{"id":36,"date":"2021-11-15T00:24:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mingyeonglee.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:04:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mingyeonglee.com\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mingyeonglee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Designer_Profile1_BW-683x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mingyeonglee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Designer_Profile1_BW-683x1024.avif 683w, https:\/\/mingyeonglee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Designer_Profile1_BW-200x300.avif 200w, https:\/\/mingyeonglee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Designer_Profile1_BW.avif 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graduating from Hongik University in Seoul, Min pursued her training in ceramics, glass, and product design before continuing her studies at Domus Academy in Milan. She has been based in Munich, developing her practice at the intersection of industrial design and craftsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over this period, she has worked across design strategy, industrial design, and packaging. Her contributions have included defining CMF specifications, selecting colors and finishes for final production, proposing design language concepts for brand identity, interpreting user research into actionable insight, and delivering trend research for clients, work carried out with companies such as Bosch, Vodafone, Fucina, Kensington, and Cornetto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Min, design is a discipline rooted in the hand as much as the eye. Priority is given to hands-on creation, prototyping, mould making, and 3D printing, bringing an idea into physical form before it reaches production. This process, she believes, gives a designer the fullest and most honest understanding of an object, without losing sight of the sensuality of materials and the craftsmanship behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Min&#8217;s individuality as a designer draws on her ceramic art practice as much as her product design training, giving her work an eye for form, material, and detail that spans both disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/minniejadelee\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2022, Isola Design Awards, Winner selected by Monkey 47<br>2022, IF Design Talent Award<br>2021, &#8220;TSINGTAO BEER GIFT PACK&#8221; Product Design Competition, Best Design Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2026, Munich Design Business Week, ODD82, &#8220;\uc9d1: Zu House&#8221;, Germany<br>2024, Milan Design Week 2024 (<em>Salone<\/em>&nbsp;del Mobile), Italy<br>2023, Milan Design Week 2023 (Fuori Salone 2023), \u201cTAKE CARE! OF YOUR MIND, BODY, AND ENVIRONMENT&#8221;, Italy<br>2023, Urban Art Season Guangzhou International Public Art Fair, China<br>2022, &#8220;IF Design Talent Award 2022&#8221;, iF Design Center Chengdu, China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating from Hongik University in Seoul, Min pursued her training in ceramics, glass, and product design before continuing her studies at Domus Academy in Milan. She has been based in Munich, developing her practice at the intersection of industrial design and craftsmanship. 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