A pilgrim who travels around the country in search of book-making tools and machines, a collector who collects books handmade by senior craftsmen, a connector who is networked with professionals in the publishing and printing industry, a squirrelly teacher who can’t throw away anything once he gets his hands on it and hides it here and there like an acorn, a cranky old man who finds happiness in the things he collects, but sometimes struggles with insomnia, and the owner of the tools gathered in this book. Since he founded the Book Gongbang Book Art Center in 2001, he has been calling out to the public to put their stories in books made with their own hands. Currently, he has come down to Samrye Culture and Arts Village in Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, and is preparing to create a book art school where students can learn the entire process of making a book in one place. The books he has written include Books that make books well Portfolio that completes designers Bus that makes books Book binding Books that make books well Books that make books well 100 years of Korean letter press printing book and more. He has registered a utility model for ‘Baro strap’, ‘Book workshop jangjeong’, and ‘Nude bookbinding’.
Authors
Kim Jin-sub
김진섭
다른 사람들
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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.
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Yongrak Park
He is the Creative Director of Fontworks Inc., a font design company he co-founded in 2005. With over 25 years of experience, he is recognized as one of South Korea’s leading type designers. He has developed corporate fonts for Samsung, Kakao, Naver, Hyundai Card, Nexon, the Korea Publishers Association, MBC, KBS, YTN News, Dong-A Ilbo, Lotte Mart, Daishin Securities, and LINE Japan, among others. His work includes commercial typefaces such as Yoon Gothic and Yoon Myungjo, Rix Gothic and … -
Ryu Biho
Since his first solo exhibition Steel Sun in 2000, she has been working with contemporary artists, exhibition curators, and media sociologists to co-organize and research new artistic activities in a media-connected society, such as Art Practice through Hacking (2001) and Parasite-Tactical Media Networks (2004-2006). While organizing and executing these activities, he has also executed various projects such as Dramatic Practice (2010), Co-operative Escape (2010), Twinfix (2011), In My Sky at … -
National Museum of Korea
The National Museum of Korea is the flagship museum of Korean history and art in South Korea. Since its establishment in 1945, the museum has been committed to various studies and research activities in the fields of archaeology, history, and art, continuously developing a variety of exhibitions and education programs. It was relocated to Yongsan District, Seoul in 2005. On June 24, 2021, the National Museum of Korea opened a new branch inside Incheon International Airport. The museum has … -
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. -
Ahn Graphics
Ahngraphics is a Korean design publishing company and company founded by visual designer Ahn Sang-soo on February 8, 1985. It was converted to a stock company in 1990 and has grown into a comprehensive design company covering four sectors: design, digital, media, and publishing. It was the first design company to introduce DTP into practice, and contributed to the development of Korean graphic design through high-quality editorial design centered on letters. It celebrated its 30th anniversary … -
Joachim Müller-Lancé
He graduated with honors from the Basel School of Design in Switzerland and studied art at the Cooper Union in New York, USA. He worked as a senior designer for The Understanding Business and Barclays Global Investors, and organized cultural exhibitions and publications for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. In 1993, he won a gold medal at the Morisawa Typeface Competition in Lancecerro. He is currently the head of Kame Design Studio, where he focuses on graphic design, type design, and … -
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 … -
Kim Su-jung
She studied visual design at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin and typography and book design at the Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig. She runs the design and publishing studio Raffinerie Press and teaches typography and book design. -
Im Tae-su
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 … -
Lee Jung-min
Lee Jung-min graduated from Ewha Womans University, Faculty of Design and received her master’s degree from the Graduate School of Industrial Design with the thesis Strategies for Legal Protection of Service Design . Since 2013, she has been working as a researcher at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. -
Kim Sang-kyu
He studied design in college and graduate school and received her PhD in design archive research. He has been practicing design curation and archival research since he worked as a chair designer at FURSYS Inc.’s and curated exhibitions such as droog design , Korean Design , and The New Vision from László Moholy-Nagy while working as a curator at the Design Museum at the Arts Center of Korea, and conducts workshops and research on maker culture and Korean design at Jayul Design Lab. He is …