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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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Scientific Reports Features Colorlab’s Research on Cosmetic Discoloration
Colorlab proudly introduces our recent study on foundation discoloration, published in Scientific Reports. This work examines 32 liquid foundation shades from four global brands, addressing a practical yet underexplored issue in cosmetic science. In collaboration with AMOREPACIFIC (아모레퍼시픽), Colorlab’s long-term industry partner, we confirmed that “darkening” remains a common user concern. While our earlier research…
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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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Byeongjin Wins Best Student Award for Smart Lighting System
Byeongjin Kim (김병진) presented his recent work on automated lighting for home appliances at the 2025 Asia Lighting Conference (ALC) in Chongqing, where he received the Best Student Award. Titled “Context-Aware Automated Lighting System for Winecellars and Home Appliances,” the study introduces a smart rule-based lighting system that adapts to user context and surrounding conditions,…
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Exploring Lighting Experience in Product Design
Byeongjin Kim (김병진), a Ph.D. candidate at Color Lab, has published a paper titled “User Experience Factors of Home Appliance Lighting (가전제품의 조명이 형성하는 사용자 경험 요인)” in Archives of Design Research (AoDR), Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 253–267. As part of his ongoing doctoral dissertation, the study explores how lighting quality influences user perception…
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Lighting as UX: Byeongjin Wins Best Paper Award
Byeongjin Kim (김병진) presented his research, titled “Exploring the Effects of Lighting in Home Appliances (가전제품 조명의 효과에 대한 탐색),” at the 2025 Spring Conference of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility (한국감성과학회). His study highlighted how in-product lighting goes beyond mere illumination—enhancing user experience and reinforcing brand value. For this achievement, he received…
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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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Article on Lipstick Color Labeling
Color Lab’s new article, “Categorization and Labeling of Red Variations in Lip Makeup,” has been published in Color Research & Application as an open-access paper. As part of Dr. Boram Kim (김보람)’s Ph.D. research, the study combines spectrophotometric measurements with visual assessments to explore the relationship between physical color data and human color perception in…
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Context-Aware Lighting for Smarter Appliances
Byeongjin Kim (김병진) presented his recent work on automated lighting for home appliances at the 2025 Spring Conference of Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation (한국조명설비학회 학술대회). Titled “Design and Implementation of an Automated In-Product Lighting System,” the study introduces a smart lighting system that responds to user context and surrounding conditions, going beyond…
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Bringing Art to KAIST: A Museum in a Tech Campus
Invited by the Korean Museum Association (한국박물관협회), Professor Suk delivered a keynote speech at the 2025 ICOM (International Council of Museums) Conference. In her talk, she shared the story of how an art museum was envisioned and established within KAIST—a university traditionally rooted in science and engineering. Aligned with the conference theme, “The Future of…
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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…
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Harmonizing Lighting Environments: New Insights from Byeongjin’s IJIE Publication
Byeongjin (병진)’s empirical study on the viewing experience under multiple lighting conditions has been published in the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (IJIE) as an open-access article. This research was inspired by an everyday challenge: the bluish light inside a refrigerator contrasted sharply with the warmer, yellowish lighting of the dining room, resulting in a…