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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…