Resume

Born in Jan.3.1969, Seoul Korea
109-207 Jugong APT. Noeulbitmaeul Moonbal-ri Gyoha-eup
Paju-si Gyeonggi-do 413-791 Korea
Cel. +82-2-4129-8335
E-mail ahn2008@gmail.com


Education
Jan.-Jun. 2009 English Certificate Program, ELS Newton MA
Jul.-Nov. 2008 English Certificate Program, Kaplan Aaspect Boston MA
2005-2008 Certificate of Compelication. Doctorate Course work, Visual Communication, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2001 MFA, School of Design in Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

A game within language in relation to the concept of letter in grammatology and typography
1996 BFA, School of Design in Hongik University, Seoul, Korea


Professional Experience

2008-2009 Art Director, Design Sai Co., Ltd.
2002-2008 Art Director, CEO, Design Sai Co., Ltd.
1999-2000 Graphic Desiner, Design Lab. Planning & Development Office in Hongik University
1996-1998 Graphic Designer, Ahn Graphics Co., Ltd.

Teaching Experience
2007 Typography, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2006 Visual Communication Design, Graduate School in Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2003-2006 Editorial Design, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2005 Typography, Graduate School in Kyunghee University, Suwon, Korea
2005-2006 Editorial Design, Kyunghee University, Suwon, Korea
2003 Poster Design, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Korea
2002-2004 Editorial Design, Seoul Woman's University, Seoul, Korea
2001 Publishing Design, Hanyang University, Suwon, Korea


Research Project
2005-2006 'HISD' Public Design, Interdisciplinary Colaborative Class Project ( Instructor )
2005 'Human Rights Poster Project' Sponser: National Human Rights Commitee, ( Selected Artist )
2004 'There Is/There Is Not: Rewriting Family Stories', Sponser: Ahn Graphics, Colaborative Class Project ( Instructor )
2003 'Green Poster Project' Natural Environment Conservation, Class Project ( Instructor )
2003 'Chun Chun' Visible Things and Invisible Things, Colaborative Class Project ( Instructor )
2002 'Political Communication', in De_sign Korea, Colaborative Project ( Guest Designer )
2002 'Gan' Experimental Artists Working Between Two Different Fields, Colaborative Class Project ( Instructor )
2001 'Soon' Predicting Information in the Future, Sponser: Ahn Graphics, Colaborative Class Project ( Teaching Asiistant )
1998 'Daehanmaeil Renewal' Systemization of Newspaper Design, Colaborative Project ( Team Leader )
1994 'Hongik University Press Renewal' ( Team Leader )


Journal Article and Magazine Essay
2007 'Inforgraphic charateristic within Hangeul plinciple' Korean Design of Science, Seoul, Korea
2007 'Written Language and Typography' The Korea Contents Association, Daejun, Korea
2007 'Book, Letter, and Typography' Monthly magazine 'DesignNet' Seoul, Korea
2006 'Design Education, Slow Food' Design Sai, Seoul, Korea
2003 'Observation of ICOGRADA Nagoya Congress' Monthly magazine 'DESIGN' Seoul, Korea

Magazine Interview and Presentation
2008 'Atlas of Graphic Design' MaoMao Publishing Company, Barcelona, Spain
2007 'DESIGN' Annual Collection, Monthly Magazine, Design House, Seoul, Korea
2006 'Visual Poetry' ( Visible and Invisible ), Sigirack, Seoul, Korea
2006 'DESIGN' Annual Collection, Monthly Magazine, Design House, Seoul, Korea
2006 'DDB' Design House, Seoul, Korea
2005 'Art and Design' Monthly Magazine, No.61, Beijing, China
2005 'VIDAK Annual', Visual Information Design Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2005 'Contemporary Literature' Monthly Magazine, No.604, Seoul, Korea
2004 'IEDA' Quarterly Magazine, No.307, Korean Contemporary Design, Tokyo, Japan
2003 'NANA' The First Edition, Ahn Graphics, Seoul, Korea


Award

2006 The First prize: Exhibition Planning Award, Donga Art Council
1995 The Best Newspaper Design: Korea Association of University Reporter
1994 A Winner: The Korea Society of Illustration Research


Invitation
2008 Panelist, Arita Font Professional Workshop, Ahn Graphics, Seoul, Korea
2007 Critic, College of Media, Performing Art and Imaging Science, Chungang University, Seoul, Korea
2007 Invitation, Korea Creative Reader 50, Adobe Korea, Seoul, Korea
2007 Critic, Graduate Exhibition, SADI, Seoul, Korea
2007 Lecturer, Visual Communication Design Department, Tongmyong University, Pusan, Korea
2007 Panelist, Full and Pool Forum, KT, Seoul, Korea
2007 Lecturer, Editorial Design for Secondary School Teachers, Kangnam University, Yongin, Korea
2006-2007 Journal Article Critic, Korean Design of Science, Seoul, Korea
2006 Critic, Magazine Design, Joongang M&B, Seoul, Korea
2005 Lecturer, Print Media Design Department, Kaywon School of Arts and Design, Uiwang, Korea
2004 Lecturer, NANA Seminar, Geumho Gallery, Seoul, Korea


Group Exhibition
2008 Genjimonogatari, Nagoya International Airport, Nagoya, Japan
2007 Korean Graphic Design, AIGA National Design Center, New York, USA
2006 Hangeul Blooming, The Fifth Seoul Design Festival Special Show, International Trade Center, Seoul, Korea
2005 The Second Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Exchanging Exhibition, Ginja DIC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005 'Industry, Culture, and History' Gwangju Biennale Special Show, Gwangju, Korea
2005 Hangeul T-shirt Design, Artreon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004 International Design Exposition, Korea Contemporary Design, World Trade Center, Beijing, China
2004 The Third Seoul Design Festival, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2004 The First Hangeul DADA, Ssamzie Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2004 Tension, The 10th Anniversary of VIDAK, KIDP Gallery, Boondang, Korea
2004 The First Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Exchanging Exhibition, Japan Foundation Center, Seoul, Korea
2004 Bal, Jindalae Group Exhibition, Hanjeon Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2003 Mirror of Memory, The Centennial Anniversary of Korean Film, Sejong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003 Image Korea, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2002 De_sign Korea, Politic Communication, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2001 Active Wire, Korea & Japan Exchanging Exhibition, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2000 Oullim East Asia Poster Exhibition, KIDP Gallery, Seoul
2000 Periodical Members Exhibition, VIDAK, Seoul, Korea
2000 Defense, Jindalae Group Poster Exhibition, Gallery Dongdong, Seoul, Korea
2000 HoHo, Jindalae Group Poster Exhibition, Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
1999 Low-altitude Flight, Gallery Pool, Seoul, Korea
1998 Media-Food, Clothing, Shelter, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1998 Bogoseo Bogoseo 21 Century Manifesto, Gallery Sai, Seoul, Korea
1998 Korea, Jindalae Group Poster Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1996 Unification, International Fax Exhibition, VIDAK, Seoul, Korea
1995 Individual, Illustration Group Exhibition, Indeco Gallery, Seoul, Korea


Planning for Exhibition, Symposium and Seminar
2007 National Textbook Design Symposium, Sponsor: Art Council Korea ( Member of Commitee )
2007 Seoul Design Festival Special Show, Hangeul Blooming, Sponsor: Design House ( Head )
2006 Hangeul DADA, International Exhibition, Seminar, Performance, Sponsor: Art Council Korea ( Head )
2004 Hangeul Typography Symposium, Sponsor: VIDAK ( Member of Commitee )
2004 Hangeul T-shirts Design Exhibition, Sponsor: VIDAK ( Head )


Commercial Work Experience
2008 Promotion design for Exhibition, 'Persia' National Museum of Korea ( Senior Director )
2008 Brochure and Corporate Identity Panning for Laurence Geoffreys ( Art Director )
2008 Text Book design for Secondary School, Kemsung Publishing Co., Ltd. and Jihaksa ( Art Director )
2008 Formatting Quarterly magazine for J&P Korea ( Art Director )
2008 Promotion design for 'Korea in Motion' B-boy Festival, Korea Tourism Organization ( Art Director )
2008 Promotion design for British Council Korea ( Art Director )
2008 Brochure for The National Library Children and Young Adults ( Art Director )
2008 Formatting Quarterly magazine for Rolls-Royce Korea ( Art Director )
2008 Brochure for Rolls-Royce Korea ( Art Director )
2008 Promotion design for Daehan Life ( Art Director )
2008 Promotion design for ING Life ( Art Director )

2007-2008 'Plantopia' In-corporate monthly magazine, Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2007 LG Fashion Brochure, LG Fashion Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2007 'Blue Wave' Newsletter, Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation ( Art Director )

2007 Newsletter for Shinhan Card Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2007 Promotion design for AIG Life ( Art Director )
2007 Products Catalog for Gmarket, Internet Shopping Mall, Gmarket ( Art Director )
2007 Text Book design for Primary School First Grade, MiraeN Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2007 Book formatting for Doosan Donga Publishing Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2007 Book design for 'A jar of Mable ( Gordon Watson )' AIG Life. ( Art Director )
2006-2008 'I SEE SDI' In-corporate monthly magazine, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2006-2007 Brochure for Art Council Korea. ( Art Director )
2006-2007 'Art and Culture' Quarterly magazine, Art Council Korea ( Senior Designer )
2006-2007 Recruiting brochure for LG Electronics Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2006-2007 Recruiting brochure for LG Philips LCD Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2006 Brochure for Tourism Australia ( Art Director )

2006 Promotion design for Donation Campaign, Sungkyunkwan University ( Art Director )
2006 Brochure for School of Design in Hongik University ( Senior Designer )
2006 'Infant' Monthly magazine, Design House Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2006 DM design for LG Card Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2006 DM design for Samsung Card Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2005-2007 'Human Rights' Monthly magazine, National Human Rights Commission of Korea ( Senior Designer )
2005-2006 Promotion design for Exhibition, Japanese Design Today, Japan Foundation Seoul ( Senior Designer )
2005 Book design for 'Scout Manual' Korea Scout Association ( Art Director )
2005 Sustainable report for Hanwha Chemical Corporation ( Art Director )
2005 Book Design for 'Traditional Lights' National Folk Museum of Korea ( Senior Designer )
2005 Book Design for 'Folk Painting' National Folk Museum of Korea ( Senior Designer )
2005 Calendar design for LG Electronics Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2005 Calendar design for National Human Rights Commission of Korea ( Designer )
2005 Brochure for National Human Rights Commission of Korea ( Designer )
2005 Newspaper Advertisement Design for LG Micron Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2005 Brochure for LG Micron Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2005 Brochure for Kaywon School of Art and Design ( Senior Designer )
2005 Promotion design for Goyang International Children's Film Festival ( Senior Designer )
2004-2007 Promotion design for Kaywon School of Art and Design ( Senior Designer )
2004-2005 Promotion design for Juhan Media Festival, Juhan Media Festival Committee ( Designer )
2004-2005 'Museum Newsletter' National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea ( Designer )
2004 Brochure for Korea Independent Energy Corp. ( Art Director )
2004 Promotion design for Ukiyoe Exhibition, Japan Foundation Seoul ( Senior Designer )
2004 Promotion design for Typography Symposium, VIDAK ( Art Director )
2004 Book design for 'Children's Book' Stepping Stone Publishing Co., Ltd. ( Senior Designer )
2004 'Business Telephone Book' GM Daewoo Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2004 Brochure for Assembly of International Prosecutor's Association, Prosecutor's Office ( Art Director )
2003-2005 'Digital World' In-corporate monthly magazine, LG Electronics Co., Ltd. ( Senior Designer )
2003-2004 'Smile Again' Quarterly magazine, Kim's Communication Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2003 A Book design for 'The Real Landscape Painting: New Proposals' National Museum of Contemporary Art ( Senior Designer )
2003 A Book design for 'The Song for four Seasons', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea ( Art Director )
2003 A Book design for Wolfgang Laib, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea ( Art Director )
2003 Renovation for 'DesignNet' Monthly magazine, DesignNet Co., Ltd. ( Senior Designer )
2003 'Directory of International Design Conference' DesignNet Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2003 'Hanwha Eagles Year Book' Hancomm Co., Ltd. ( Art Director )
2003 'Korean Architecture' Quarterly magazine, Korean Traditional Architecture Organization ( Designer )
2002-2003 Promotion design and for 11th International Anti-Corruption Conference, Ministry of Justice ( Senior Designer )
2002-2003 Promotion design and information graphics for 3th Global Forum, Ministry of Justice ( Senior Designer )
2002 Annual report for CJ39 Shopping Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2002 Brochure for FID ( Fusion in Digital ) Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2002 Promotion design and information graphics for Opening World Cup Park, Seoul Development Institute ( Designer )
2002 Brochure for Gyunggi Tourism Organization ( Designer )
2002 Brochure for Siematic Korea Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2002 'J.J. Magazine' Monthly magazine, Hotel Hyatt ( Designer )
2002 Promotion design for The Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prize, Samsung Hoam Foundation ( Designer )
2002 Design for Cultural Subway Project, Ministry of Gender Equality ( Designer )
2002 Promotion design for The First Seoul Design Festival, Design House Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Annual report for Hyundae Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Brochure for Hanaro Shopping, Samsung Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Fact book for Posco Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Formatting 'Web+Digital' Monthly magazine, Design House Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Design for Korean edition of 'Typography' Emil Ruder, Ahn Graphics Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Newsletter for Kookmin University ( Designer )
2001 'Oullim Report' Document for Icograda Oullim Congress 2000, Ahn Graphics Co., Ltd. ( Chief Editor and Art Director )
2001 Music concert promotion for 'Kang San-e' Planner Korea Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Music concert promotion for 'Chung Tae-choon & Park Eun-ouk' Planner Korea Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 Dramatic performance promotion for 'That Championship Season' Planner Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 DVD design for products promotion, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2001 'Keynote Speech' Icograda Oullim Congress 2000, VIDAK ( Designer )
2000 'Design Education Manifesto' Document for Icograda Oullim Congress 2000, VIDAK ( Designer )
2000 Book design for new brand, M.com, launching, Hansol M.com Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2000 Brochure for International Institute of Hongik University ( Designer )
2000 Corporate History Book for Posco, Posco Education Foundation ( Designer )
2000 Book design for 'Baby Naming' Mook House Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2000 Book design to promote 'A TO Z' Project, INNO Design Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
2000 Design for a special issue of 'DESIGN' Monthly magazine, Design House Co., Ltd. ( Guest Designer )
2000 Calendar design for Duson 21 Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
1999 'Industrial Design' monthly magazine, Ahn Graphics Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
1999 'Road Sense' VIP Magazine for Mercedes-Benz Korea, Hansung Motors Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
1999 Brochure 2000 for Hongik University ( Designer )
1999 Promotion design for Film, Narayama Busiko, YulGa Film Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
1999 Promotion design for Film, Celebration, K.J. Entertainment Film Distribution ( Designer )
1999 Fact book for Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
1999 Corporate History Book for Korea Highway Corporation Co., Ltd. ( Designer )
1999 'Byul-Bam' Magazine for radio program, MBC FM ( Designer )
1998 'TeenStreet' Biweekly English newspaper for teenager, Neung-Yule EFL Publisher, Inc. ( Designer )
1997-1998 'ASIANA' Monthly in-flight magazine, Asiana Air Line ( Senior Designer )
1997-1998 'AMSTERDAM' Monthly in-flight magazine, Korean edition, KLM Air Line ( Designer )
1997 Annual report for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance ( Designer )
1996 'Our Customer' Monthly magazine for IBM Korea ( Designer )
1996 Brochure for Chosunilbo Press ( Designer )
1996 Annual report for Daehan Life Co., Ltd. ( Designer )