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Kim Hyun

김현

He is the CEO of Design Park, an invited artist at the Korea Design Exhibition, and a stamp reviewer at the Korea Postal Service, Ministry of Knowledge Economy. He graduated from Chung-Ang University and Konkuk University Graduate School of Education. After working as an art director in the design department of a large company, he opened his own office, Design Park, and has worked on over 400 corporate design projects, starting with the 1988 Seoul Olympics mascot, Hodol. From the cards in wallets to the symbols of the Blue House, the images he designed live with Koreans. He is one of the first experts in corporate image integration (CI) and brand identity (BI). In 2010, the Year of the Tiger, he celebrated his 40th anniversary as a designer.

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Shim Bok-seob

Graduated from the Department of Visual Design at Hongik University’s College of Fine Arts and its Graduate School of Industrial Arts, and later from the Graduate School of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Won an award at the international competition Extrasensory Museum hosted by Nikkei Inc. and participated in the planning and production of symbolic parade vehicles for the 50th Anniversary of Liberation. Currently serves as a professor of Visual Design in the Department of …
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 …
Gang Yeong-ok

She studied at Duksung Women’s University, Department of German and Literature, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation. She has worked as a translator at various organizations and taught math to students. Currently, she works as a publication planner and professional translator at the translation agency Enterkorea. Her books include Great Myths of Aging , Nett ist die kleine Schwester von Scheiße , and Schrödinger’s Cat: Fifty Experiments …
Byunggeol Min

He is a graphic designer. After graduating from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Hongik University, he worked as a designer at Angraphics. He then went on to study “typography using mathematical algorithms” in the graduate program of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University. Upon returning to Seoul, he served as a design director at Noon Design and took part in Jindallae’s collective activities, undertaking numerous projects that derive various forms from fixed …
Yoon Hee-su

She graduated from Hongik University and Hochschule der Kuenste, Berlin, and received her PhD in Fine Arts from Hongik University Graduate School. She is a professor of art education at Gongju University College of Education, and has been experimenting with design and initiative. She is constantly reading the time and space of discarded objects. She has held ten solo exhibitions and participated in more than 40 group exhibitions. He is the author of Basic Design , a co-authored book, and a …
권근영

중앙일보 미술 담당 기자. 20년 넘는 기자 경력의 대부분을 문화부에서 보냈다. JTBC 스포츠문화부장도 지냈다. 서울대학교에서 국어국문학과 미학을 공부했고, 동 대학원에서 「서산 구본웅 연구」로 미술학 석사, 「광주비엔날레 연구」로 미술경영학 박사 학위를 받았다. 서울대학교 미술대학 서양화과에서 강의했으며, 미국 UCLA 방문연구원을 지냈다. 예술가들이 육성으로 들려준 ‘영감의 비밀’을 생생하게 전하는 일을 한다. 2026년부터 더중앙플러스 온라인 연재 콘텐츠 「권근영의 Art Talk」를 통해 예술가들의 내밀한 창작 공간으로 독자들을 안내하고 있다. 집필한 책으로 『아주 사적인 미술관: 이건희 홍라희 마스터피스』『완전한 이름: 미술사의 구석진 자리를 박차고 나온 여성 예술가들』『나는 예술가다: 한국 대표 예술가 10인 창작과 삶을 말하다』 등이 있다.
Kim Hee-jung

She studied visual design at Hongik University. She went on to study photography at Parsons School of Design and completed her MFA in fine art at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Since returning to Korea, she has been working and teaching at the university level. She has held four solo exhibitions, including Family in 2004, Kumho Young Artist: Pink & White in 2007, and Broken But in 2012, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions at the Seoul Museum of Art and the Gyeonggi …
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.
Ahn Sang-soo

Ahn Sang-soo is a graphic designer and typographer with a keen interest in Korean visual culture. He studied in the Visual Communication Design Department at Hongik University, where he also completed his graduate studies. A former professor at his alma mater, he took early retirement in 2012 to establish the Paju Typography Institute, where he currently serves as the president, also known as ‘Nalgae.’ In 2007, he received the Gutenberg Prize from the city of Leipzig, Germany. He is also a …
김남시

서울대학교에서 미학을 전공한 후 베를린 훔볼트대학교 문화학과에서 철학 박사 학위를 취득했다. 현재 이화여자대학교 조형예술대학 교수로 재임 중이며, 동시대의 철학적, 미학적 논의와 예술적 실천에 관심을 두고 비평과 연구를 진행하고 있다. 지은 책으로 『마르쿠스 가브리엘』『크래시』(공저) 『절멸』(공저) 등이 있고, 옮긴 책으로 마르쿠스 가브리엘의 『예술의 힘』, 발터 벤야민의 『모스크바 일기』, 프리드리히 키틀러의 『축음기, 영화, 타자기』(공역), 아비 바르부르크의 『뱀 의식』, 지그프리트 크라카우어의 『과거의 문턱』, 다니엘 파울 슈레버의 『한 신경병자의 회상록』, 빅토르 타우스크의 『영향 장치·자위에 대하여』 등이 있다.
Korean Society of Typography

The Korean Society of Typography (hereafter KST) is an academic organization in South Korea, started in 2009. The KST supports many design activities to diversify the visual communication field. Some of which include the journal LetterSeed , academic conferences, annual exhibitions as well special committees on Korean typography, typographic terminology, digital typography education, international typography biennale, and a diverse range of research.
James Chae

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 Hyun

김현

Shim Bok-seob

Seo Yu-kyung

Gang Yeong-ok

Byunggeol Min

Yoon Hee-su

권근영

Kim Hee-jung

Lee Hwan

Ahn Sang-soo

김남시

Korean Society of Typography

James Chae