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AUSTIN SEUNGMIN LEE
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EXPERIENCES
2010 JUN - Current
Visual Interaction Designer | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, US
2009 MAY - AUG
User Experience Co-op | Moto Development Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA, US
2009 JAN - APR
Teaching Assistant | Art Center College of Design
_awarded program assistantship for Media History & Theory, a Graduate level media history and criticism class.
2007 DEC - 2009 JAN
Patent #10-2007-0011071, Issued 22 Jan 2009 in South Korea
_portable computing device with ultra thin layers of multi remote monitors
2008 APR - MAY
Freelance Designer | User Interface Hanmoa Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
MAY 2008
Intern Designer | Design Continuum, Inc., Seoul, South Korea
2006 JUL - AUG
Intern Designer, Design Development Team Leader | Hanssem Company, Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
2006 MAR - JUN
Assistant Design Researcher | Samsung Electronics Digital Television Interface Design
_academic-industrial cooperation project with Samsung Electronics Co.
2005 MAR - 2007 DEC
Assistant Design Researcher | Oriental Domestic Culture & Design Research Center
_international academic-industrial cooperation design research project, sponsored by INAX corporation.
2007 NOV - DEC
International Design Conference Translator | Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
_Professor Keiichi Sato, IIT Institute of Design Ph.D Co-coordinator
Design knowledge platform for human centered design.
_Professor Yoshiko Sato, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Faculty
introduction to traditional Korean architecture.
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EXHIBITIONS
DEC 2010
[Winner's Exhibition] | Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2010
Red Dot Design museum, Essen, Germany (expected)
APR 2010
[Responsive Causality] | Graduation Exhibition of Graduate Media Design Program
Wind Tunnel Gallery, Art Center College of Design S. Campus, Pasadena, CA, US
NOV 2006
[Digital Blue] | Graduation Exhibition of Interior Design Program
Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
OCT 2004
[SHARE] | Group Design Exhibition of College of Design & Architecture
Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
MAY 2002
[Design Festival `CIRCUS' street exhibition] | Tium Group
DaeHakRo, Seoul, South Korea
OCT 2001
[Design For Minority] | Group Design Exhibition of College of Design & Architecture
Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
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EDUCATION
AUG 2010
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, US
_MFA Candidate in Graduate Media Design
AUG 2007
Summa Cum Laude Graduate, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea,
_BFA in Visual Communication Design | 4.0 GPA
_BFA in Interior Design | 4.0 GPA
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HONORS
Art Center MFA Thesis Scholarship
_Thesis Scholar Recipient | 2009 -2010
Art Center MFA Scholarship
_Entrance scholarship of 2 years half tuition grant
Undergraduate Scholarship for Academic Excellence
_Kookmin University Tuition Grant | 2006, 2005, 2002
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AWARDS
Red Dot distinction for high design quality | Red Dot Award: Communication Design | 2010
ADAA Honorable Mention | Adobe Design Achievement Award | 2010
Samsung Card Design Competition Finalist | Samsung Card Co., Ltd | 2006
Army Commendation Medal | U.S. Department of the Army | 2005
KEPCO Advertisement Competition Finalist | Korea Electric Power Corporation | 2005
LGad Advertisement Awards TV Story Board Finalist | LGad | 2002
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
Red dot: communication design international yearbook 2010/2011 | Oct 2010 (expected)
Online
Red Dot Winners’ online exhibition | www.red-dot.de | Dec 2010 (expected)
ADAA online gallery | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 2010 (expected)
Featured in Outer Circle 13 | Art Center College of Design | Spring 2010
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SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
Language
Fluent in spoken and written English
_ETS TOEFL IBT 116/120
Fluent in spoken and written Korean
Chinese Reading Certificate(Level 3)
Software
Well versed in Macintosh and Window platforms.
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Action Script based prototyping(Make Controller Kit, Arduino),
Final Cut Pro, Apple i Work, Microsoft Office, 3D Studio MAX, Rhino (trained certificate)
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References Available Upon Request
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