Background

In 1997, CJ Kim received a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from Chungang University in South Korea. Then he worked at an engineering company, Jasstech Corporation, for six years. He started with designing machinery for stage equipment, and later he worked for the technical marketing department for overseas markets. After this professional experience, he decided to study for a Master’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering at the University of Delft, Netherlands. He specialized in design for interaction with a particular focus on cultural diversity in design.

After his Master’s, he kept studying the role of culture in the field of industrial design. In April 2007, CJ started his PhD research on User Characteristics, part of the Design for Usability project. He will focus on the relationship between diverse users and their usability problems. The project allows him to follow his interest in diversity in design, encompassing cultural influence.

“Consumer products would be nothing but objects of art or rubbish without Usability.”