i.Am Type Specimen
We are often deprived of defining ourselves and who we are. As you are the master of your own life and destiny, you should be the only one who defines yourself.
My font, called "i.Am", supports one’s right to self-expression, liberty, and uniqueness.
This piece received the “Certificate of Typographic Excellence” in TDC 67 Communication Design Competition.
Category: Book Typography
Year: 2020
My font, called "i.Am", supports one’s right to self-expression, liberty, and uniqueness.
This piece received the “Certificate of Typographic Excellence” in TDC 67 Communication Design Competition.
Category: Book Typography
Year: 2020
Category: Book Typography
Year: 2020
Year: 2020
We are often deprived of defining ourselves and who we are. As you are the master of your own life and destiny, you should be the only one who defines yourself.
My font, called "i.Am", supports one’s right to self-expression, liberty, and uniqueness.
This piece received the “Certificate of Typographic Excellence” in TDC 67 Communication Design Competition.
My font, called "i.Am", supports one’s right to self-expression, liberty, and uniqueness.
This piece received the “Certificate of Typographic Excellence” in TDC 67 Communication Design Competition.
Barcode Band ― The fourth project
When the barcode graphics on the paper are scanned, they represent the inherent sounds and then create music. This new digital instrument compresses existing heavy musical instruments onto a single piece of paper, exemplifying the essence of the digital society.
The first project was made in 2012 with Woonjin Kang and Yongduk Kim. I made the project portable to create the fourth project.
View the first project: https://vimeo.com/41132461
Category: Digital
Year: 2017
The first project was made in 2012 with Woonjin Kang and Yongduk Kim. I made the project portable to create the fourth project.
View the first project: https://vimeo.com/41132461
Category: Digital
Year: 2017
Category: Digital
Year: 2017
Year: 2017
When the barcode graphics on the paper are scanned, they represent the inherent sounds and then create music. This new digital instrument compresses existing heavy musical instruments onto a single piece of paper, exemplifying the essence of the digital society.
The first project was made in 2012 with Woonjin Kang and Yongduk Kim. I made the project portable to create the fourth project.
View the first project: https://vimeo.com/41132461
The first project was made in 2012 with Woonjin Kang and Yongduk Kim. I made the project portable to create the fourth project.
View the first project: https://vimeo.com/41132461
Waves
"Waves" was one of my RISD Studio projects whose prompt was to create a piece from the analysis of one of the special collections at the local public library. I choose a book that shows the image-making process of roes made from lithography and defined the essence of the book as “combination” and “separation”.
Today, one of the most common and ordinary image-making tools is a camera. I applied the concept of “combination” and “separation” to my own project and created a camera that automatically separates RGB color plates from the taken images and generates new images.
To show the results of the generated images, I mapped three different projects of red, green, and blue lights. The lights from the projectors were overlaid on top of one another and generated a full-color combination.
Category: Illustration Digital
Year: 2021
Today, one of the most common and ordinary image-making tools is a camera. I applied the concept of “combination” and “separation” to my own project and created a camera that automatically separates RGB color plates from the taken images and generates new images.
To show the results of the generated images, I mapped three different projects of red, green, and blue lights. The lights from the projectors were overlaid on top of one another and generated a full-color combination.
Category: Illustration Digital
Year: 2021
Category: Illustration Digital
Year: 2021
Year: 2021
"Waves" was one of my RISD Studio projects whose prompt was to create a piece from the analysis of one of the special collections at the local public library. I choose a book that shows the image-making process of roes made from lithography and defined the essence of the book as “combination” and “separation”.
Today, one of the most common and ordinary image-making tools is a camera. I applied the concept of “combination” and “separation” to my own project and created a camera that automatically separates RGB color plates from the taken images and generates new images.
To show the results of the generated images, I mapped three different projects of red, green, and blue lights. The lights from the projectors were overlaid on top of one another and generated a full-color combination.
Today, one of the most common and ordinary image-making tools is a camera. I applied the concept of “combination” and “separation” to my own project and created a camera that automatically separates RGB color plates from the taken images and generates new images.
To show the results of the generated images, I mapped three different projects of red, green, and blue lights. The lights from the projectors were overlaid on top of one another and generated a full-color combination.
Time Museum Visual Identity
The visual motifs of the Time Museum Visual Identity are the sundial and mechanical clock. (The sundial is the first man-made clock and the mechanical clock is what we commonly use nowadays.)
The yellow hand at the center of the logo rotates 360 degrees and forms the shape of the sun.
Category: Book Branding
Year: 2019
The yellow hand at the center of the logo rotates 360 degrees and forms the shape of the sun.
Category: Book Branding
Year: 2019
Category: Book Branding
Year: 2019
Year: 2019
The visual motifs of the Time Museum Visual Identity are the sundial and mechanical clock. (The sundial is the first man-made clock and the mechanical clock is what we commonly use nowadays.)
The yellow hand at the center of the logo rotates 360 degrees and forms the shape of the sun.
The yellow hand at the center of the logo rotates 360 degrees and forms the shape of the sun.
A Song of Ice and Fire
“A Song of Ice and Fire” is a book generated by code. When I run the script, the entire page of the book is automatically created, and the images on the left side of the book are converted into the images on the right side.
The facial expressions of the generated images reminded me of the sense of the madness that I felt when watching “Game of Thrones”. I named my book after the original novel of the TV series - “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
Category: Book Illustration Digital Script
Year: 2021
The facial expressions of the generated images reminded me of the sense of the madness that I felt when watching “Game of Thrones”. I named my book after the original novel of the TV series - “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
Category: Book Illustration Digital Script
Year: 2021
Category: Book Illustration Digital Script
Year: 2021
Year: 2021
“A Song of Ice and Fire” is a book generated by code. When I run the script, the entire page of the book is automatically created, and the images on the left side of the book are converted into the images on the right side.
The facial expressions of the generated images reminded me of the sense of the madness that I felt when watching “Game of Thrones”. I named my book after the original novel of the TV series - “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
The facial expressions of the generated images reminded me of the sense of the madness that I felt when watching “Game of Thrones”. I named my book after the original novel of the TV series - “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
Dot Dot Dot
“Dot Dot Dot” is a project that includes different forms of dots. It was developed through a series of simple practices. The first practice was conducted by using a circular ruler. I sprayed on the ruler and created an uppercase alphabet. I took photos of the alphabet with my iPhone. While zooming in and out of the photo, I found that the arrangement and the transition of the typeface on the app were visually satisfying. I then made my own compositions from this idea.
For the second practice, I applied a little glass to the app and generated pixelated images. In order to represent the aesthetic of the practice, I created a script (Nemo Nemo) that can generate pixelated images and applied the code to the compositions created in the first practice.
Category: Typography Digital
Year: 2022
For the second practice, I applied a little glass to the app and generated pixelated images. In order to represent the aesthetic of the practice, I created a script (Nemo Nemo) that can generate pixelated images and applied the code to the compositions created in the first practice.
Category: Typography Digital
Year: 2022
Category: Typography Digital
Year: 2022
Year: 2022
“Dot Dot Dot” is a project that includes different forms of dots. It was developed through a series of simple practices. The first practice was conducted by using a circular ruler. I sprayed on the ruler and created an uppercase alphabet. I took photos of the alphabet with my iPhone. While zooming in and out of the photo, I found that the arrangement and the transition of the typeface on the app were visually satisfying. I then made my own compositions from this idea.
For the second practice, I applied a little glass to the app and generated pixelated images. In order to represent the aesthetic of the practice, I created a script (Nemo Nemo) that can generate pixelated images and applied the code to the compositions created in the first practice.
For the second practice, I applied a little glass to the app and generated pixelated images. In order to represent the aesthetic of the practice, I created a script (Nemo Nemo) that can generate pixelated images and applied the code to the compositions created in the first practice.
able
“able”, which implies ability and possibility, is a variable font of which users can change the width freely.
From the idea that “able” looks like rubber bands, I made a webpage where users can play around with the font. The width of “able” changes with the movement of the user’s mouse, and whenever users hit the Random button, a random word and image related to the versatile uses of rubber bands pop up.
Every single page can be printed as a postcard, and the original website where the images were downloaded can be shown when the mouse moves to the bottom-right most area.
Category: Typography Digital Web
Year: 2021
From the idea that “able” looks like rubber bands, I made a webpage where users can play around with the font. The width of “able” changes with the movement of the user’s mouse, and whenever users hit the Random button, a random word and image related to the versatile uses of rubber bands pop up.
Every single page can be printed as a postcard, and the original website where the images were downloaded can be shown when the mouse moves to the bottom-right most area.
Category: Typography Digital Web
Year: 2021
Category: Typography Digital Web
Year: 2021
Year: 2021
“able”, which implies ability and possibility, is a variable font of which users can change the width freely.
From the idea that “able” looks like rubber bands, I made a webpage where users can play around with the font. The width of “able” changes with the movement of the user’s mouse, and whenever users hit the Random button, a random word and image related to the versatile uses of rubber bands pop up.
Every single page can be printed as a postcard, and the original website where the images were downloaded can be shown when the mouse moves to the bottom-right most area.
From the idea that “able” looks like rubber bands, I made a webpage where users can play around with the font. The width of “able” changes with the movement of the user’s mouse, and whenever users hit the Random button, a random word and image related to the versatile uses of rubber bands pop up.
Every single page can be printed as a postcard, and the original website where the images were downloaded can be shown when the mouse moves to the bottom-right most area.
2022 RISD Code Lab Visual Identity
RISD Code Lab was organized by several RISD faculty members in order to support students’ coding issues. This year, they wanted to expand the scale of the event, and I was assigned to design the visual identity.
The initial idea was to design a poster using text in a programming language and the text turns into fun AR graphics when the poster is scanned via smartphone. In order to increase readability, the idea was changed in the final version, but the key concept remained the same - “Programming is not intimidating but intriguing.”
As most design students think that coding is hard and difficult, I tried to emphasize the fun and exciting factors of coding. I used bright and playful graphics so that students can participate in the Code Lab without any burden.
As the faculty members liked the idea, they asked me to lead an AR Poster Workshop. The AR face filter below was used as a demo for the workshop. The slogan of this was “For beginners, all you need to bring is a smile!”. When you smile on this filter, a little cat emoji appears on your face.
Category: Branding Digital AR
Year: 2022
The initial idea was to design a poster using text in a programming language and the text turns into fun AR graphics when the poster is scanned via smartphone. In order to increase readability, the idea was changed in the final version, but the key concept remained the same - “Programming is not intimidating but intriguing.”
As most design students think that coding is hard and difficult, I tried to emphasize the fun and exciting factors of coding. I used bright and playful graphics so that students can participate in the Code Lab without any burden.
As the faculty members liked the idea, they asked me to lead an AR Poster Workshop. The AR face filter below was used as a demo for the workshop. The slogan of this was “For beginners, all you need to bring is a smile!”. When you smile on this filter, a little cat emoji appears on your face.
Category: Branding Digital AR
Year: 2022
Category: Branding Digital AR
Year: 2022
Year: 2022
RISD Code Lab was organized by several RISD faculty members in order to support students’ coding issues. This year, they wanted to expand the scale of the event, and I was assigned to design the visual identity.
The initial idea was to design a poster using text in a programming language and the text turns into fun AR graphics when the poster is scanned via smartphone. In order to increase readability, the idea was changed in the final version, but the key concept remained the same - “Programming is not intimidating but intriguing.”
As most design students think that coding is hard and difficult, I tried to emphasize the fun and exciting factors of coding. I used bright and playful graphics so that students can participate in the Code Lab without any burden.
As the faculty members liked the idea, they asked me to lead an AR Poster Workshop. The AR face filter below was used as a demo for the workshop. The slogan of this was “For beginners, all you need to bring is a smile!”. When you smile on this filter, a little cat emoji appears on your face.
The initial idea was to design a poster using text in a programming language and the text turns into fun AR graphics when the poster is scanned via smartphone. In order to increase readability, the idea was changed in the final version, but the key concept remained the same - “Programming is not intimidating but intriguing.”
As most design students think that coding is hard and difficult, I tried to emphasize the fun and exciting factors of coding. I used bright and playful graphics so that students can participate in the Code Lab without any burden.
As the faculty members liked the idea, they asked me to lead an AR Poster Workshop. The AR face filter below was used as a demo for the workshop. The slogan of this was “For beginners, all you need to bring is a smile!”. When you smile on this filter, a little cat emoji appears on your face.
And On And On
“And On And On” was created by following the process of office work. Each letter was designed by using Google Sheets and then printed out with a home printer.
I glued the edges of the papers together, put the connected papers into the printer, and hit the print button while making a loop of the papers.
As a printer does not recognize the end of the loop, it continuously prints, and the letters of the expression “And On And On” automatically go through the printer over and over.
Category: Typography Digital
Year: 2022
I glued the edges of the papers together, put the connected papers into the printer, and hit the print button while making a loop of the papers.
As a printer does not recognize the end of the loop, it continuously prints, and the letters of the expression “And On And On” automatically go through the printer over and over.
Category: Typography Digital
Year: 2022
Category: Typography Digital
Year: 2022
Year: 2022
“And On And On” was created by following the process of office work. Each letter was designed by using Google Sheets and then printed out with a home printer.
I glued the edges of the papers together, put the connected papers into the printer, and hit the print button while making a loop of the papers.
As a printer does not recognize the end of the loop, it continuously prints, and the letters of the expression “And On And On” automatically go through the printer over and over.
I glued the edges of the papers together, put the connected papers into the printer, and hit the print button while making a loop of the papers.
As a printer does not recognize the end of the loop, it continuously prints, and the letters of the expression “And On And On” automatically go through the printer over and over.
Nemo Nemo
"Nemo Nemo" is a script that can automatically convert any videos or images into pixelated videos. By running this code, users can get animated gif + mp4 files and png sequence images.
The project initially began with the second practice of “Dot Dot Dot”. As the following practice, I put the pixelated cat onto my MacBook touch bar and created a motion poster.
Category: Illustration Digital Script
Year: 2022
The project initially began with the second practice of “Dot Dot Dot”. As the following practice, I put the pixelated cat onto my MacBook touch bar and created a motion poster.
Category: Illustration Digital Script
Year: 2022
Category: Illustration Digital Script
Year: 2022
Year: 2022
"Nemo Nemo" is a script that can automatically convert any videos or images into pixelated videos. By running this code, users can get animated gif + mp4 files and png sequence images.
The project initially began with the second practice of “Dot Dot Dot”. As the following practice, I put the pixelated cat onto my MacBook touch bar and created a motion poster.
The project initially began with the second practice of “Dot Dot Dot”. As the following practice, I put the pixelated cat onto my MacBook touch bar and created a motion poster.
Five
In “Now We Are Five”, one of David Sedaris’ essays, he reminisces about his lost sister and reflects on his previous indifference toward her.
Throughout “Now We Are Five”, Sedaris apologizes for his indifference toward Tiffany. In my writing, "Five”, I apologize for forgetting my aunts.
Category: Book Illustration
Year: 2019
Throughout “Now We Are Five”, Sedaris apologizes for his indifference toward Tiffany. In my writing, "Five”, I apologize for forgetting my aunts.
Category: Book Illustration
Year: 2019
Category: Book Illustration
Year: 2019
Year: 2019
In “Now We Are Five”, one of David Sedaris’ essays, he reminisces about his lost sister and reflects on his previous indifference toward her.
Throughout “Now We Are Five”, Sedaris apologizes for his indifference toward Tiffany. In my writing, "Five”, I apologize for forgetting my aunts.
Throughout “Now We Are Five”, Sedaris apologizes for his indifference toward Tiffany. In my writing, "Five”, I apologize for forgetting my aunts.
Palm Tree
The Library Project
The Google Books Library Project was started in order to digitize every book in the world. Since the idea came out in 2004, the project has generated controversy regarding the demise of paper books. “The Library Project” is an outline of the Google Books Library Project.
Category: Book
Year: 2015
Category: Book
Year: 2015
Category: Book
Year: 2015
Year: 2015
The Google Books Library Project was started in order to digitize every book in the world. Since the idea came out in 2004, the project has generated controversy regarding the demise of paper books. “The Library Project” is an outline of the Google Books Library Project.
Numbering
Numbering is a participatory form of typography that users can do themselves. People can draw figures and characters freely on grids that consist of circular and rectangular shapes.
Category: Typography
Year: 2015
Year: 2015
Category: Typography
Year: 2015
Year: 2015
Numbering is a participatory form of typography that users can do themselves. People can draw figures and characters freely on grids that consist of circular and rectangular shapes.
Spooky December
Category: Typography
Year: 2015
Year: 2015
By only using Riso black ink, I intended to give the impression of neon spot colors. The pink graphic on the poster is made using pink color paper.
RYB
Measured Creature
Measured Creature is a digital microscopic organism born in smartphones. Its entity lies within a hologram and grows in three dimensions in the real world. Its growth rate is proportional to the frequency of the owner's smartphone use. Every time the owner uses the phone, the Measured creature grows into a larger organism.
Category: Digital Hologram
Year: 2018
Category: Digital Hologram
Year: 2018
Category: Digital Hologram
Year: 2018
Year: 2018
Measured Creature is a digital microscopic organism born in smartphones. Its entity lies within a hologram and grows in three dimensions in the real world. Its growth rate is proportional to the frequency of the owner's smartphone use. Every time the owner uses the phone, the Measured creature grows into a larger organism.
Cube Zero Zero × Six
Cube Zero Zero × Six takes its motif from the film Cube (1997). When users type any film title on the search bar, reviews of the film are sorted into negative and positive categories by machine learning. While positive reviews are represented as blue cubes, negative reviews are shown as red cubes (being defined as dangerous ones).
Based on the web data, Cube Zero Zero × Six continuously grows as an artificial web organism.
Category: Digital
Year: 2019
Based on the web data, Cube Zero Zero × Six continuously grows as an artificial web organism.
Category: Digital
Year: 2019
Category: Digital
Year: 2019
Year: 2019
Cube Zero Zero × Six takes its motif from the film Cube (1997). When users type any film title on the search bar, reviews of the film are sorted into negative and positive categories by machine learning. While positive reviews are represented as blue cubes, negative reviews are shown as red cubes (being defined as dangerous ones).
Based on the web data, Cube Zero Zero × Six continuously grows as an artificial web organism.
Based on the web data, Cube Zero Zero × Six continuously grows as an artificial web organism.
Experiment
Category: Typography
Year: 2016
Year: 2016
“Experiment” was created as a project for cost-efficiency. Using my old home printer, I produced prints similar to screen-printing outcomes.
Illustrations for the science web magazine, “Horizon”
One UI 2
One UI, the user interface for Samsung Galaxy, was designed as part of a goal to make Galaxy's hardware and software "work together in perfect harmony". It allows users to control their device with a single hand with the two divided areas - viewing area and interaction area.
Category: Digital
Year: 2019
Category: Digital
Year: 2019
Category: Digital
Year: 2019
Year: 2019
One UI, the user interface for Samsung Galaxy, was designed as part of a goal to make Galaxy's hardware and software "work together in perfect harmony". It allows users to control their device with a single hand with the two divided areas - viewing area and interaction area.