Architect Muneji Toh Founder & Representative Director, Muneji Toh Architects       To begin, could you briefly introduce yourself and share what first led you into the field of design?   My name is Muneji Toh. I am an architect in Japan. Although our main work is designing entire buildings, we also focus on the detailed design of furniture, lighting, and even material developme...

Xinhong Yeh Creative Director,  CoFound Group       In the digital age, what makes a brand memorable at first glance? The answer is undoubtedly imagery. A brand’s first impression is shaped through visual language across websites, social media, product packaging, exhibition spaces, and even unboxing moments. Before any product is touched, imagery delivers the most immediate and powerful...

  Designer Ding Wang (Left), Shutian Shen (Right) EZVIZ Design Center       Ding Wang and Shutian Shen are lead designers at EZVIZ, a global smart home brand that explores how technology can quietly and meaningfully integrate into everyday life. As designers working at the intersection of advanced security, IoT, and AI, they focus not only on functionality but on shaping emotional experi...

Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi Professor at Hanyang University We now live in an era where artificial intelligence produces flawless efficiency and impeccable forms. Yet paradoxically, we find ourselves drawn to imperfection—the kind left by the human hand. The language of design no longer speaks through smooth surfaces and precise calculations alone, but through subtle tremors and traces t...

  Architect Muneji Toh Founder & Representative Director, Muneji Toh Architects       To begin, could you briefly introduce yourself and share what first led you into the field of design?   My name is Muneji Toh. I am an architect in Japan. Although our main work is designing entire buildings, we also focus on the detailed design of furniture, lighting, and even material developme...

  Designer Ding Wang (Left), Shutian Shen (Right) EZVIZ Design Center       Ding Wang and Shutian Shen are lead designers at EZVIZ, a global smart home brand that explores how technology can quietly and meaningfully integrate into everyday life. As designers working at the intersection of advanced security, IoT, and AI, they focus not only on functionality but on shaping emotional experi...

  Karl Adrian Aguro Design Director, Uncurated Studio       "In the southern island of Mindanao, Karl Aguro has quietly built a design practice rooted in community, culture, and clarity. As the founder of Uncurated Studio, a one-person design studio based in Cagayan de Oro, Aguro balances experimental design with commercial work, all while amplifying the visibility of regional creativity...

  Director Eitaro Satake Architect at teamSTAR       Director Eitaro Satake, architect at teamSTAR and winner of ADP’s Design of the Year, pursues structures that echo nature and forms that endure. His award winning Villa A breathes with its site through a vaulted roof of continuous CLT arches that recall white waves, emerald flooring that suggests a shallow sea, and a shell like float...

Xinhong Yeh Creative Director,  CoFound Group       In the digital age, what makes a brand memorable at first glance? The answer is undoubtedly imagery. A brand’s first impression is shaped through visual language across websites, social media, product packaging, exhibition spaces, and even unboxing moments. Before any product is touched, imagery delivers the most immediate and powerful...

Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi Professor at Hanyang University We now live in an era where artificial intelligence produces flawless efficiency and impeccable forms. Yet paradoxically, we find ourselves drawn to imperfection—the kind left by the human hand. The language of design no longer speaks through smooth surfaces and precise calculations alone, but through subtle tremors and traces t...

A few years ago, I was invited to give a talk at a design company. While preparing, I asked the CEO a simple question: “Since I’m not a designer, what would you like me to talk about to your team?” He thought for a moment and said, “Rather than using the language of design, I’d like you to talk about branding from your point of view.” In that moment, I knew exactly what message I wante...

As of the closing price on September 23, 2024, APR’s market capitalization (5.3756 trillion KRW) surpassed that of LG Household & Health Care (5.3336 trillion KRW) for the first time. This was a symbolic moment signaling a shift in the Korean beauty industry. The market’s evaluation wasn’t based on mere expectations, but rather grounded in explosive, data-driven performance. Let’s take...