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  • [exhibition] Between Dreamy and Dreary: Fiction in Design

    Between Dreamy and Dreary: Fiction in Design Solo exhibition at Celine Park Gallery in Seoul, South Korea Soomi Park & Owen Wells “Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It’s about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life.” Bruce Sterling, Shaping Things (2005) For decades…

  • [press] FRAME Magazine _ Issue no 122. May – June 2018

            What can we do when we feel the sky is less blue in our holiday destination? Frame Magazine is one of world’s leading design and architecture media established from the Netherlands since 1997. One of the magazine’s section The Challenge is asking emerging designers to respond to a topical question with…

  • [press] ICON _ issue no 178

      Icon is a world-widely recognised design and architecture magazine has published in the UK since 2003. For the April issue 2018 (no 178), they interviewed the Designers in Residence of the Design Museum. Read the full article via the issue or read from online : https://www.iconeye.com/architecture/features/item/12914-desingers-in-residence-design-museum-10-years    

  • [press] The New York Times _ International Edition (December 06 2017)

      The New York Times is one of the most recognised newspapers in the world. I had a great interview with a journalist, Kathleen Beckett, from the New York Times in last October, and the article was published world-widely via their international edition and website on the 6th of December 2017.   Read the story…

  • [press] Blueprint Magazine _ issue no. 354

      Blueprint magazine is one of world leading architecture and design magazines, which has been bi-monthly published in the UK since 1983. My interview was featured in the issue no 354, which was published in September 2017, together with the other 3 designers in residence of the Design Museum. The online version is also available…

  • [workshop] Do Robots Blush?

      I am going to lead a design workshop, ‘Do Robots Blush?’ as one of this year’s Designers in Residence events at the Design Museum together with Unit Lab on the 24th June Saturday. The workshop will invite participants to explore her interest in intelligent machines, and their potential to express emotions. As I am investigating…

  • [news] Designers in Residence 2017: the Design Museum

      I am very proud to announce that I am selected one of this year’s Designers in Residence at the Design Museum, one of the world-leading museums for design and architecture. Designers in Residence is an annual programme of the museum to support young and emerging design talents for their creative careers. The selection of…

  • [Workshop] Following Invisible Lines: A speculative design workshop for GPS futures

      I will be leading a speculative design workshop, Following Invisible Lines, at the Somerset House on this Friday (24. March). The workshop aims to explore the future of GPS, which is a part of PhD research of the co-leader, Chris Wood.  Please register through the link below. All are welcome! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/following-invisible-lines-a-speculative-design-workshop-for-gps-futures-tickets-32355075903 You can find…

  • [press] Vogue Paris

          LED Eyelash has been featured in the Vogue Paris magazine March 2016 edition. This is quite special for the project, as the Vogue Paris was the first one I’ve lent this project for the photo shoot. And all the images are gorgeous!  If you have a chance to get one, please have…

  • [press] tanz magazine Vol.7.15

      German magazine, “tanz” (= dance),  featured some of my works in their 7/15 edition. By showing “Swing Skirt”, “LED Eyelash” and “The Snow White Magic Mirror”, the magazine talked about body politics; inspirational ideas in regards of enhancing the body languages. See more information by visiting their website (http://www.tanz-zeitschrift.de/ ) – reading their magazines!  

  • [exhibition] SECRET: Nothing to See Here

        “SECRET IS A FREE EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF SURVEILLANCE, ESPIONAGE AND PRIVACY. From government surveillance to Hollywood spoilers, everyone has a secret. How do scientists, hackers, spies, journalists, psychologists, criminals, companies and governments approach this new world of secrets? From Easter eggs to cryptocurrencies, puzzles to politics, SECRET asks what needs to…

  • [Press] peut-porter.com _ Requiem For A Body

      One of my good friends, Alexa Pollmann, a narrative designer and speculative designer, wrote a great article about myself and Koby’s recent piece, Requiem For A Body, on her studio blog Peut-Porter. Alexa worked with us for this project, and has been given us a huge support and ideas for designing and producing the suit. Without…