A professional dedicated to uncovering the philosophy and values hidden within brands and delivering their unique essence to everyday life. Preferring leisure, simplicity, and thoughtful conversations, he tends to limit gatherings to four people or fewer. With experience at the brand consulting firm Brand&Company, Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Marketing Strategy Team, the brand experience design firm Plus X, and Kakao Pay Brand Marketing Team, he now runs Standard Project. He has led brand …

A typeface designer and graphic designer who studied Graphic Design at Yeungnam University and Yale University. From 2014 to 2017, he worked as a type researcher and designer at Ahn Graphics’ Typography Institute, where he contributed to the creation of AG Choijeongho Typeface and AG Superblack Gothic. During the same period, he taught typeface design at the PaTI (Paju Typography Institute).

He runs the graphic design studio Occupy the City and is based in Seoul. He curated and organized the exhibition Occupy the City: Typozimmer Nr. 7 and participated in other exhibitions such as Korean Design: Transforming Forms and Tools of Communication . He is currently an adjunct professor at Konkuk University and teaches graphic design and typography at various universities.

홍익대학교와 스위스 바젤디자인대학교에서 그래픽 디자인과 타이포그래피를 공부했고, 홍익대학교에서 한글 타이포그래피로 박사학위를 받았다. 디자이너 진달래와 함께 디자인 스튜디오 ‘타입페이지’를 운영하며, 여러 단체와 함께 사회, 문화와 관련한 다양한 디자인과 작업을 한다. 서울과학기술대학교 디자인학과 부교수로 있다. 『A Diary』 『스위스 디자인 여행』 등의 책을 쓰고 디자인했다.

A Pioneer of modern Korean type design and typeface research. He moved to Japan, where he worked at a printing company, mastering various printing techniques, and studied at Yodobashi Art Academy. In 1957, he developed the Dong-A Publishing Typeface , which received high acclaim. In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Japanese phototypesetting companies Shaken (寫硏) and Morisawa (モリサワ) to create Hangeul typefaces. In his later years, he focused on writing and researching the philosophy and …

홍익대학교에서 건축, 미국 코넬대학원에서 인테리어 디자인을 전공했고, 홍익대학교 산업미술대학원 원장이자 미술대학 및 건축대학 교수로 1996년부터 재직 중이다. 2007년 IFI 세계실내디자인대회 총감독, 2007–2011년 IFI 세계실내건축연맹 이사, 2011-2012년 한국실내건축가협회(KOSID) 회장, 2017–2018 한국공간디자인학회(KISD) 회장을 지냈다. KT아트홀 디자인으로 2006년 건설교통부 장관상, 2015년 대한민국 디자인대상 국무총리상을 수상했다. 현재 싱가포르 디자인 위크(SDW)를 비롯해 중국, 인도, 멕시코, 아랍에미리트 등 유수의 대학에서 디자인 대회의 초청 강연자로도 활동한다.

Lee Suk-woo graduated from Hongik University, worked for Samsung Electronics in South Korea, Fuse Project and Teague in the US, and acted as a global creative leader and chief designer at Google-Motorola, Korea. Following the establishment of the industrial design office SWNA in 2011, he established his own object brand, The Liberal Office. In 2015, he was selected as one of the top 10 Global Design Studios in the design concept category at the Red Dot Awards and received the Minister of Trade, …

Born in 1958, he is a designer, President of the Nippon Design Center, and a professor at Musashino Art University. Known for groundbreaking exhibitions that challenge conventional values, he has curated projects such as RE-DESIGN – The Daily Products of the 21st Century , JAPAN CAR – Designs for a Crowded World , and HOUSE VISION , which have had a global impact. He applied design deeply rooted in Japanese culture for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Nagano Olympics and the Aichi …

With a bachelor’s degree in Archaeology and Art History from Seoul National University and a master’s and Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University, she has built a distinguished academic career. After teaching at the Samsung Design Institute (SADI) and the Department of Painting at Sungshin Women’s University, she is currently a professor at the Korea National University of Arts, School of Visual Arts. Her work focuses on the dynamic intersection of art exhibitions, criticism, …

연세대학교 건축공학과를 졸업하고 하버드대학교 GSD(Graduate School of Design)에서 건축설계 석사 학위를 받았다. KVA(Kennedy & Violich Architecture), OMA(Office for Metropolitan Architecture), 사프디아키텍츠(Safdie Architects) 등 다양한 사무소에서 인턴과 실무 경험을 했다. 현재는 서울과학기술대학교 교수로 재직하며 OA-Lab 건축연구소를 설립해 활동한다. OA-Lab을 통해 실험적인 건축을 추구하고 연구와 실무를 오가며 작은 제품에서부터 건축물에 이르기까지 다양한 범위의 작업을 하고 있다. 관찰과 실험에 기반한 디자인이 우리의 일상과 사회 속에서 삶의 경험을 담고 긍정적으로 작동해 구현되는 것을 목표로 한다. 하버드대학교에서 졸업논문상 파이널리스트 및 추천장을 받으며 졸업했고, 이후에 AIA보스턴건축가협회의 주택공모전 대상, AIA국제지역건축가협회 대상 등을 수상했다.

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.

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.