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Massimo Vignelli

He was born in Italy in 1931 and studied architecture in Milan and Venice from 1950 to 1957. After actively engaging in various projects, including designing posters and graphic materials for the 1964 Venice Biennale, he moved to the United States in 1956. In Chicago, he co-founded Unimark International, and in 1971, together with his wife and business partner Lella, established Vignelli Associates in New York.
From 1966 to 1980, he worked on the graphic program for Knoll; in 1966, he designed the New York subway sign system; in 1967, the American Airlines logo; in 1970, the New York subway map; and in 1995, the Benetton logo. He has been active across diverse design fields, including identity programs, posters, architecture, graphics, and products. From the earliest stages of his career until now, Vignelli has embodied modernism through organized and structured design.

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Shin Hyun-woo

A digital culture researcher specializing in critiques of information capitalism, game studies, and technology and information culture. Actively engaged in various writing projects. Co-authored the book Mario, Born in 1981.
Sara De Bondt

Sara De Bondt is a graphic designer, publisher, and educator. Her current design projects include creating a new website for The Showroom, developing exhibition graphics for the Wellcome Collection, and designing books for Camden Art Centre and Book Works. She has been a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 2017. In 2008, she co-founded the publishing imprint Occasional Papers with Antony Hudek and has since edited several of its titles. Her most recent book, Off the …
Taguchi Junko

Junko Taguchi is an associate professor in the Faculty of Urban Science at Meijo University (Nagoya, Japan), currently visiting the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She holds a PhD from the University of Tokyo (2015). Her research interests include education on architecture and historic preservation for both general and specialized audiences. She is the Japan member and proxy director of the UIA Architecture and Children Work Programme. She is also a Docomomo …
Park Jaeyong

He is a writer, translator, and curator primarily based in Seoul, South Korea. A bibliophile, he founded and operates Seoul Reading Room (@seoulreadingroom), a contemporary art and theory library. He is also a frontman of the research band NHRB (@nhrb.space) alongside Heo Youngkyun, and co-runs the stand-up comedy group Seochon Comedy Club (@westvillagecomedyclub) with Jung Sung-eun and Kim Su-ji. His translated works include There Is No Last Revolution: Art and Political Imagination Since 1980 …
Rhi Joo-myung

Rhi Joo-myung studied industrial design at Seoul National University and design management at Leicester Polytechnic in the UK. He joined LG Electronics when it was called Geumsung and gained practical experience in planning and product design for over 9 years. He taught product design, design methods, and design management at Inje University and now at Yonsei University Wonju Campus. He has long been interested in the qualitative nature of design and hopes to better understand the …
Kim Jong-kyun

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 …
Chang Eung-bok

Born in Seoul, Chang Eung-bok graduated from the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University and founded Mono, the predecessor of Mono Collection, in 1985. With a foundation in textile design, she has contributed significantly to Korea’s textile design industry, working across residential and commercial spaces, domestic and international hotel projects, and furniture and soft interior design. She has held numerous exhibitions, including at Mori Art Museum (2005), Gallery Artlink (2010), Seoul …
Valentina Vergara

Valentina Vergara is a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator who’s interested in using design as a catalyst for change. She’s collaborated on projects addressing gender disparity in graphic design education and continues to explore ways in which she can dismantle oppressive design thinking and continue to advocate for and uplift marginalized perspectives.
An Byeong-hak

With a keen interest in the relationship between text and image, he explores the boundaries where design and its adjacent fields intersect, grounded in typographic principles. He was a member of the visual culture experimental group Jindalrae and held solo exhibitions such as Arrangement of Fragments or a Spectacle (2014) and Juxtaposition (2013). He served as the general director for the 5th Typojanchi: Body and Typography (2016-2017), the 1st Public Design Festival Thematic Exhibition: …
Kim Bong-ryol

He graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and earned a Ph.D. in engineering from the same graduate school, and studied at the AA School of Architecture in the United Kingdom. He has served as a professor and dean of architecture at Korea National University of Arts, and chairman of the Cultural Heritage Committee of the Cultural Heritage Administration. Based on his deep knowledge in the field of ancient architecture, he is working to popularize …
Kelly M. Choi

Studied visual design and typography at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and The Basel School of Design. Currently runs the brand Once Type, exploring the visual potential of letters.
Woohyuk Park

He studied graphic design and typography at Hongik University and Basel School of Design in Switzerland, and earned a Ph.D. in Hangul Typography from Hongik University. He co-runs the design studio Typepage with designer Jindallae, working on various social and cultural design projects in collaboration with different organizations. Currently, he is an associate professor in the Department of Design at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. He has written and designed books such as …

Massimo Vignelli

Shin Hyun-woo

Sara De Bondt

Taguchi Junko

Park Jaeyong

Rhi Joo-myung

Kim Jong-kyun

Chang Eung-bok

Valentina Vergara

An Byeong-hak

Kim Bong-ryol

Kelly M. Choi

Woohyuk Park