Pentagram New York
Lead Designer (Formerly Sr. Designer)
Nov 2021 – Present
New York, NY, US

Ahngraphics
Art Director (Formerly Sr. Designer, Jr. Designer)

Jan 2014 – Mar 2018 • 4 yr 2 mos
Mapo District, Seoul, KR

Yale University, New Haven, US
MFA in Graphic Design
2019 – 2021

Hongik University, Seoul, KR
BFA in Visual Communication Design
2008 – 2014

Kingston University, London, UK
Exchange Program in Graphic Design

Winter 2012

The Beautiful Typography Books of the Year 2018. The Best Prize and Winner. 2018

Red Dot Award Communication Design. Winner. 2017

Red Dot Award Communication Design. Winner. 2016

Red Dot Award Communication Design. Best of the Best. 2015

Arita
Interviewed on the 4-year-long management of Arita Heiti project. August 2020, Seoul: Ahngraphics

Fugue no. 2
Collaborated with Photographer Jinsol Kim under the section title “Scrap.”  
September 2019, Seoul: Piece

Fugue no. 1
Organized the project team and participated as a coauthor and designer. 
Collaborated with Photographer Sujin Lee under the section title “#.”  
October 2018, Seoul: Piece

Plastic Thoughts 
Recommendation article: “Loyal or Elastic to the Essence.”
June 2018, Seoul: Ahngraphics

LetterSeed vol. 16 no. 2
Paper(co-author): “The Development Process of Chinese Type through Arita Heiti.”
February 2018, Seoul: Korean Society of Typography

Tel Magazine vol. 2
Editor-in-Chief and Art Director.
Contribution: “Interview with Aaron Nieh(聶永真), Graphic Designer in Taiwan.”
November 2017, Seoul: Ahngraphics

Tel Magazine vol. 1
Initiated the magazine as Lead Designer and Editor. Contribution: “Interview with He Jun(何君), Graphic Designer in Beijing” and “ Book Anatomy: OASE #95.”
November 2016, Seoul: Ahngraphics

All at Once
Yale Graphic Design mfa 2021 Thesis Exhibition.

Apr 2021
Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, US
 

This Time We Know Each Other

Second-year show by students from Yale School of Art.
Oct 2020

Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, US
 

We don’t really know each other

First-year show by students from Yale School of Art.
Oct – Nov 2019

Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, US
 

TE13: Photography and Typography

13th typography exhibition by Korean Society of Typography.
May – Jun 2018

Doosung Inthepaper Gallery, Seoul, KR
 

Magazines from Asia for Alamak!

As part of multimedia exhibition about young Asian artist: “Islands in the Stream.”
May – Sep 2017

Arsenal Docks, Venice, IT
 

1446 Hangeul, the Culture Blossoms

New typeface exhibition in commemoration of the 570th anniversary of Hunminjeongeum.
Jun 2016

Coex A & B Hall, Seoul, KR
 

Daily Lives of Hangeul

The 4th Hieut exhibition showcasing new typefaces.
Mar – Apr 2016

National Hangeul Museum. Seoul, KR