design pedagogy, and community organizing. A recognized contributor to disability design discourse, they seek to unsettle and rupture normative systems of thought by centering marginalized perspectives. Halstead has been an invited lecturer in academic and industry settings—from Stanford to Google—and is co-author of the forthcoming book Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Non-Binary …

She graduated from Seoul Women’s University with a BFA in Visual Design and received her MFA in Typography from the same graduate school. After studying at Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany, she earned her Ph.D. in communication design at Bergische Universität Wuppertal and served as a research professor in the Department of Visual Design at Seoul Women’s University. Currently, she lectures at various universities and serves as a mid-career research officer of the National Research …

Born in 1966. Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Letters. Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Faculty of Design. Entered the art criticism world by winning an award in the art criticism contest hosted by the art magazine Art Notebook . Currently engaged in a wide range of writing activities across fields such as art, architecture, design, and subculture. His books include Politics of Art Museums , Fiction Called Landscape , Where is the Art Museum? , Critical Words for …

An architectural critic, journalist, and architectural culture planner. Former editor-in-chief of the architecture and design magazine 《SPACE》, and currently a contributing editor for the architectural critique journal 《(WIDE AR)》. Focuses on the social and public aspects of architecture, as well as its relationship with civil society and urban communities.