The Korea Craft & Design Foundation (KCDF) is a public organization affiliated to the Korean Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism. The objective of the organization is to promote Korea’s craft, design and hanbok both in Korea and internationally. It is our responsibility to promote the field in order to create opportunities for young makers, artists and related groups. We focus on preserving our own cultural heritage by re-interpreting tradition, research on craft materials/skills and …

Graduated from the Department of French Language and Literature at Yonsei University and its graduate school, currently working as a professional translator. Translated works include: Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist , The Zahir , Maktub , Guy de Maupassant’s The Horla , Guy de Maupassant—Boule de Suif and 62 Other Stories , Françoise Sagan’s One Month Later, One Year Later , A Certain Smile , Amazing Clouds , The Lost Side Profile , Annie Ernaux’s Simple Passion , Amos …

He graduated from Hongik University, College of Fine Arts, Department of Wooden Furniture, and majored in Industrial Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. He has worked as a senior designer at Spoon Design, an adjunct professor at the Department of Industrial Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, a commissioned researcher at the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), and is currently a professor at the Department of Living Furniture Design at Seoil University.

He graduated from Yonsei University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and received his master’s degree in architectural design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). He has interned and practiced at various offices including Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA), Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and Safdie Architects. He is currently a professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, where he founded the OA-Lab architectural …

Based in London since 1994, Dr. Gilda Williams is a contemporary art critic and teacher; editor of ON&BY Andy Warhol (MIT/Whitechapel Press, 2016); and author of the bestselling art book How to Write about Contemporary Art (Thames & Hudson, 2014), now published in seven languages. From 2008-23 Williams was Senior Lecturer on the MFA Curating programme at Goldsmiths College (University of London), where she taught art writing. Dr. Williams has also taught at the The Ruskin School of Art, …

Amorepacific Corporation is a South Korean beauty and cosmetics chaebol, operating more than 30 beauty, personal care, and health brands. The firm was founded in 1945 by Sungwhan Suh and currently managed by Kyungbae Suh, the son of the founder. It is the largest cosmetics company in South Korea and one of the 10 largest cosmetics companies in the world.

Ahn Sang-soo is a graphic designer and typographer with a keen interest in Korean visual culture. He studied in the Visual Communication Design Department at Hongik University, where he also completed his graduate studies. A former professor at his alma mater, he took early retirement in 2012 to establish the Paju Typography Institute, where he currently serves as the president, also known as ‘Nalgae.’ In 2007, he received the Gutenberg Prize from the city of Leipzig, Germany. He is also a …

A graphic designer and illustrator based in Seoul. She majored in Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and earned both her master’s and doctoral degrees in Visual Design from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Currently, she is a professor at the University of Seoul. In 2008, she was recognized as a Next-Generation Design Leader by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and was also selected as a Star Product Designer by the Korea Craft & Design Foundation.

Starting her journey in design in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Hongik University, she worked as a GUI designer at LG Electronics’ Design Management Center. She pursued Museum Studies at Syracuse University in New York and gained practical experience as an intern at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea and the Orange County Museum of Art in the United States. She earned her Ph.D. in Arts Administration from Florida State University. She honed her skills …

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 …

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.

Alexandra Klobouk is an artist, author and culture & content illustrator working between Berlin and the rest of the world. In her work she combines visual storytelling, journalism, intercultural communication, travel sketching, music, performance and various other disciplines. Her work is vivid, fun and full of life, while it often tells stories of complex, difficult or unpleasant topics like Climate Change and Pollution, Gentrification, Fear of Strangers, the Holocaust or ignorance about …