She studied literature at Ewha Womans University and Seoul National University and pursued visual design at the Graduate School of Hongik University. After graduation, she worked as the publishing team leader at the design studio AGI Society. Starting with her master’s thesis, Photography as Text and Society as Image: Handling of Photography in Twen」 (2006), she has focused her research on the intersections of photography, text, and design. Currently, she runs the photography book publishing …

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 …

He graduated from the Department of Geography at Seoul National University and obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in photography and visual studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France. He has taught photography aesthetics, the relationship between photography and contemporary art, visual aesthetics, media aesthetics, and art theory at Joongbu University, Yonsei University, and Hongik University. He currently serves as an associate professor in …

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 …

Specialized in Korean typography at Kaywon University of Art and Design. Focused on font production, he is an active member of the design studio FORMULA. He has released typefaces such as Cheongwol, Cheongjo, Choseol, Goyo, Shinsegae, Tal, Classic, Giha, and Omin. Passionate about creating typefaces, he enjoys the process of detecting and studying subtle differences in letterforms.

After studying Industrial Design and International Business at Carnegie Mellon University, she worked as a product designer, participating in projects for medical devices and various consumer electronics. She later earned a master’s degree in Design and Branding Strategy from Brunel University. Recently, her focus has shifted to research on platform strategy and service design.

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.

Kwon Joon-ho studied Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in the UK and taught graphic design at the same school for a year. His 2011 RCA graduation work, Life: The Life of a North Korean Woman , a typographic installation, was selected as one of the ‘Special Choices of the Year’ by the British magazine Creative Review. He was named ‘Rising Star of the Year’ at UK Design Week 2012 and one of the ‘20 Saatchi New Sensations’ at London’s …

Born in Hiroshima in 1957. Owner of Tom’s Box. Handles picture books and books related to picture books. He has been involved in the planning and editing of over 300 picture books to date, including the Forest of Images series (Holp Shuppan) and Neko no Sweater (Oikawa Kenji, Takeuchi Mayuko). He also organizes the workshop Atosaki Juku with Akira Ono, which aims to nurture picture book authors.

A leading authority in design management, he has served as the President of the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) and the Chief of Design Seoul Headquarters for the Seoul Metropolitan Government. He studied Industrial Design at Seoul National University and its graduate school, earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from Syracuse University in the United States, and a Ph.D. in Design Strategy from Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. He debuted as a designer …

He is passionate about design and making complex concepts more accessible. He is currently working on design systems at Wanted Lab to improve the speed and quality of digital product creation.

He studied architecture at Hongik University and interior design at Cornell Graduate School, U.S.A. He is the dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Art at Hongik University and a professor at the College of Art and Architecture since 1996. He was the general director of the IFI World Interior Design Competition in 2007, a board member of the IFI World Federation of Interior Architecture from 2007–2011, president of the Korean Society of Interior Designers (KOSID) in 2011–2012, and president …