He is a writer, designer, and educator who co-founded the New York-based design studio 2×4, where he serves as a creative director. Over the past thirty years, he has closely collaborated with a wide range of figures—including Miuccia Prada, Rem Koolhaas, Germano Celant, Kanye West, and Virgil Abloh—while teaching at Yale University, Harvard University, Columbia University, and the Jan van Eyck Academy, and contributing to publications such as The New York Times, I.D., and Eye.
His major clients include Prada, Miu Miu, Apple, Google, Samsung, Nike, MTV, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Harvard Art Museums, the Arumjigi Foundation, Target, Vitra, and CCTV. He received the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and currently serves as a trustee of his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). His forthcoming book is Coherence.
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Michael Rock
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An architectural critic, journalist, and architectural culture planner. Former editor-in-chief of the architecture and design magazine 《SPACE》, and currently a contributing editor for the architectural critique journal 《(WIDE AR)》. Focuses on the social and public aspects of architecture, as well as its relationship with civil society and urban communities.
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Chae Hee-joon
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. -
Chris Ro
Chris Ro is a graphic designer based in Seoul, South Korea working on projects spanning both the cultural and commercial sector. Originally educated at UC Berkeley and the Rhode Island School of Design, the thinking behind Chris’ work connects a diverse range of concepts spanning architecture, graphic design, typography, motion, photography and form making. His work has been honored by the New York Type Directors Club, Tokyo Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club Global, Communication Arts … -
Oh Byung-keun
His teaching and research focuses on visualization for information and knowledge transfer. He is also interested in design-centered and interdisciplinary approaches for desirable interactions between humans and information, humans and media, and humans and space. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in design from Seoul National University and his M.F.A. from New York University Graduate Center, and is currently a professor of visual design at Yonsei University, College of Design and Art. His books … -
Lee Jeong-hwan
Lee Jeong-hwan graduated from Kyung Hee University’s Department of Business Administration and Intercultural Japanese Language School. He is a researcher of Eastern philosophy and religion, a Japanese translator, and a writer. He has translated many books into Korean, including The Architecture of Tomorrow , The Secret of the Macaroni Hole , Connecting Architecture , 三低主 , White , Nagaoka Kenmei no Kangae , Tokyo University Students Become Fools , and Ready Luck . -
Kim Young-bae
He majored in visual design at Dankook University and the Department of Applied Arts at the same graduate school. He served as the editor-in-chief of the monthly Pop Sign , Sign Culture , and Sign Korea , and as the principal of the Sign Design School at the Sign Culture Institute of Hope Production Center, he conducted “Sign Design School” educational programs in Gyeonggi-do, Chungnam-do, and Jeonnam-do. He has served as a jury member for outdoor advertisements in local governments and is … -
Kwon Jin
Kwon Jin is a contemporary art researcher and curator and currently works as the project director of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale at the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). He has been at the SeMA since 2016 after working at ARKO Art Center and the 4th Anyang Public Art Project (APAP), where he curated Ahn Sang-soo’s solo exhibition Nalgae.pati (2017), Latin American Contemporary Art Exhibition Work for the Future Past (2017–2018), Middle Eastern Contemporary Art Exhibition gohyang: home … -
Richard Harris
Born in Toronto, Canada in 1974. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at McGill University in 1996, he moved to South Korea, where he lived for 10 years. He continued to live overseas for two more years—in Spain, Australia, and South Africa—before returning to Canada in 2009. Today, he lives and works in Toronto. A Father’s Son (2013) is his first novel. He is also the author of two nonfiction books, Roadmap to Korean (2003) and Faces of Korea (2004), a novella, and a … -
Kim Hee-jung
She studied visual design at Hongik University. She went on to study photography at Parsons School of Design and completed her MFA in fine art at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Since returning to Korea, she has been working and teaching at the university level. She has held four solo exhibitions, including Family in 2004, Kumho Young Artist: Pink & White in 2007, and Broken But in 2012, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions at the Seoul Museum of Art and the Gyeonggi … -
James Craig
James Craig, a well-known author of books on graphic design, was born in Montreal, Canada. He studied fine arts in Montreal and Paris before immigrating to the United States. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union and his MFA from Yale University. Now semi-retired, Mr. Craig was the Design Director for Watson-Guptill Publications and is a member of the New York Art Directors Club, Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), Type Directors Club (TDC), Typophiles, and a past member of … -
Lee Bong-won
He studied visual design at Hongik University and Dong-A Graduate School, and received his master’s degree in Design Strategy and Innovation from Brunel University, UK. He worked at the UI Lab of Samsung Electronics Design Management Center and is currently in charge of developing future scenarios based on the convergence of industries and technologies and designing service systems to realize them. -
Kim Wook-kyun
After graduating from Sogang University and completing a doctoral program at Konkuk University’s Graduate School of Environment, I have been working in the tourism and maritime sectors. I became interested in plants after turning fifty and began studying the interrelationships between plants, people, and the environment. My field of activity expanded into roses as I became fascinated by their repeat blooming characteristics and cultural connections. Currently, I serve as the president of …