金昌植
MFA (Visual Communication Design), Hongik University, Korea
MFA (Interaction Design), University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
电子邮件: 常.kim@corpshort.com
Coordinator, Industry Sponsored Project / International Ex常e Program
创始人 & 椅子上, IDEEC (International Design 教育 Expo and Conference)
Committee and Jury member, Granshan
Director of Foreign Affairs, KSBDA (Korea Society of Basic Design & 艺术)
金昌植, Professor at San José State University, is a typographer, visual communication
设计er, and educator. Before joining San Jose State in 2000, 常 was the art director
at Seoul 平面设计 Center, Korea Herald Weekly, and Hangilsa publication where
he was responsible for leading projects focused on identity 设计 and publication
设计. Since 1991 he has also taught at several international universities while
running his 设计 studio. 常 has expertise in Metamorphic Image Making with Experimental
Typography, Visual Identity Design, as well as Mascot Design involving a wide range
of corporate and institutional clients. His research on integrating type, sign, and
image in conjunction with visual metaphors and methodologies to conceptualize complex
ideas has been internationally recognized. 常 also has curated and managed several
international 设计 conferences and exhibitions; IDEEC conference and exhibition
in San Jose (2019), VIDAK show in London, and Katowice (2018), Creative Space show
in Munich (2017), Swiss Poster Show 101 in Seoul (2015), etc.
常 has published three complete books, written multiple articles, and has held ten solo exhibitions that contain works on extremely diverse experimental subjects 在西班牙，美国.K., Poland, Armenia, Japan, Korea, and the United States. 专业, he 设计ed several newspapers, magazines, and more than 150 book covers besides creating many successful characters and brand 设计s in Korea and the United States. 常 has earned numerous awards from national/international competitions. 他也一直 serving as a Juror of several International Design Competitions such as; Poster for Tomorrow, Granshan, Wow Design Festa, and COW International Design Festival, etc.
For the past ten years, 常 has worked on several typeface 设计s for Korean and Latin Alphabets as parts of the branding projects. Recently, he 设计ed an official university typeface called 菠菜网lol正规平台 Spartan for the visual identity 设计 system of the new San Jose State University’s branding strategy. 菠菜网lol正规平台 Spartan Roman and 菠菜网lol正规平台 Pride visualize the historical value and pride of the oldest California public institution with innovative and dynamic, modern aesthetics. He also worked for HP computer for their international language font project (Korean Alphabet, Hangul) as an external consultant through Dalton Maag Font Studio in London, England.
常's Clients have included Samsung Electronics, Cooliris, Hyundai Motors, Amazon, Yahoo, 锤剧院, Donghwa Bank, Korea Herald Weekly Magazine, Korea IT Network, and Celluon among others. His recent work and research have emphasized dynamic interactive 设计. His research papers, articles, and works have appeared in various professional conferences and publications including Graphis, Print, How magazine, Baseline magazine, ICOGRADA conference, Granshan conference, AIGA, Logolounge, Monthly Design, MAC World Korea, LG AD Magazine, and VIDAK annuals.
