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London, England, GB

In the Seoul office, Dark Matter Labs Asia has collaborated with local governments and research organisations for the past three years. Recently, the focus has shifted towards prototyping proofs of possibilities for civic assets and infrastructures. This shift includes developing new capabilities such as 'radicle civics,' 're:permissioning the city,'.

I was involved in various urban experimental projects in social innovation and large-scale systems change programmes across Europe, Asia, and North America. These projects include financial health (Tokyo), human capital movement (Dubai), food waste/nutrition (UAE), free zone trade (Dubai), social housing and care (Wales), childcare (Birmingham), mental.

Seoul, South Korea

MicroMassive (trading via Dark Matter Laboratories) was established during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on place-based strategic innovation in South Korea.During the Covid-19 pandemic, it began by developing the design and delivery of the Asian Young Activist Research Fellowship Programme, followed by the creation of five-year.

Seoul, South Korea

Ayarf (Asia Young Activist Researcher Fellowship) is a platform for exchange and collaboration among young activist researchers aimed at addressing urban challenges in Asia. It supports 20-30 activist researchers across the Asian region during a 14-day residency, proposing radical future scenarios and provocations.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London

An EU-funded project eventually evolved into an independent venture. Colour-in City promoted subjective well-being data using Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies and Conversational Chatbots (AI), catalysing co-creative relationships between citizens and public services.During the process of developing the 'Proof of Concept/MVP 1.0,' our team.

London, United Kingdom

I had my own freelance design practice. During that time, I contributed to delivering a wide range of projects in the field of social and urban innovation.

London

I worked in a design studio at the Innovation Unit, where a team of 9-10 designers assisted with various design tasks for public services. In my role, I focused on ‘data storytelling’, public communication, mapping systems, ethnographic research, and creating design processes and methodologies for service design. This process involved producing video.

London, United Kingdom

I worked on creating a set of branding imagery and visual assets, and developed UX/UI design templates for both web and mobile applications.

London, United Kingdom

My role involved producing a series of marketing infographics, from conducting data research to crafting visual storytelling, collaborating with fellow data enthusiasts.

London, United Kingdom

I worked with retail data, using data-driven visual storytelling and data visualisation to communicate customer behaviour (AGILE Customer Insight).

Paju Book City, South Korea

I shadowed senior book designers, covering a range of tasks from understanding printing processes and desktop publishing to creating book advertisements for press, book fairs, and literature ceremonies.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Design: Critical Practice, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts In Contemporary Art, First Class Honours