Hello!
My name is Geunhee Lee (hear my name) and I am a designer and design researcher based in Seoul, Korea.

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Highly motivated by the human-centered design for digital services and information communication, I design and research the intersection between user engagement and digital transformation that lead toward an inclusive and networked society.

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My name is Geunhee Lee and I am a UX designer and design researcher.

Highly motivated by the digital transformation of public service and public information communication, I design and research on the dynamics of civic engagement and potentials that lead toward inclusive and networked society.

Early sketch for this site ⇾
Random fact about Geunhee

She is a cat person.

Education

Master of City Planning (Concentration: City Design and Development)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Double major: Industrial Design & Visual Communication Design)
HongIk University
Seoul, South Korea



Research and Work Experience

2021
Civic Innovation Corps Fellow
Coding it Forward  Remote (Assigned city: City of Boston, MA)

2020
Equitable Resilience Research - Summer Research Fellow
The MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Cambridge, MA

2014-2019
UX Designer
Samsung Electronics
Seoul/Suwon, South Korea 

2011
Research Intern
User experience Lab
Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology
Seoul National University
Suwon, South Korea

UI Design Intern
Motorola Mobility Korea CXD Studio Seoul
Seoul, South Korea
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The Blue Bird
2021
Information connection
2021
CIVIC-19
2020
We Are Full When We Are Full
2020
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Samsung projects
2019
The Blue Bird
Information connection
CIVIC-19
We Are Full When We Are Full
Clean Air, Green Travel
Samsung projects
All
UX
Research
Data
Product
Art
The Blue Bird
2021
Dear Charlie
2021
Information connection
2021
CIVIC-19
2020
NYC Schools in Flood Zone
2020
We Are Full When We Are Full
2020
Form Follows Theory
2020
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Connectivity Atlas
2020
Samsung projects
2019
Braille map
2018
VERNACULAR
2018
Silver Cloud
2013
Doljabi
2013
BRAVI
2013
Ziggle
2012
BackPad UI
2012
Doodles
2012
Draw your year
2012
Radio Active
2012
Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing
2011
Mammamia
2011
Interac+able
2011
Handy Cooking
2011
Yocto Planet
2011
Goolee goolee
2010
Interactive Elevator
2009
Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody
2009
Our Garden
2009
Seoul i
2009
Nobody 2: Marrionnette
2009
The Nothing Book
2008
A Pine Cone
2008
Coke
2008
CIVIC-19
NYC Schools in Flood Zone
We Are Full When We Are Full
Form Follows Theory
Clean Air, Green Travel
Connectivity Atlas
Braille map
VERNACULAR
Silver Cloud
Doljabi
BRAVI
Ziggle
BackPad UI
Doodles
Draw your year
Radio Active
Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing
Mammamia
Interac+able
Handy Cooking
Yocto Planet
Goolee goolee
Interactive Elevator
Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody
Our Garden
Seoul i
Nobody 2: Marrionnette
The Nothing Book
A Pine Cone
Coke
The Blue Bird
2021
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Samsung projects
2019
BRAVI
2013
BackPad UI
2012
Doodles
2012
Handy Cooking
2011
Interactive Elevator
2009
The Blue Bird
2021
The Blue Bird
2021
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Samsung projects
2019
Samsung projects
2019
BRAVI
2013
BRAVI
2013
BackPad UI
2012
BackPad UI
2012
Doodles
2012
Doodles
2012
Handy Cooking
2011
Handy Cooking
2011
Interactive Elevator
2009
Interactive Elevator
2009
The Blue Bird
2021
Information connection
2021
CIVIC-19
2020
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Braille map
2018
BRAVI
2013
Interactive Elevator
2009
Our Garden
2009
Seoul i
2009
The Blue Bird
2021
The Blue Bird
2021
Information connection
2021
Information connection
2021
CIVIC-19
2020
CIVIC-19
2020
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Clean Air, Green Travel
2020
Braille map
2018
Braille map
2018
BRAVI
2013
BRAVI
2013
Interactive Elevator
2009
Interactive Elevator
2009
Our Garden
2009
Our Garden
2009
Seoul i
2009
Seoul i
2009
CIVIC-19
2020
NYC Schools in Flood Zone
2020
We Are Full When We Are Full
2020
Connectivity Atlas
2020
CIVIC-19
2020
CIVIC-19
2020
NYC Schools in Flood Zone
2020
NYC Schools in Flood Zone
2020
We Are Full When We Are Full
2020
We Are Full When We Are Full
2020
Connectivity Atlas
2020
Connectivity Atlas
2020
Silver Cloud
2013
Doljabi
2013
Ziggle
2012
Draw your year
2012
Radio Active
2012
Mammamia
2011
Interac+able
2011
Yocto Planet
2011
Goolee goolee
2010
A Pine Cone
2008
Coke
2008
Silver Cloud
2013
Silver Cloud
2013
Doljabi
2013
Doljabi
2013
Ziggle
2012
Ziggle
2012
Draw your year
2012
Draw your year
2012
Radio Active
2012
Radio Active
2012
Mammamia
2011
Mammamia
2011
Interac+able
2011
Interac+able
2011
Yocto Planet
2011
Yocto Planet
2011
Goolee goolee
2010
Goolee goolee
2010
A Pine Cone
2008
A Pine Cone
2008
Coke
2008
Coke
2008
Dear Charlie
2021
Form Follows Theory
2020
VERNACULAR
2018
Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing
2011
Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody
2009
Nobody 2: Marrionnette
2009
The Nothing Book
2008
Dear Charlie
2021
Dear Charlie
2021
Form Follows Theory
2020
Form Follows Theory
2020
VERNACULAR
2018
VERNACULAR
2018
Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing
2011
Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing
2011
Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody
2009
Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody
2009
Nobody 2: Marrionnette
2009
Nobody 2: Marrionnette
2009
The Nothing Book
2008
The Nothing Book
2008

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a decision, a judgment, & a promise
with “care, responsibility, respect and knowledge are mutually interdependent.”
— Erich Fromm
capabilities
I explore diverse design practices
User Experience Design
Design Research
Data Visualization
Product Design
Art
competence
Design Ethnography
Quantitative and qualitative research skills to understand users and identify the real questions
Tools
Contextual inquiry, Interview, Survey, User analysis, Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Visual Storytelling
Visualization to communicate the core design value and message with various audiences
Tools
Storyboarding, Wireframing, Prototyping, Data visualization, Photography
works ⇾
Email
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