홍익대학교에서 건축, 미국 코넬대학원에서 인테리어 디자인을 전공했고, 홍익대학교 산업미술대학원 원장이자 미술대학 및 건축대학 교수로 1996년부터 재직 중이다. 2007년 IFI 세계실내디자인대회 총감독, 2007–2011년 IFI 세계실내건축연맹 이사, 2011-2012년 한국실내건축가협회(KOSID) 회장, 2017–2018 한국공간디자인학회(KISD) 회장을 지냈다. KT아트홀 디자인으로 2006년 건설교통부 장관상, 2015년 대한민국 디자인대상 국무총리상을 수상했다. 현재 싱가포르 디자인 위크(SDW)를 비롯해 중국, 인도, 멕시코, 아랍에미리트 등 유수의 대학에서 디자인 대회의 초청 강연자로도 활동한다.

1957년 도쿄 출생으로 유한회사 가즈이공방 대표이사다. 고쿠가쿠인대학교 법률학과 졸업 후 아버지 다카오카 주조가 경영하는 가즈이공방(嘉瑞工房)에 입사해 1995년부터 현직에 있다. 아버지로부터 라틴알파벳 조판과 타이포그래피를 배웠다. 1999–2001년 인쇄박물관, 인쇄공방 어드바이저로 활동하고 라틴알파벳 조판, 타이포그래피, 기업 전용 서체에 관한 강의와 강연을 펼쳐왔다. 영국 왕립예술협회 회원(Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts), 모노타입사 어드바이저, 2009년도 신주쿠 모노쓰쿠리 마이스터 ‘기술 명인’ 인정 도쿄도 신주쿠구 등으로도 활동했다. 활자 서체 부분을 담당한 공저 『인쇄박물관(印刷博物誌)』(2001), 공저 및 감수 『‘인쇄잡지’와 그 시대(「印刷雑誌」とその時代)』(2008), 그리고 『세계의 아름다운 유럽문 활자 견본장(世界の美しい欧文活字見本帳)』(2012) 등의 책을 썼다.

He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University, studied at the Graduate School of Architecture, and received his PhD from the University of Tokyo Graduate School. For 42 years, he taught and researched architectural design and architectural theory based on the commonness of architecture at the University of Seoul and the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University. He has served as a member of the Presidential Committee on National Architectural …

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 …

Cody Choi(b.1961), who has consistently been active as a visual artist and cultural theorist since the 1980s, explores the cultural identity and relationship of authority within contemporary society. Choi touches upon topics of cultural maldigestion, third-culture created by the clash of different cultures, the beauty of such hybridism, and simultaneously occurring new social phenomena—all of which Choi experienced as a foreigner in the US. Choi gained his stature as a world-renowned artist …

Gail Greet Hannah is a writer specializing in design and marketing. She was a friend of Rowena Reed Kostellow and worked with her to publish her teaching method. She lives in Cold Spring Harbor.

Lee Kyu-chul (1948-1994, Incheon) graduated from Hongik University in 1974, majoring in sculpture. In 1975, he left for Saudi Arabia, where he worked as an administrator and videographer for the Vinnell Company in the United States. In 1983, he entered graduate school at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, but returned home after three semesters. He had his first solo exhibition, Space and Visual Perception (Kwanhoon Museum of Art, 1988), which he spent time researching alone, and …

Byoung-Keun Kang is the City Architect of Seoul and an Emeritus Professor at Konkuk University. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architectural Engineering from Konkuk University in Korea and a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Architecture. His major projects include the comprehensive master plan for the cultural facilities at Oedo Island in Hallyeohaesang National Park, the French Cultural Village in Gapyeong (Petite France), and the …

An invited artist and judge for the Korea Calligraphy Grand Exhibition, recognized as Korea’s Outstanding New Intellectual for pioneering and promoting calligraphy education programs. Held solo exhibitions in 2015 at the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo and the Cultural Center of the Korean Embassy in Argentina, where two works, “Life” and “Ten Symbols of Longevity”, are now part of the permanent collection. Former director of the Pilmuk Calligraphy Research Institute, …

Studied Physics at the undergraduate level and completed a graduate degree in International English Education (TESOL). After finishing the publishing translation program at Glbab Academy, works as a translator affiliated with Barun Translation. Also teaches English original texts at local libraries and Havruta education centers. Translated works include Reflections on the Beginning and End of Everything, Ten Things You Need to Know About Conquering the Universe, The Marvel Man, and Wuthering …

Chung Dah-young is a curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, specializing in architecture and design exhibitions and writing. She has curated significant exhibitions, including Diary of Drawings: Chong Ki-yong Architecture Archive (2013), Itami Jun: Sculpting the Wind (2014), Experiments of Architopia (2015), Paper and Concrete: Korean Modern Architecture Movements 1987–1997 (2017), Kim Chung-up: Dialogue (2018), The Olympic Effect: Korean Architecture and Design of the …

연세대학교 건축공학과를 졸업하고 하버드대학교 GSD(Graduate School of Design)에서 건축설계 석사 학위를 받았다. KVA(Kennedy & Violich Architecture), OMA(Office for Metropolitan Architecture), 사프디아키텍츠(Safdie Architects) 등 다양한 사무소에서 인턴과 실무 경험을 했다. 현재는 서울과학기술대학교 교수로 재직하며 OA-Lab 건축연구소를 설립해 활동한다. OA-Lab을 통해 실험적인 건축을 추구하고 연구와 실무를 오가며 작은 제품에서부터 건축물에 이르기까지 다양한 범위의 작업을 하고 있다. 관찰과 실험에 기반한 디자인이 우리의 일상과 사회 속에서 삶의 경험을 담고 긍정적으로 작동해 구현되는 것을 목표로 한다. 하버드대학교에서 졸업논문상 파이널리스트 및 추천장을 받으며 졸업했고, 이후에 AIA보스턴건축가협회의 주택공모전 대상, AIA국제지역건축가협회 대상 등을 수상했다.