Steering Committee
Steering committee will set the direction and operational plans for the
2020 Human City Design Award with experts from Korea and abroad.
Human City Design Award will become
a venue for presenting and sharing human,
social, natural, and environmental issues
in the city through design.
a venue for presenting and sharing human,
social, natural, and environmental issues
in the city through design.
- SoonJong Lee
- Head of Steering Committee
- South Korea
- CEO of Korea Future Design Research Institute
- Honorary professor at Seoul National University
- Former President at Korean Federation of Design Associations
- Eriko Esaka
- Overseas expert(Asia)
- Japan
- Program director Nagoya UNESCO City of Design Organizing Committee
- Program director of Cultural Promotion Office, Bureau of Tourism, Culture & Exchange
- Andrea Cancellato
- Overseas expert(Europe)
- Italy
- Project manager ADI(Association for Industrial Design) Design Museum in Milan
- Former director of MEET
- Former CEO at Fondazione La Triennale di Milano
- Mark Wee
- Overseas expert(Asia)
- Singapore
- CEO of Design Singapore Council
- Pioneer of Design Thinking Singapore
- Josyane Franc
- Overseas expert(Europe)
- France
- Advisor, International design networks
- Ambassador, Cité du design Saint-Etienne
- ChungKee Lee
- Domestic expert(South Korea)
- South Korea
- Seoul Design Foundation Director
- Professor of Architecture at University of Seoul
- Former Founder of Hanmei Architects
- KyungRan Choi
- Ex officio(South Korea)
- South Korea
- CEO of Seoul Design Foundation
- Former Dean of the graduate school of Techno Design at Kookmin University
- Former Director of 2015 Gwangju Biennale
- Fernando Mascaro
- Overseas expert(South America)
- Brazil
- Architect/Designer at FM Sustainable Design Strategies
- Participates of the “Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne” in lectures, juris and curation of exhibitions
- Richard Perez
- Overseas expert(Africa)
- South Africa
- Founding Director, Has Plattner School of Design Thinking at the University of Cape Town
- Design Sonsultant to the World Bank and United Nations Foundation
- Director of Cape Town World Design Capital 2014
- Brandon Gien
- Overseas expert(Oceania-Australia)
- Australia
- Founder and CEO, Good Design Australia
- Chair of the Selection Committee, 2022 World Design Capital®
- Former President, World Design Organization (2013 - 2015)
- KilHyung Rhee
- Ex officio(South Korea)
- South Korea
- President at Korean Federation of Design Associations
- Professor of Design Contents at Hongik University graduate school
- Yeonsik Yoo
- Ex officio(South Korea)
- South Korea
- Director General of the Culture Headquarter