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min kang
DESIGNER
Min is Senior Designer at Design Continuum in Boston. He worked at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), well known as the world's largest shipbuilder in South Korea. HHI has six divisions in their company including Construction Equipment, Electro & Electric System as well as Shipbuilding and he worked for all divisions to develop strategy and design solutions for products such as excavators, forklifts, industrial robots, electronic products, and shipbuilding as an industrial designer and researcher in their Design Center. He also worked at Fursys, a leading manufacturer of system office furniture and equipment in Korea, as a designer and technological supporting engineer in R&D Center. He has also participated in a number of design projects for various companies including Motorola, LG Electronics, and Pepsi.
He received several design awards including two Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) from BusinessWeek and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), two Red-Dot Design awards, International Design Award(iDA) and two Korea Industrial Design Awards.
His personal interest in furniture design also led him to exhibit his two furniture pieces at International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) 2007 in New York. One was YiAhn Bassinet, the winner of Red-Dot 2007 that he designed and made for his first baby and the other one was The MIN.CHAIR, chair for children that won IDEA Gold, Red-dot, and iDA.
He finished his Masters in Industrial Design at Pratt Institute, New York where he worked as a Teaching Assistant for their Industrial Design programs and received a BFA in Industrial Design from Kyung-Hee University, Korea
He has a strong interest in understanding people in different cultures and designing products for them and in communication through design. Min is always striving to encompass a good East-West hybrid of design culture as a union between Asian and Western sensibilities.
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
2008-Present
2008
2007
2005-2007
2005
2001-2004
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Design Continuum, Boston / Senior Designer
Raison Pure International, New York / Freelance Designer
Motorola, Inc. (Symbol Technology) NY / Freelance Designer
Pratt Institute, NY / Teaching Assistant ; Alias. Industrial Design Dept.
LG Electronics Inc., Korea / Freelance Designer
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Korea / Industrial Designer & Research Engineer, Product Design Dept, Design Center
FURSYS, Inc., Korea / Designer & Technological Supporting Engineer, Design & Technological Support Team, R&D Center
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AWARDS |
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2003
2000
2000
2000
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1999
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iDA 1st Prize Winner 2007 International Design Awards, iDA
red dot winner red dot award: design concept 2007-The MIN.CHAIR, red dot
red dot winner red dot award: design concept 2007-YIAHN Bassinet, red dot
IDEA Gold Industrial Design Excellence Awards, IDSA
IDEA Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Awards, IDSA
GD Korea Prize of Selected Works, Good Design Awards Korea, KIDP
Hankook Tire Design Gold Tire Design Competiton, Hankook Tire Co.,Ltd.
ENEX Excellence Award Kitchen Furniture Design Competition, ENEX Co.,Ltd.
KIDE Selected Work The 35th Korea Industrial Design Exhibition, KIDP
SFD Bronze Steel Furniture Design Competition, OEPA
KIDE Specially Selected Work The 34th Korea Industrial Design Exhibition, KIDP
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EXHIBITIONS |
2007
2007
2006
2003
2002
2000
1999
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The 19th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), New York
2007 Pratt Show / Manhattan Center, New York
Design Gallery / 2006 NATIONAL CONFERENCE in AUSTIN, TEXAS, IDSA
Good Design Awards Korea, KIDP
Seoul Design Festival, Hankook Tire Co.,Ltd.
The 35th Korea Industrial Design Exhibition, KIDP
The 34th Korea Industrial Design Exhibition, KIDP
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EDUCATION |
Dec 2007
Feb 2001
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Masters in Industrial Design
Pratt Institute, New York
Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design
Kyung-Hee University, South Korea
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SKILLS |
STRENGTH
DIGITAL
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Experience in a wide range of design works ; From furniture and home appliance to commercial equipment
Creative ideation and development based on profound research that leads the design process to the ideal goals
Strategic design planning and managing, strong organizational skills, and good communication
Great sense of form, color, and material
Excellent visual communication ; hand sketching, rendering, and drawing in both digital and traditional ways
Excellent knowledge in 3D modeling and rendering, familiar with manufacturing processes
Good hybrid of East-West design culture
3D : SolidWorks, PhotoView 360, Alias, ImageStudio, Rhino3D
2D : Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, DreamWeaver, Flash, and SketchBook Pro
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