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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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Immersive Evaluation of In-Product Lighting Design Using Virtual Reality
Colorlab introduces Byeongjin Kim’s (김병진) latest publication, “Immersive Evaluation of In-Product Lighting Design Using Virtual Reality,” in Virtual Reality. The study examines how virtual reality can serve as a practical evaluation tool for lighting design in home appliances. Building on lighting concepts developed through a designer workshop, the research implements a set of representative scenarios…
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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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Amina showed AI-Powered Lighting Ideation Tool at 2025 KIIEE
Amina Rakhimzhanova (아미나 락힘츠하노바) and Byeongjin Kim (김병진) presented a recent study at the 2025 Annual Autumn Conference of the Korean Institute of Illumination and Electrical Installation Engineers (한국조명·전기설비학회), held in Buyeo (부여). Amina delivered an insightful perspective on the use of AI in product lighting by introducing an AI-powered platform that enables designers to…
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Heesoo Presents Lighting Cube at 2025 KIIEE
Heesoo Kim (김희수) and Byeongjin Kim (김병진) presented a paper entitled “Lighting Cube: A Lighting Experiment Unit for Product Lighting Design Exploration,” at the 2025 Annual Autumn Conference of the Korean Institute of Illumination and Electrical Installation Engineers (한국조명·전기설비학회), held in Buyeo (부여). The study introduced the Lighting Cube, a compact experimental unit developed to…
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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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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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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…
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Byeongjin’s Article in LRT
We are thrilled to share that a new research article by Byeongjin Kim (김병진) has been published in Lighting Research & Technology (LRT). Titled “Context-Aware Lighting for Office Lounge with Simple Algorithm,” this study explores how colored lighting can enhance the ambiance of a lounge area. It also presents an algorithm that automatically adjusts lighting…
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Light and Lighting Style Factors by Byeongjin
A new publication by Byeongjin Kim (김병진) in the Journal of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility (감성과학). This article delves into the stylistic factors of light and lighting, aiming to inspire innovative approaches in light design. Byeongjin’s research was motivated by the idea that our unique, everyday experiences with light remain underexplored. By…