Designers in Seoul
Designers in Tokyo
Designers in Taipei
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Motto
I work with people who respect and acknowledge each other's value, and in the future, everything will turn out as we envision it.
South Korea
HyoJun
Shim
Design
Motion & 3D
Bio
HyoJun Shim is a co-founder of the graphic design studio DAEKI & JUN. As a co-founder, he has been recognized for his work and has won over 50 awards at international design competitions and biennales. Notably, he won the Grand Prix at the 2017 Red Dot Design Award, the Judge’s Choice Award at the 2017 Society of Typographic Arts (STA100) in Chicago, and the Platinum & Gold Awards at the Graphis Annual in 2016 and 2017.
He holds a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts London (UAL), a master's degree in Material and Visual Culture from University College London (UCL). He is also currently a lecturer at Dongduk Women University.
He has participated in over 30 exhibitions at a variety of institutions, including the German Red Dot Design Museum, Die Neue Sammlung (Munich, Germany), Le Signe National Center for Graphic Design (Chaumont, France), 019 (Ghent, Belgium), Sejong Museum of Art, the National Hangeul Museum, and Culture Station Seoul 284. His work is included in the collections of Die Neue Sammlung, the German Red Dot Design Museum, 019, and the National Hangeul Museum.
Clients
Dongdaemun Design Plaza(DDP), Seoul Design Foundation, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Gangwon State Office, Gangwon Institute of Design Promotion
Awards
Red Dot Design Award, STA(Society of Typographic Arts) 100, Graphis Annual, Tokyo TDC Annual Award, New York TDC(Type Directors Club), Good Design Award, Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee, Brno International Biennial of Graphic Design, and etc
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Bartlomiej
Witanski
I have the impression that design culture in Poland has been changing in a good way over the last few years. Increasingly, clients see value in what we do and appreciate it. Of course, there will also be people who do not fully value our work, in which case it is better to let such a project go.
Te Ming
Wang
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Dohee
Lee
As someone who studied design at a university in Korea, I’ve observed that there are a vast number of design schools in the country. Considering Korea's population size, the number of design graduates is quite substantial. I find this to be an interesting fact when it comes to understanding the Korean design scene.