Keywon Chung

The Media Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E15-354
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
USA
keywon@media~mit~edu

MIT Media Lab

Research Assistant
2008 - Present | Cabridge, MA

A member of the Tangible Media Group, led by Professor Hiroshi Ishii

IDEO

Interaction Designer
2005 - 2007 | Palo Alto, CA

• Developed wide range of deliverables from service model concepts to screen user
  interface flow to visual design to Flash prototypes, collaborating with
  Human / Business Factors, Industrial Design and Engineering experts
• Conducted Human Factors research and cultural interpretation in domestic and overseas projects
• Contributed to business development with Korean clients, compiling proposals and
  promotion materials, communicating with Directors and VPs in
  corporations including LG, NHN, and Hyundai
• Facilitated workshops teaching IDEO’s process to executive MBA students and corporate clients

Microsoft

Product Designer, Office
2002 - 2005 | Redmond, WA

• Responsible for UI and content design for SmartArt, a new diagramming tool built in
  Office 2007, and for Visio 2007 as part of IDEA Gold winning design team
• Key player in defining product scope, development plan, and maintaining the
  user experience (UX) quality of SmartArt, a version one product
• Jointly created a design process with a usability specialist, and presented it
  as a Best Practices case at Microsoft’s companywide UX Day

Studio A/R/K

Co-Founder & Jack of All Trades
2001 - 2002 | Pittsburgh, PA

• Co-founded a design collective upon graduation
• Pursuaded a client from undergraduate independent study to become the first customer
• Environmental and graphic design for community oriented non-profit organizations
• Advocated the importance of contextual research and iterative process in making design decisions
• Roller coaster signage, designed to boost young audience’s interest in science
  and engineering as a career, earned an Honorable Mention by ID Magazine

Carnegie Mellon University

School of Design
2000 - 2001 | Pittsburgh, PA

• Interaction Designer, Samsung 3G device concept
• Motion Graphics Designer, “Designing with Time” CD-ROM, an acceptance to Muriel Cooper Award by Professor Dan Boyarski

Reactivity

Entrepreneual Design Intern
Summer 2000 | Austin, TX

• Storyboarded e-business scenarios
• Prototyped Reactivity website’s client access area

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Master’s Candidate
2008 - Present | Cabridge, MA

S.M. in Media Arts and Sciences
Expected 2010

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Fine Arts
2001 | Pittsburgh, PA

• Double major, Communication Design and Human-Computer Interaction
• Cumulative QPA 3.78 / 4.00, Phi Kappa Phi
• Actively pursued growth through two semesters of self-defined courses and industy projects
• Received Small Undergraduate Research Grant

Seoul National University

Enrolled for 3 Semesters
1996 - 1997 | Seoul, Korea

• Department of Industrial and Visual Commiunication Design
• Top 10% scholarship and tuition exemption upon entrance

US #20060212801

Pending

Method and computer-readable medium for fitting text to shapes within a graphic

Meet by Accident

Group Exhibition
August 2007 | New York, NY

ID Magazine Annual Design Review

Honorable Mention, Student Work
2002

iF Competition

Jury Assessment Exhibition
November 2001 | Hannover, Germany

AIGA Pittsburgh Show

Exhibition, Self-Promotion
February 2002 | Pittsburgh, PA

DesignNet Magazine

November 2007

Article, “Meet by Accident” Exhibition Review, pp 126-141

Microsoft UX Day

Best Practices Co-Presenter
2005

Hendel, S., Chung, K., “From Vision to Reality: IGX Product Design Process”

Industrial Designers Society of America, National Education Conference

Co-Author
2002

Chung, Uchida and Wei, “Practicing Beliefs: Undergraduate Education Translates to a Proactive Partnership”

Blueprint for Gender Equity in Education Conference

Co-presenter
Stony Brook, NY, 2002

“Gender Equity in Math/Science Literacy and… Roller Coasters? A Collaborative Effort to Create a New Context for Community Learning”

School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University

Guest Speaker
Pittsburgh, PA, 2002

“Bridging the Gap between User and Client, ” Design History II Course