Majored in ‘textile design’ at the Department of Living Products Design in undergraduate and graduate school
Living products including clothes and bags applying weaved textile designs
First place after competing with students, general public and designers
[December 5, 2019]
<YU Graduate School of Living Products Design Kim Hyun-jung won the grand prize at the 2019 Daegu Industrial Design Expo>
Miss Kim Hyun-jung (26, master’s degree in textile design) from the YU Graduate School of Living Products Design won the grand prize at the 2019 Daegu Industrial Design Expo.
Works were submitted to a total of four areas such as visual design, industrial craft, product and environment design, and service design at the Daegu Industrial Design Expo, and Miss Kim submitted her textile design product in the industrial craft sector. Undergraduate, graduate students, amateurs and professional designers submitted their works in this expo to compete with each other.
The works were received from October and after the preliminary reviews, a total of 17 made it o the finals where the final reviews were held on November 28. The 17 participants held presentations on the intent and techniques of their works, and in result, Miss Kim’s work took first place.
The pieces submitted by Miss Kim were titled ‘Sentences in Time 2019’ (photo on right). The textile designs produced by weaving were applied in the clothes, bags, wallets, and tablet PC cases in these product designs. Miss Kim’s works were put on display at the ‘Design Week in Daegu 2019’ held at the Daegu EXCO.
Miss Kim graduated from the YU Department of Living Products Design in February 2016 and in September of the same year, she went on to the master’s degree course at the YU Graduate School and is scheduled to graduate in February of next year. Miss Kim has been recognized early on for her knack and skills as a designer. She was selected as an outstanding artist in the ‘2016 DNMD Young Creative Korea’ and participated in special exhibits, and last year, she won the participation prize at the 49th Gyeongsangbuk-do Industrial Design Exhibition Award and special award at the 37th Daegu Design Exhibition Award. In November, she held her first solo exhibit based on her research results and works gained by majoring in textile design at the Daegu Gallery J One.
Miss Kim said, “After graduating in February of next year, I plan to study a bit more abroad. I want to study weaving in more depth.”
