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Kim Jong-kyun

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Kim Jong-kyun graduated from Seoul National University with an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design and earned his doctor’s degree in Design from the same institution. He currently serves as an Administrative Officer at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. He is the author of several books, including Design in Korea and Design Wars, and has co-authored many others. Kim has published numerous papers on the history of Korean design, branding, and design intellectual property rights, and regularly contributes articles on design to various media outlets.

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Nicole Miñoza

Director of Product Management, Fonts & Type at Adobe. She has been working for creative product users in a variety of roles at Adobe for nearly 20 years.
Moon Ju-hwa

Film critic. Debuted through the 2024 Cine21 Film Criticism Award and began working as a critic. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Art, Culture, and Film Studies at Pusan National University, conducting research on the representation of history in contemporary cinema. Has worked with institutions such as the Art Sonje Center, Gwangju Biennale, Busan Biennale, and Busan International Film Festival, participating in numerous exhibitions and projects.
Jeon Jeong-heui

Graduated with a degree in Architectural Engineering from Chungnam National University and earned a master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). After completing the publishing translation program at Geulbab Academy, she now works as a translator with Bareun Translation.
Sara Kristoffersson

Sara Kristoffersson was born in Stockholm 1972 and is a Swedish writer and professor of design history and theory at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She is the author of several exhibition catalogue essays and has published a number of articles on various aspects of design, architecture and popular culture.
Anthony Dunne

Anthony Dunne, of Dunne & Raby , is University Professor of Design and Social Inquiry at The New School in New York and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the China Academy of Art (CAA) in Hangzhou. Between 2005-2015 he was professor and head of the Design Interactions department/programme at the Royal College of Art in London. He studied Industrial Design at the RCA before working at Sony Design in Tokyo. On returning to London he completed a PhD in Computer Related Design at the RCA. …
Korean Society of Design Science

The Korean Society of Design Science (KSDS) was established in 1978 and restructured in 1994 with the aim of advancing the status of design studies through theoretical and practical exploration across all areas of design. It seeks to contribute to society by fostering information exchange among design professionals and promoting international academic collaboration in response to the era of informatization and globalization. The society organizes annual academic conferences and lectures, …
Muramatsu Shin

Born in 1954, he is an architectural historian who studies the history of Asian cities, architecture, and spaces, as well as modern Asian architecture and the preservation and revitalization of local communities. He is a professor at the Integrated Earth Environmental Studies Institute and at the Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo, and co-chair of the International Nakanaka Heritage Committee for Buildings to Pass On to the Next Generation. Since 2011, he has served as …
William Bevington

He is on the executive team of the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping(PIIM) New School. He currently teaches at Parsons School of Design. He has worked at Rudolf de Harak & Associates, Peter Schmidt Studio(Hamburg, Germany), and the world-renowned Pushpin Group, and taught design and typography at Cooper Union for 15 years. He has also been a visiting lecturer at Columbia University and the State University of New York at Purchase.
ZERO PER ZERO

ZERO PER ZERO is a design studio founded in Seoul in 2008. We focus on themes of ‘EARTH, TRAVEL, LOVE,’ creating a wide range of graphic designs and illustrations that capture precious moments discovered in travel and everyday life. Initially inspired by themes related to travel, we have since expanded to include warm family portraits, dogs, cats, flowers, and national treasures, continually building our own graphic dictionary. Through our work, we aim to celebrate and share the …
Oh Chang-sup

As a researcher in design history and culture, he won the best paper award from the Korean Society of Design Science in 2013 and curated the exhibition Hello, Stranger at Culture Station Seoul 284. His published books include We Are Not You, and You Are Not Us , The Counterattack of Modernity , Kitsch Around Me , Design Read Through 9 Keywords , Walking Through Artificial Paradise , and This Is Not a Chair: In Search of Meta-Design. He currently serves as a professor at the College of Art and …
Yeongchun Park

He studied Ceramic Engineering at Yonsei University and Industrial Design at the University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art) in the United States. He holds an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies. He worked as a senior designer at the New York-based design firm IDI (Innovations and Development Inc.) and as a design director at Deskey Associates. He also served as a professor …
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 …

Kim Jong-kyun

김종균

Nicole Miñoza

Moon Ju-hwa

Jeon Jeong-heui

Sara Kristoffersson

Anthony Dunne

Korean Society of Design Science

Muramatsu Shin

William Bevington

ZERO PER ZERO

Oh Chang-sup

Yeongchun Park

Ahn Graphics