About Jiyoun Kim, chief designer, founder of Jiyoun Kim Studio™

Jiyoun Kim graduated Hong-Ik University in 2009, and became the manager of the North American branch of Pantech Mobile Device Design. At Pantech, he designed and implemented the Flex, Calix, and other projects in his five years with the company. During this time, he also started his own company, JiyounKim Studio, and worked on projects for sound systems, medical machines, and other important devices. In 2010, he created the living design group, Mobject, and he led his team for two years in furniture lighting, and went to various exhibition with his groups designs. In 2014, he received his EMBA at Sung-Kyun-Kwan University. He moved to HSAD, created advertisements for LG. He became the design director and founder for OTR (Over the Rainbow), which designs projects and services for brand consultations. He works as a brand consultant for various other companies. He won the Reddot and IF awards, and in 2016 he continues to design for companies and has branched out into other fields.

About Jiyoun Kim Studio™

Jiyoun Kim Studio is a design consulting agency operated by chief designer Jiyoun Kim since 2009, started design projects in earnest in June 2018 at Cheongdam-dong in Seoul. As Jiyoun Kim has worked in manufacturing and advertising industries, he and his advanced skilled team are working based on his brand and communication design methodology called 'Communication Based Design'. They are managing variety projects on branding, product design, furniture, spatial consulting and art piece. Since 2009, he has been working with various domestic and foreign companies such as KT&G, Amorepacific, LG Electronics, and LG Household & Health Care. He and his team are producing successful results and continuously expanding their scope of design activities.
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2018 iF Product Design Award Winner (Usetool Toothbrush)
2017 Top Asia Awards Winner (Jeju Pure Water)
2017 Top Asia Awards Winner (Mosquito Hates a Black Pepper)
2014 iF Product Design Award Winner (Pione)
2013 Reddot Product Design Award Winner (Pantech Flex)
2010 Selected Spotlight Designer in ASIA by Designnet
2008 Reddot Concept Design Award Best of Best (Taker)
2008 Reddot Concept Design Award Winner (Unihammer)
2008 iF Concept Design Award Winner (Taker) Read Less

2018 Brand Biz Conference 브랜드비즈 컨퍼런스 Speaker
2018 Hongik Univ. 홍익대학교 Product Design Lecture
2018 Konkuk Univ. 건국대학교 Industrial Design Lecture
2018 YCK Design Seminar '좋은 산업디자이너 되기'
2017 KOCEF 한국도자재단 'Craft of Industrial Designer'
2016 KEC 한국도로공사 'Thinking of Industrial Designer'
2015 KIDP 한국디자인진흥원 Design Seminar 'Designer'
2013 CA Magazine Design Seminar 'Designers portfolio'
2011 Dnomade Design Seminar 'Ask to designer'
2011 Hongik Univ. Product Design - Design seminar Read Less