He is the Creative Director of Fontworks Inc., a font design company he co-founded in 2005. With over 25 years of experience, he is recognized as one of South Korea’s leading type designers. He has developed corporate fonts for Samsung, Kakao, Naver, Hyundai Card, Nexon, the Korea Publishers Association, MBC, KBS, YTN News, Dong-A Ilbo, Lotte Mart, Daishin Securities, and LINE Japan, among others. His work includes commercial typefaces such as Yoon Gothic and Yoon Myungjo, Rix Gothic and Myungjo, the Rix Road Name series, the Rix Rock series and Rix Rock Variable, as well as various Rak fonts, including Rak Gothic and Myungjo Variable. To date, he has directed and developed approximately 1,000 typefaces. He has received numerous prestigious design awards, including the iF Design Award for Typeface Design, Red Dot Design Award, Good Design Award, Asia Design Prize Winner, German Universal Design Award, and the K-Design Award Grand Prix.
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Yongrak Park
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시각 문해력 분야의 선구자이자 시각 커뮤니케이션 교육자로 활동한 디자이너. 시각 커뮤니케이션의 기본 원리를 하나의 언어처럼 배우고 이해해야 한다고 주장하며 시각 문해력을 정립했고 이를 가르치는 교육 과정을 설계하고 확산시켰다. 시카고대학교를 졸업한 후 보스턴대학교 커뮤니케이션아트학부에서 조교수 및 기획자로 활동했다. 디자인과 디자인 교육에 공헌한 인물로 매사추세츠예술디자인대학은 그의 이름을 딴 ‘도니스 A. 돈디스 트래블 펠로우십Donis A. Dondis Travel Fellowship’을 제정해 학생들의 해외 연구, 창작을 지원하고 있다.
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Kim Sun-hee
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 … -
Kim Ji-hun
He graduated from Hongik University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Hongik University’s International Design Academy (IDAS) and received his Ph.D. from KAIST’s Department of Industrial Design. He was a visiting researcher at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University in the U.S. Since 2013, he has been working as an examiner at the Korean Intellectual Property Office’s Trademark and Design Office. -
Kim So-jeong
She studied visual design in South Korea and worked in design education and magazine design. After studying illustration in the UK, she now lives in the seaside town of Bournemouth, where she works as a designer and illustrator. -
Kim Hee-young
She graduated from Seoul National University’s College of Arts and Humanities with a B.A. in English Literature and received her M.A. in Fine Arts from the same graduate school. She earned an MA in art history from the University of Chicago and a PhD in art history from the University of Iowa. She is currently a professor in the Department of Art at Kookmin University College of Art. She is the author of Korean Abstract Painting: A Formation of Korean Avant-Garde (2013), The Vestige of … -
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Lee Kyu-bok
He majored in calligraphy at Wonkwang University and completed his doctoral program at Dongguk University. In 2002, he founded CalliDesign, a company specializing in calligraphy, where he is currently the president, and served as a board member of the Korea Calligraphy and Design Association. He has been in charge of important large-scale projects in Korea, including the slogan titles for the 17th and 18th presidential inaugurations, the slogan titles for the opening of Gwanghwamun Square, the … -
Lee Won-sik
Lee Won-sik is a brand manager at POSCO E&C. He is currently working as a brand manager at POSCO E&C after working at Interbrand, the world’s largest brand consulting firm. He has been consulting on strategic development and utilization of design and brand for various companies such as Morgan Stanley, Samsung Tesco, and Amorepacific. He is a member of the project planning team for the knowledge service sector of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy’s Industrial Source … -
Shinbou Minami
Born in Tokyo in 1947, he is an illustrator, editor, cartoonist, and essayist. He completed the “Art Practice” course taught by Genpei Akasegawa at the “School of the Arts” (Mihakyo). For seven years, he served as an editor for the magazine Garo (ガロ) , while concurrently working on illustrations and essays. His published works include An Art Museum for the Uninitiated , Poster Paleoanthropology , Funny Science , Funny Photos , My Own People , and the co-authored An Introduction to Street … -
Bas van Abel
He is the Creative Director at Waag Society, focusing on developing various projects based on open design principles. He is also the co-founder of Waag Society’s Fab Lab and the Instructables Restaurant. On a personal level, he is actively involved in the global maker and digital fabrication community. -
Yoo Yoon-seok
Practice Designer. -
Yuka
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