JUDGING PANEL 2025
Kyu Lee is the Senior Manager of Industrial Design at SharkNinja Operating LLC in Boston, USA. With over 11 years of professional experience as an industrial designer, he has developed and released more than 20 products to the market. These products are currently being sold in major retail stores across the US and around the world. Kyu Lee has focused on developing consumer products in various categories, including headphones, earbuds, speakers, car mounts, chargers, hair dryers, cordless vacuums, and more, within multiple design and corporate organizations. He received a B.I.D in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in 2011 and has earned multiple awards from Red Dot Design and CES.
현재 미국 보스턴에 위치한 '상어 닌자샤크닌자'에서 제품디자인 부서 시니어 매니저로 재직 중이며, 2011년 Pratt Institute에서 제품디자인을 전공한 후 십여 년간 뉴욕과 보스턴에 위치한 Consumer Product 회사에서 제품디자이너로 일해왔다. 그동안 디자인했던 충전기, 헤드폰, 스피커, 무선 청소기, 로봇청소기 등등 다수의 제품이 미국을 비롯한 전 세계 시장에 출시되어 소비자들의 사랑을 받았고 레드닷을 비롯해 여러 차례의수 차례의 상어워드 수상 경력이 있으며 10여 개의 미국 디자인 특허를 소유하고 있다. 2014년부터 2017년까지 중소기업진흥원 USA, 창업지원 프로그램에 멘토 및 세미나 강사로 초청되어 창업자들을 위한 교육에 참여했고, 2023년 Lemonade Story를 설립하여 미국의 세일즈 랩 파트너와 함께 한국 중소기업들의 제품들을 미국 시장에 연결하는 일을 시작했다.
KOREA
Prof. Hyunsun Kim
IDAS. Hongik University
KOREA
Branding Director. Woosung Jun
Seaside City
KOREA
Prof. Euiyoung Chun
Kyonggi University
JAPAN
Prof. Yoshimaru Takahashi
Osaka University of Arts
JAPAN
Prof. Shingo Ando
Kyoto Arts and Crafts University
JAPAN
Director. Tetsuya Matsumoto
KTX archiLAB
CHINA
Prof. Chen Tao
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
CHINA
Prof. MO Jiao
Tongji University
KOREA
Prof. Joongwon Lee
Sungkyunkwan University
KOREA
Prof. Sunah Kim
Kumoh National Institute of Technology
KOREA
Director. Yongrak Park
FONTRIX
KOREA
Director. Chul-Hwee Kim
VBstudio
KOREA
Director. Youngha Park
Korea National University of Arts
KOREA
CEO. Chad Song
Crack the Nuts
CHINA
Prof. Xiang Chen
School of Design Jiangnan University
KOREA
Director. Yena Choi
B for Brand
CHINA
President. An Luo
TEAMS Design
UK
Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi
Hanyang University
CHINA
Prof. Gou Rui
Southwest Jiaotong University
CHINA
Prof. Yuxiang Kuang
Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics art of school
CHINA
Prof. LIU Jing
City University of Macau
USA
Creative Director. Cathy Lee
CLAB
CHINESE TAIPEI
Director. Wang Te Ming
U Visual Communication
KOREA
CEO. Kang Bumkyu
PRESENT
USA
Prof. Cliff Shin
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
KOREA
CEO. Jin-Kyu Jang
Companoid Labs
KOREA
Director. Sungjoon Hong
banksalad
KOREA
Director. Sungho Park
MINISO DESIGN CENTER
CHINESE TAIPEI
Creative Director. Xinhong Yeh
Cofound
CHINESE TAIPEI
Director. Kris Tsao
DDG
DENMARK
Designer. Sangwoo Cho
JABRA
KOREA
Prof. Beomkwan Kim
University of Ulsan
CHINA
Director. Long Jiao
Simon Electric Group
JAPAN
President. Masuo Fujimura
Fujimura Design Studio
USA
Sr. Design Manager. Kyu Lee
SharkNinja
CHINA HONGKONG
Director. Danny Chiu
Danny Chiu Interior Designs
USA
Director. Soo Yun Kim
Cisco
CHINESE TAIPEI
Director. Huang Zi Yu
Existence Design
KOREA
Director. Heechan Park
STUDIO HEECH
CHINA HONGKONG
Creative Director. Regina Kwok
Artwill Interior Design House
JAPAN
President. Atsumasa Tamura
Atsumasa Tamura Design Office
CHINA
Prof. Bao Haimo
Dalian Minzu University
KOREA
Director. Hoyoung Lee
250 DESIGN
KOREA
Director. Doyoung Kim
DESIGNSORI
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