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Amina Joins Kongju Nat’l Univ as a Digital Color Lecturer
Color Lab member Amina Rakhimzhanova (아미나 락힘츠하노바) has joined Kongju National University (국립공주대학교) as a lecturer in the Department of Film and Visual Media (영상학과). She teaches the Digital Color (디지털 색채) course, introducing students to the principles of color, digital color systems, perception, and their application in visual media and design. Amina is also the first…
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Eunji Joins PolyU School of Design, Congrats!
Dr. Eunji Woo (우은지) joins the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) as a Research Assistant Professor. After receiving her Ph.D. in Industrial Design from KAIST in 2025, she spent one year as a postdoctoral researcher at Color Lab. At PolyU, she will conduct research under the theme “Designing Interventions for…
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Congrats to Amina on Earning Her Master’s Degree!
Colorlab proudly congratulates Amina Rakhimzhanova (아미나 락힘자노바) on completing her Master of Science degree in Industrial Design at KAIST. Her thesis presents an AI-assisted product lighting ideation platform, Luxplore, that supports designers in exploring affective lighting concepts during the early stages of the design process. Her research investigates how designers evaluate and select lighting reference…
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Celebrating Byeongjin’s Best Research Award!
We proudly celebrates Byeongjin Kim’s (김병진) achievement, where his study, previously published in The Journal of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility (감성과학), received the Best Research Award. His article investigates the stylistic factors of light and lighting, emphasizing how personal and often overlooked everyday experiences with light can inform new creative directions in…
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Panel at IASDR2025
Professor Suk participated in a panel session titled “Next Labs: What Could an Ideal Design Research Lab Be?” together with Professor Tek-Jin Nam (남택진 교수님) and Professor Chang Hee Lee (이창희 교수님). The panel brought together six design researchers representing major universities and research institutions worldwide to discuss what future design research labs should look…
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Congrats to Dr. Byeongjin Kim on Earning His Ph.D.!
Colorlab proudly congratulates Dr. Byeongjin Kim (김병진) on completing his Ph.D. His dissertation, “Context-Aware Lighting Design for Home Appliances,” presents a design framework that explains how lighting inside products shapes user perception and interaction. His research integrates human visual responses, contextual factors, and design intent to propose lighting behaviors that adapt meaningfully to use situations.…
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Dr. Woo Joins Color Lab as Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Eunji Woo (우은지 박사) joined Color Lab as a postdoctoral researcher. She received her Ph.D. in 2025 from the Department of Industrial Design at KAIST, with a dissertation titled Designing Community-Anchored Customer Experiences for Local Shops. Her broader interests include service design and community-level social innovation, with a particular focus on how everyday businesses…
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Hyungseok joins Color Lab!
Color Lab welcomes a new member, Hyungseok Moon (문형석). He recently received his Bachelor’s degree from KAIST, double-majoring in Bio & Brain Engineering and Industrial Design. His research interests lie at the intersection of color psychology, cognitive science, beauty, and AI. Hyungseok first joined Color Lab as an undergraduate intern in the spring of 2025,…
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Award-Wining Paper on Skin Tone–Specific Motivations for Face Makeup
Hyungseok Moon (문형석), an undergraduate intern of Color Lab, presented his study at the 2025 Spring Conference of Korean Society of Emotion and Sensibility (한국감성과학회), and received a ‘Special Award(특별상)’ in a session of ‘Next Generation Scholars’. Titled “Skin Tone–Specific Motivations for Face Makeup: Insights from an E-Commerce Review Analysis (리뷰 데이터 기반 피부톤 별…
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Happy Teacher’s Day!
Color Lab was thrilled to welcome back our alumni and alumnae. It was truly heartwarming to see everyone again. One of the most beautiful traditions is singing the special song “스승의 은혜” together—a meaningful way to honor our teachers. We are all, in some way, students of our mentors and mentors to others. May 15…