Most of his works start with observing people and building meaningful interactions in the physical environment. Recently, his research has focused on making tools to augment or mediate body and mind at the intersection of technology and design.
김근욱은 물리적인 인터랙션을 발굴해내어 일상생활 또는 전시 공간에 풀어놓는 작업을 한다. 기술과 맞닿아 있는 지점에서 인간의 신체와 마음을 매개하는 도구를 만들어내는 것에 관심을 갖고 있다.
김근욱은 물리적인 인터랙션을 발굴해내어 일상생활 또는 전시 공간에 풀어놓는 작업을 한다. 기술과 맞닿아 있는 지점에서 인간의 신체와 마음을 매개하는 도구를 만들어내는 것에 관심을 갖고 있다.
CV
Education
Harvard University
MDE, Design Engineering
2022, Dropped out
Seoul National University
BFA, Industrial Design / HCI
2015 - 2021
University of Arts London
BA, Interaction Design Arts
2019 - 2020
Publications
Post-plant3: The Third Type of a Series of Non-humanoid Robots with an Embedded Physical Interaction: The development of non-verbal human-robot interaction framework and interactive robot prototypes.
UIST '21: The Adjunct Publication of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (October.2021)
Post-plant: A Series of Non-humanoid Robots with Embedded Physical Non-verbal Interaction: The Development of Non-Verbal Human-Robot Interaction Framework and Input/Output Integrated Motor Interface co-authored with Jaeyeon Park, Taeyun Li
CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (May.2021)
Honk? Talk!: Designing Driver-to-Driver Communication Methods for Social Driving / co-authored with Eun Jee Sung, Hyesun Chung, Jooseung You
DIS '19 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2019 Companion (June.2019)
AVEC: power assist vehicle enriching communication using intuitive interface, A contextual inquiry of AVEC: power assist wheelchair enhancing communication / co-authored with Jaehoon Kim, Minkyung Kim, Hotae Lee, Jungwook Moon
HRI '19: Proceedings of the 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (March.2019)
Power-Assisted Wheelchair Platform based on Load Cell Interface for the Elderly,co-authored with Jaehoon Kim, Minkyung Kim, Hotae Lee, Jungwook Moon The 14th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (Jan.2019)
Registered patents: Korean patent number 1020190140919, 1020200003897, design patent 3020190010604(M001)
Exhibitions
ZER01NE DAY(Hyundai Motor Group exhibition)
2021
DDP seoul design fair
2021
London Science Museum Lates
2020
Seoul National Uni. – Teheran Uni. Exchange exhibition
2017
Art Space@SNU
2016 - 2018
Awards and Honors
ZER01NE commissioned artist sponsorship ($42000)
2021
DDP young designer sopnsorship ($2000)
2021
ArtCenter Nabi creative research sponsorship ($7000)
2021
Arts Vision / Excellence Scholarship ($23000)
2015 - 2020
Undergraduate Research Program Funding($6500)
2020
Fung Scholarship (£22500)
2019
Student Design Competition winner at 2019 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction
2019
BMW-Seoul National University Research Competition winner ($2700)
2018
Creative Design Fair winner
2020
Super Challenge Hackathon winner
2018
KADA Asia Design Grand Prix winner
2017
Skills
Design
Rhino&Grasshopper, Fusion360, Keyshot, Maya, V-ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere, and more ...
Programming
C, Arduino, Processing, HTML, JavaScript, Python
Prototyping
Model making, Unity, Unreal Engine, Illustrator, Protopie,
Kinect, Leapmotion
Workshops
Woodworking, Metalworking, Laser Cutting, 3D printing, Solering, Vacuum Forming