Authors

Song Seong-jae

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Graduated from the Department of Applied Arts at the College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, and earned a Master’s degree in Book Arts from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London. Worked as a designer at LG Ad and as an art director at the publishing department of The Dong-A Ilbo. Currently serves as a professor in the Department of Visual Design at Hoseo University’s College of Arts. An invited designer at the Korea Industrial Design Exhibition, formerly served as Vice Chair of the Typography and Editorial Design Division at the Korea Society of Visual Information Design. Authored books include Korean Typography and Design Avant-Garde: Herb Lubalin. Translated works include Icons of Culture: Graphic Design, BOOK DESIGN, and Language & Typography.

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Lee Kyu-won

She majored in Japanese at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She has worked as an editor for many years, organizing books in various fields including science, humanities, and history. She is currently working as a professional translator. He has translated Miyuki Miyabe’s Reason , Seicho Matsumoto’s Masterpiece Short Story Collection , Alaska, A Story Like the Wind , Tadao Ando’s I, Architect , and more than 80 other books.
Yang Da-sol

She is a writer, a vegan advocate, and the host of the writing community Kkabul Writing Room . She has authored books such as A Heart That Doesn’t Become Poor , Anyway, Friends , and A Proper Courtesy .
Hwang Seong-won

A translator and reproductive laborer, she values the quiet hours spent crafting necessary items with her hands as much as the time spent reading and reflecting. In spring, she sows seeds and learns from the subtle changes in the environment that often escape human perception. Her translated works include The Man Who Became a Goat , The Climate Casino , The Dispossessed , Living Alone , and The Happiness Industry .
Choon Choi

Choon Choi is a professor in the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University, leading the Architectural Culture Research Lab. His work focuses on reinterpreting and revitalizing the cultural values embedded in architectural heritage through restoration and regeneration projects. He has collaborated with curators to design exhibition spaces for events such as the “Gwangju Biennale” and the “Seoul Media City Biennale”. In partnership with artists, he worked on …
빅게임

Founded in 2004 , this design studio was established by Swiss designers Augustin Scott de Martinville, Grégoire Jeanmonod, and Elric Petit . Having met as friends at the École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) , they have built a solid team dynamic and an optimistic design approach , creating practical yet distinctive everyday objects . Their work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Swiss Design Award, iF Design Award, and Good Design Award . Their designs are part of the …
Moon Joo-ho

He is a licensed architect in South Korea and serves as both partner and representative of Gyeonggye Eopneun Jakyeopsil (“Studio Without Boundaries”). After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University, he gained practical experience at Gyeongyeongwi-Chi Architects & Associates. He later founded Studio Without Boundaries, where he explores and practices the evolution of spatial value through open-minded thinking. He is currently a lecturer at Seoul National …
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.
Fiona Raby

Fiona Raby, of Dunne & Raby , is University Professor of Design and Social Inquiry at The New School in New York and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the China Academy of Art (CAA) in Hangzhou. She was Professor of Industrial Design (id2) at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna between 2011-2016 and was Reader in Design Interactions at the RCA between 2005-2015. She studied Architecture at the RCA before working for Kei’ichi Irie Architects in Tokyo. She also holds an MPhil …
Hirano Kouga

Hirano Kouga graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University and worked in the PR department of Takashimaya before becoming a freelance graphic designer. Beginning in the 1960s, he actively participated in the underground theater scene, creating numerous posters. From 1964 to 1992, he was responsible for book design at Shobunsha Publishing, where he designed nearly all of its publications. His contributions earned him the Kodansha Publishing Culture …
Simon Morley

Simon Morley is a visual artist and until 2023 was Assistant Professor in the College of Arts, Dankook University, Republic of Korea. As well as being author of three titles for Thames & Hudson— Modern Painting , Seven Keys to Modern Art and Writing on the Wall —He is also the author of The Simple Truth: The Monochrome in Modern Art and By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose . He has lectured at such museums as Tate, The National Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, …
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 …
Jeong Ha-rin

A typeface designer and graphic designer who studied Graphic Design at Yeungnam University and Yale University. From 2014 to 2017, he worked as a type researcher and designer at Ahn Graphics’ Typography Institute, where he contributed to the creation of AG Choijeongho Typeface and AG Superblack Gothic. During the same period, he taught typeface design at the PaTI (Paju Typography Institute).

Song Seong-jae

송성재

Lee Kyu-won

Yang Da-sol

Hwang Seong-won

Choon Choi

빅게임

Moon Joo-ho

Valentina Vergara

Fiona Raby

Hirano Kouga

Simon Morley

Kwon Jin

Jeong Ha-rin