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AUSTIN SEUNGMIN LEE

http://austinslee.com/

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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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