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Personal profile
Biography
Gyungju Chyon’s work focuses on relationships between designed things, environments, and people through engaging natural phenomena and exploring materialities. She is interested in delving beyond technological performance, seeking deeper and meaningful connections between things, environment and people for our health, well-being, and ecological living. Through her design studio Little Wonder, partnered with Dr. John Sadar, she interpolates between installations and product design. Little Wonder has collaborated with international companies such as Rosenthal (DEU), Interface (USA), Duravit (DEU), Emotis (FRA), and Lucifer Lighting (USA). Her work has been globally exhibited in venues in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and has been published both in design magazines such as I.D, Metropolis and Domus, and academic publications through conferences, journals and books.
Prior to joining Spatial Design at Monash, she was an assistant Professor of MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design at Parsons School of Design in New York. She earned her PhD at RMIT University in Melbourne, an MA in furniture and interior architecture at Aalto University in Helsinki, and a BA in industrial design at Hongik University in Seoul.
She previously served on the board of directors for Craft, promoting craft and design culture within Victoria, Australia, and was the director of Melbourne Movement, fostering young Melbourne designers by annually exhibiting their work at Salone Del Mobile in Milan. She has lived and worked in New York, Seoul, Helsinki, Toronto, Philadelphia, and Melbourne.
Education/Academic qualification
Design, PhD
Award Date: 1 Sep 2019
Interior Architecture and Furniture Design, MFA, Aalto University
Award Date: 1 Dec 1998
Industrial Design, BFA, Hongik University
Award Date: 1 Mar 1993
design, PhD, RMIT University
Research area keywords
- materiality
- agency
- sensorial experience
- experimental design
- product design
- spatial design
- installation design
- industrial design
Network
Projects
- 1 Active
Research output
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'10 Kinds of Fog' - SM - 'The Journey of Extraordinary Encounters'
Chyon, G. & Sadar, J., 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Other
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Environmental data expressed through the dynamics of fog and air
Chyon, G. & Sadar, J. S., 2021, Data, Matter, Design: Strategies in Computational Design. Melendez, F., Diniz, N. & Del Signore, M. (eds.). New York, USA: Routledge, p. 130-135 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Designing With Fog
Sadar, J. & Chyon, G., 2020, Ambiances, Alloæsthesia: Senses, Inventions, Worlds: Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Ambiances. Masson, D. (ed.). International Ambiances Network, p. 168-173 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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'10 Kinds of Fog' - SM - Science Gallery Detroit
Chyon, G. & Sadar, J., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Other
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10 Short Films About Fog
Sadar, J. S. & Chyon, G., 2019, In: Journal of Architectural Education. 73, 1, p. 115-119 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)