Director Joohwang Kim Co-Founder of lllayer     The landscape of South Korea’s bakery industry is undergoing a seismic shift. In a market long dominated by corporate franchise Goliaths, the performance achieved by a single local bakery from a provincial city is nothing short of astonishing. According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system, Rosso Co., Ltd., t...

Akihiro ikegoshi Art director of GWG inc. “Sports design is a discipline where identity, emotion, and performance intersect, and few designers embody this intersection as clearly as Japanese art director Akihiro Ikegoshi of GWG Inc. From baseball stadiums to global tournaments, his work demonstrates how visual language can influence both the atmosphere of a game and the spirit of...

Sangwoo Cho Senior Designer at Jabra, Denmark     Sometimes our attitude toward a situation matters far more than the solution itself. The outcome can vary dramatically depending on the mindset and posture with which we move through a moment. If I were to list what I have learned and experienced as a designer over the past 15 years in Sweden and Denmark, the idea that would stand at the very...

Beomkwan Kim | Prof. University of Ulsan Jury Member, Asia Design Prize AI is fundamentally reshaping the way architecture and design are produced. With just a few lines of text, the form and atmosphere of a building can be generated, and on global platforms, the “Zaha Hadid” style has become one of the most frequently searched architectural keywords. In a climate where arch...

Akihiro ikegoshi Art director of GWG inc. “Sports design is a discipline where identity, emotion, and performance intersect, and few designers embody this intersection as clearly as Japanese art director Akihiro Ikegoshi of GWG Inc. From baseball stadiums to global tournaments, his work demonstrates how visual language can influence both the atmosphere of a game and the spirit of...

  Director Huang Cheng Hsuan Founder of T M Design Studio Corp.       “Director Huang Cheng-Hsuan presents space as a medium that carries human emotions and everyday life, clearly reflecting T M Design Studio’s people-centered philosophy. He explains that the uniqueness of Taiwanese design emerges from its multicultural background, harmony with nature, and balance between tradition a...

Director Myo Young Kim Founder & CEO of Vice Versa Design Studio       "Myo Young Kim is a designer and strategist who seeks to redefine design not as the act of creation, but as a practice of interpretation. Beginning as Korea’s first infographic-focused studio, Vice Versa Design Studio now operates across AI workflow consulting, automation solutions, and design education. Rather th...

  Director Anuthin Wongsunkakon Cofounder of Cadson Demak       "Based in Bangkok, Cadson Demak is one of Thailand’s leading design studios, recognized for its pioneering role in modernizing Thai typography. Since its founding in 2002, the studio has worked across diverse domains including custom font development, typography education, and digital media experimentation, contributing si...

Director Joohwang Kim Co-Founder of lllayer     The landscape of South Korea’s bakery industry is undergoing a seismic shift. In a market long dominated by corporate franchise Goliaths, the performance achieved by a single local bakery from a provincial city is nothing short of astonishing. According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system, Rosso Co., Ltd., t...

Sangwoo Cho Senior Designer at Jabra, Denmark     Sometimes our attitude toward a situation matters far more than the solution itself. The outcome can vary dramatically depending on the mindset and posture with which we move through a moment. If I were to list what I have learned and experienced as a designer over the past 15 years in Sweden and Denmark, the idea that would stand at the very...

Beomkwan Kim | Prof. University of Ulsan Jury Member, Asia Design Prize AI is fundamentally reshaping the way architecture and design are produced. With just a few lines of text, the form and atmosphere of a building can be generated, and on global platforms, the “Zaha Hadid” style has become one of the most frequently searched architectural keywords. In a climate where arch...

CEO Doyoung Kim Founder of Asia Design Prize The growth of a brand requires two sources of energy. One is creativity, and the other is systems. Many creators and small brands begin with a “good idea,” but the brands that actually survive and grow without exception are those that have a “good system.” A system is not meant to replace people, but to create a struct...