Meet the team

Daniel Saakes

Daniel Saakes (석 다니엘) is trained as an industrial design engineer at Delft University of Technology and he likes making things and making things that make things.

Lydia Bokyung Lee

Bokyung graduated from the undergraduate Industrial Design program at KAIST with MyPill++, a pill container design for seniors. She started in Spring of 2014 in the graduate school of Industrial Design with the tentative topic of Designing in the Living Room.

Joon Gi Shin

Joon received his bachelor's degree in Industrial Design at the University of the Arts in the United States. He joined the lab in Fall of 2016. He is interested in communication and UX design.

Jaeho Sung

Jaeho received his BS in Industrial Design with a double major in Mechanical Engineering at KAIST. He won Excellence Award with his BS thesis research Window Factory. He joined myDesignLab in Spring of 2018 and is interested in how state-of-the-art technologies, especially Deep Learning, can be applied to design area.

Donghyeok Yun

Donghyeok earned his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design at KAIST with his Velofin project. He joined myDesignLab in the Spring of 2018. He is interested in sports product fitting service for long-turm ergonomic effects.

Doheon Kim

Doheon received his bachelor's degree in Industrial Design at KAIST with his Chemiformer project. He joined myDesignLab in Spring of 2019, and his interest lies in Virtual Reality and its application on design area.

Alumni

Maria Reyes

Maria earned her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design at KAIST with Doori Noori, which she was awarded the Excellence Award for. She joined myDesignLab in Spring of 2017 and is interested in tangible interaction design using open source hardware and software.

Seungryeol Kim

Seungryeol earned his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design at KAIST with his Trafficator project. He is interested in cars, not only its design but also history, technology, and social role. He joined myDesignLab in the Spring of 2017.

Gyeol Han

Gyeol graduated KAIST's undergraduate Industrial Design program with BOP (Between Openness and Privacy) tools to protect privacy offline. She joined myDesignLab in Spring of 2015 and graduated from the lab in the 2017 Fall semester.

Jundong Park

Jundong received his bachelor's degree in Industrial Design at KAIST with a sub-major in Mechanical Engineering. He joined in the Spring of 2016 and graduated from the lab in the 2017 Fall semester.

Gary Ng

Gary received his bachelor's degree in Game Development and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Canada. He joined the lab in Fall of 2015 and graduated from the lab in the 2017 Spring semester.

Minjoo Lisa Cho

Minjoo received her bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering in 2011 at KAIST. Prior to joining the lab in Spring of 2015, she worked as a Product Manager at Samsung Electronics. Minjoo graduated from the lab in the 2016 Fall semester with her project Calm Automaton.

Foong-Yi Chia

Foong-Yi joined the lab in the 2013 Fall semester with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering. Her master's thesis project was TwoShelves, a collaborative platform for couples designing at home. Foong-Yi graduated in the Spring of 2015 and is currently working for Samco Korea.

Interns

Sindy Wu Winter 2018

Anthony Wilson 2017 - Spring 2018

Woojae Kang Winter - Spring 2018

Jinyoung Jeong Winter - Spring 2018

Alex Calero February 2018

Minkyeong Lee 2016

Sumin Jang Summer 2016

Jaewoong Han Spring 2016

Tetiana Parshakova 2015 - 2016

Sangyeob Lee Summer 2015

Seoyoung Baek Summer 2015

Joonhee Min Summer 2015

Alex Balio 2014-2015

Sam Ukolov 2014 - 2015

Felix Shin 2013 - 2015

Hayeon Jeong Winter 2013