An active design educator and artist, Kan Tai-keung is one of Hong Kong’s most famous graphic designers and noted ink painters. Born in 1942 in Pangyu, Guangdong, Kan has resided in Hong Kong since 1957. His passion for painting developed early on in his childhood, and his grandfather, Kan Yaosheng, a clay sculptor, encouraged his pursuit of art. Kan first studied art and design in 1964, and then watercolour painting and sketching with his uncle Kan May-tin. In 1967, he began attending …

Simon Garfield was born in London in 1960. He is the author of an appealingly diverse and unpredictable canon of non-fiction, including the bestsellers Mauve, Just My Type and On The Map. He is a trustee of Mass Observation, and is the editor of several books of diaries from the archive, including Our Hidden Lives and A Notable Woman. His recent books include Timekeepers, In Miniature, and All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia.

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.

She studied at Hongik University’s Department of German Language and Literature and Korea University’s Graduate School of Education. Her books include What are You Looking At? , Lives of the Artists , MoMA Highlights , The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem , A Space of My Own , and the MoMA Artists series, including Henri Matisse , Paul Cézanne , Pablo Picasso , and Joan Miró .

서울과학기술대학교 기계시스템디자인공학과 교수. 2003년 LG전자에 입사한 뒤 다양한 모바일 UX/UI 개발 실무를 거치면서 LG전자 UI개발실 전략・기획 그룹장, SK텔레콤 UI기획팀 UX파트장을 역임했다. 2008년에는 Vinyl, DNA, PXD 등의 UI 전문회사들과 함께한 SK텔레콤의 스마트폰 OS UI개발을 총지휘하였고, 2009년부터는 현대기아자동차, LG전자, 삼성전자, SK플래닛 등과 대학 간에 다수의 UX/UI 과제를 수행하고 있다. 이러한 경험을 바탕으로 2010년부터는 T아카데미에서 모바일 UX/UI 기획 및 설계, 디자인전문가 과정 등을 강의하며 UX/UI 전문인력의 양성에 힘을 쏟아오고 있다. 성균관대 산업공학과에서 공학사 취득 후 KAIST에서 공학박사 (인지・인간공학 전공)를 취득했고 현재 UXPA협회 이사를 맡고 있다. 그동안 40여 편의 국내외 연구논문을 발표하였고 50여 개의 UI 특허를 출원・등록하였다. huhnkim@seoultech.ac.kr …

Ahn Young-joo graduated from Hongik University, Department of Art, and received her doctorate from the same university with a thesis titled “Critical Discourse on Vernacular Design and Political Possibilities.” She has lectured on various design cultural theories such as design and material culture, design history, and craft theory at Hongik University and Konkuk University, and is currently an adjunct professor at Konkuk University’s Department of Industrial Design. Her publications include …

Observes daily life and translates memorable scenes and stories into illustrations. Aspiring to convey the joy and vitality of drawing, contributes artwork across various media. Illustrated books include: Children’s University: Physics , Accidental Design , The More Different, the Better , Words on the Road .

She graduated from Hongik University, College of Fine Arts, Department of Industrial Design and received his MFA from Pratt Institute Graduate School of Industrial Design. Since 1995, she has been a keynote professor at Samsung Art and Design Institute (SADI), and since 1999, she has been a research professor at Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute’s Department of Industrial Design in New York City. Currently, she teaches three-dimensional sculpture at Parsons School of …

홍익대학교에서 시각디자인을 전공했고 홍익대학교 산업미술대학원과 아트인스티튜트오브시카고(School of the Art Institute of Chicago) 대학원에서 광고디자인과 비주얼커뮤니케이션을 전공했다. 일리노이주립대학교(University of Illinois at Chicago)에서 사인과 심벌을 수학하면서 디자인 연구의 기호학적 접근을 시도했고, 홍익대학교 대학원에서 시각적 유머를 기호학으로 연구하여 미술학박사를 취득했다. 한국전력공사, 문화방송, 조흥은행, 칠성사이다, 논산시, 청주시, 충청북도, 인공위성 연구센터의 CIP 디자인에 참여했으며, 관세청, 조달청 등에서 이미지 개선 자문위원을 역임했다. 한국조형예술학회 회장을 지냈으며, 케임브리지대학교 (University of Cambridge) 아시아학부 객원 연구원으로 영국과 동아시아의 시각 문화에 대해 연구했다. 현재 중국 루쉰미술학원의 객좌교수이자 홍익대학교 커뮤니케이션디자인 전공교수로서 기호학, 시각 …

John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. For more than thirty years he has traveled the world in a search of stories about the practical steps taken by communities to realise a sustainable future. He writes about these stories online, and in books; he uses them in talks for cities, and business; he also organizes festivals and events that bring the subjects of these stories together. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years – first in Amsterdam, later …

LMHC, ATR-P. 인디애나대학교 블루밍턴의 에스케나지미술관에서 예술 기반 복지 체험 관리자이자 전임 미술치료사로 일한다. 미술관에 처음 도입된 이 직책을 맡아 학대 및 방임을 경험한 아동, 인지 및 발달 장애인, 인디애나대학교 학생 등 다양한 연령과 능력을 가진 사람들을 위한 미술치료 프로그램을 구축했다. 미술관에서의 미술치료에 관한 논문으로 인디애나대학교 헤론예술디자인학교에서 미술치료 석사 학위를 받았다. 뮤지엄 소장품을 연계하고 감상하는 의미 있는 방식을 통해 개인적인 성장을 지원하고, 예술 제작과 창작 과정을 활용해 건강과 행복을 증진하고자 열과 성의를 다한다.

Yang Sunghee studied architecture in college. After studying publishing translation at GIbab Academy, she is currently a member of Barun Translation and a professional Japanese translator. The books she translated include Treasured Stories of Ryunosuke Akutagawa (co-translation) and Natural Interior Decorated with DIY.