Experience
Leading Consumer Electronics Company
●Senior Design Strategist
Home Appliances Division / Jan 2026 - Present / Korea
●Senior Industrial Designer
Home Appliances Division / Feb 2012 - Dec 2025 / Korea
*Selected as the sole participant in a fully funded and fully supported overseas study programme / Aug 2023 - Aug 2025 / UK
●Intern / Assistant Designer
SWNA & BKID / Oct 2010 - May 2011 (8 Months)
Samsung Design Membership / Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 (2 Years)
Pantech ‘Sky Designer’s Community’ / Dec 2008 - Nov 2009 (1 Years)
*You can view my detailed career profile on LinkeIn
Education
●MSc + MA / Imperial College London + Royal College of Art / Innovation Design Engineering / 2023 - 2025
Completed a double Master’s degree (MA/MSc), with Merit
●BFA / Hanyang University / Industrial Design / 2004 - 2012
Award for Outstanding Design Achievements, Graduation Excellence Award, Association President of ‘IDM’ Design society
Guest Lectures & Mentoring
●Tutoring & Mentoring
2026 / Samsung Design Membership : Intensive Course / Tutor (ID Track)
2023 / Samsung Design Membership : Intensive Course / Selected Tutor
2018 / Samsung Art & Design Institute / Mentor (for product design portfolio)
●Guest Lectures
2026 / Kyungsung University, Industrial Design / Guest Lecture 'Systemic Sustainable & Contextual Design'
2025 / Korea University of Technology and Education / Guest Lecture 'Design Engineering: The Power to Innovate Beyond Survival in the AI Era'
2023 / Samsung Electronics / Internal Lecture'Understanding Product Design'
Design Awards
●IDEA: International Design Excellence Awards
(USA, Industrial Designers Society of America) 2025 / Pneuvo / Finalist (Student)
2025 / Aqua Glow / Finalist (Student)
2023 / Cordless Kitchen Appliances / Finalist
2022 / Cook Sensor/ Silver
2020 / MW8000R and MW5000T / Finalist
2020 / Induction Plate / Finalist
2018 / Built-in Chef Collection Cooking Package / Silver
2018 / NX5000 and ME5000 / Finalist
2015 / Hot Blast Combi Oven / Bronze
2015 / MW7000J / Finalist
2014 / WF6500HA / Finalist
2014 / WW8000HE / Finalist
●iF Design Award
(Germany, International Forum Design GmbH)2025 / US Cooking Appliances Series (NE9100D / ME7500D) / Winner
2023 / BESPOKE Infinite Line Package / Gold
2021 / MW5000T / Winner
2020 / Induction Plate / Winner
2020 / European Oven Package / Winner
2018 / Chef Collection NX9000M/ Winner
2018 / Chef Collection NA9300M / Winner
2016 / MW8000J Convection / Winner
2015 / WW8000HE,7000HE Series / Winner
2015 / MW8000J/ Winner
●Red-dot Design Award: Concept (Singapore)
2025 / Pneuvo / Winner
2009 / Interactive Audio System ‘Sound Scape’ / Winner
●D&AD, Design and Art Direction Award (United Kingdom)
2025 / Aqua Glow / Future Impact Pencil Winner
●Asia Design Prize (South Korea)
2026 / Flexi-PET / Winner
●Green Product Award (Germany)
2025 / Flexi-PET / Finalist
2025 / Blooming Decay Stool / Finalist
●KDDI, iida Design Award (Japan)
2010 / Sweet Charger / Finalist, Exhibition
●Seoul International Design Award (South Korea)
2010 / Wearable Signal / Special Prize & Citizen’s Prize
2010 / Polished Tack / Special Prize & Citizen’s Prize
2010 / Triple Carrier / Special Prize
●Samsung Design Membership (South Korea)
2010 / Home Aircare System ‘Agape’ / Global Design Project Award : Silver
*Not all awards received are listed.
Various Achievements
● Recent Exhibitions 2025 / Design Innovation in Healthcare Exhibition/ Selected to present work at a healthcare-focused design exhibition hosted by the Dyson School of Design Engineering / Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust / London
2025 / ‘Ancestral Utopias’ SustainLab Exhibition / Exhibited “Blooming Decay Stool” / The Hangar Space, RCA Battersea / London
●Craft & Art Exhibition Activities
2016 / Participated in the 'Moon Jar Exhibition’ / Ceramic Exhibition / Mapo Lifelong Learning Center / Seoul
2009 / Exhibited as a member of 'Designers Party' in 2 exhibitions/ Art & Craft Exhibition / BMH Gallery / Seoul
●Military Service / Republic of Korea Army
Aug 2005 - Aug 2007 / Engineer Battalion / Honourably Discharged