DESIGNER WITH NO BOUNDARY / ACROSS WORLD
Taehun Ko, born in South Korea, always has interests in design, philosophy, and humanities with genuine curiosities. One of the essential questions that he asked himself was “what is the world consisted of?” With such a thought, he suspected that things we see, use, and see are not perfect and believed that people do their best to make up for these imperfection. He himself also makes great effort to overcome his own imperfection through his profession and to broaden his outlook by sharing ideas with people in the different lines of study.
Education /
Master of Art, Design Products, 2012-2014
at Royal College of Art
Bachelors of Fine Art, Product Design, 2005-2011
at College of Design and Art, Hongik University
Experience /
'LUNAR' Industrial design trainee
in San Francisco, US
2016.04 - present
'Tom Dixon' Freelance furniture designer
in London, UK
2015.12 - 2016.03
'Max Lamb' Freelance designer
in London, UK
2015.07 - 09
'United Visual Artists' Industrial designer
in London, UK
2015.04 - 07
‘Tom Dixon’ Freelance designer
in London, UK
2014.07 - 2014.10
‘Tom Dixon’ Furniture and product design intern
in London, UK
2013.08 - 2013.11
‘Max Lamb’ Design assistant
in London, UK
2013.07 - 2013.08
Furniture design group ‘Mobjec’ Product designer
in Seoul, South Korea
2011.04 - 2012.03
Media Art studio ‘Media Skin’ Architectural design assistant
in Seoul, South Korea
2011.08 - 2011.11
Honours and Awards /
2013 IFF / JOOP Competition / Final list
2012 Red Dot Design Concept Award / Winner
2010 SEOUL International Competition / honourable mention
2010 11th Korea Optical and Sunglasses Competition / special prize
2008 SEBANG Advertisement Competition / 3rd prize
Exhibition /
2014 Show RCA
at RCA Lower Gulbenkian Link Gallery
2014.06.27-2014.07.01
2014 RCA Design Products Work in Progress show
at RCA Lower Gulbenkian Link Gallery
2014.02.05-2014.02.09
2013 RCA Design Products Work in Progress show
at RCA Ground Gallery
2013.02.12-2013.02.17
2011 Seoul Design Festival
at Coex Hall B, Seoul
2011.12.14 - 2011.12.18
2011 BMH Gallery Lighting Fair
at BMH Gallery, Seogyo dong, Mapo gu, Seoul
2011.07.19 - 2011.07.27
2011 BMH Gallery Furniture Fair
at BMH Gallery, Seogyo dong, Mapo gu, Seoul
2011.05.21 - 2011.05.28
2010 Hongik Univ. Degree show ‘Probono Publico’
at the Community chest of Korea, Seoul
2010.10.20 - 2010.10.21
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