Ji Lee
이지별
Born in Seoul, Korea
Moves to Sao Paulo, Brazil
(at the age of 10)
Moves to New York City
(for college)
Lives and works in New York
Education
Parsons School of Design
BFA, Communication Design
NY, 1995
Full Time
Google Creative Lab, NY
Creative Director
July, 2008 to Now
Droga5, NY
Creative Director
2006 to 2008
Unicef, New Museum, Esquire, Tracfone
Saatchi & Saatchi, NY
Art Director
1999 to 2003
Head & Shoulders, Tylenol,
Cheerios, Beck's Beer, Old Spice
Tsang Seymour Design, NY
Designer
1997 to 1998
MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim
Frankfurt Balkind Partners, NY
Designer
1996
LG, Sony, MTV, NCR
Freelance
Wieden & Kennedy, NY
Nike
Euro RSCG, NY
Jaguar
Berlin Cameron, NY
Coca-Cola, Samsung
BBDO, NY
Pizza Hut
Mcgarry bowen, NY
Kraft, Verizon
Publicis, NY
Heineken
Saatchi & Saatchi, Hong Kong
Canon
Awards
Cannes Titanium Lion, 2008
Tap Project for Unicef
Andy Gold / Integrated Branding Campaign, 2008
Tap Project for Unicef
One Show Silver / Integrated Branding Campaign, 2008
Tap Project for Unicef
Finalist
World Changing Ideas Award by Saatchi & Saatchi, 1999
Finalist
Athena Awards by RISD, 2005
Winner
AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers, 2005
Univers Revolved, A 3-D Alphabet
Winner
New York Book Award, 2004
Univers Revolved, A 3-D Alphabet
Talks & Lectures
99% Conference by Behance
New York
MIT
Roflcon, Cambridge
Harvard University
Cyberactivism and Culture Jamming, Cambridge
Columbia University
Guest Lecturer, Fine Arts Graduate Program, NY
MoMA
Public Art for Youth, NY
GEL Conference, NY
The Art Directors Club
Designism 2.0, NY
AIGA
Gain Conference, NY
Seoul University
Seoul, Korea
Hongik University, An Sang Su's master class
Seoul, Korea
CEC Arts Link in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan, Kazahkzstan
Talks & Lectures
MIT
Futures of Entertainments Conference, Cambridge
Johnson & Johnson
Global Marketing Summit, NY
Pro Arte, Russia
Master Class in Public Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
FILE / International Electronic Language Festival
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Next Big Idea Conference
VNU Media, NY
Creative Industries Conference
Berlin, Germany
Stefan Sagmeister Class
School of Visual Arts, NY
Indaba Conference
Cape Town, South Africa
American for the Arts Conference
"Public Art: The Next Generation", Philadelphia
Teachings
Instructor
School of Visual Arts, NY
BFA Senior Portfolio Class
2006 to Present
Instructor
Parsons School of Design, NY
BFA Sophomore Program
2001 to 2002
Exhibitions
"Picnic on the City" / Sangsangmadang Gallery
Seoul, Korea 2009
"Joy Ride" / Anonymous Gallery
New York, 2009
"Dialogue" / Breda Graphic Design Museum
Breda, Holland, 2008
"3D Alphabet and 3D Chess Board" / Raduga Mall
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008
Belgrade Arts Festival
Belgrade, Serbia, 2006
50 Books / 50 Covers, AIGA
NY, 2006
Catalyst! / Experimental Design Biennial
Lisbon, Portugal, 2005
Special Interests
Bubbling
Mountain-biking
Bicycling
The Knicks
Yankees
Watching Soccer
Japanese toys
Anime
Miniatures
Karaoke
Sci-fi
Street Art
Remix
Miles Davis, Jazz pre 60's, Minimal techno, Baroque, Soul/R&B, Brazilian, Studio One, pretty much everything except country, salsa and tango
Buddhism
Heels
Scuba-diving
Sushi
Brazil
Sites I love
Google.com
Pandora.com
NYTimes.com
YouTube.com
Hypem.com
Geekologie.com
WoosterCollective.com
Films I love
The Matrix
Blade Runner
Pather Panchali
The Third Man
Amarcord
Through the Olive Trees
Stroszek
Spirited Away
Crash (Cronenberg)
The Meaning of Life
