Interview with Joon Sang Baek


Joon Sang Baek (Ulsan, Korea) with Elisa Bertolotti, Andrea Mendoza

18-07-2013 \\\ 11 pm Ulsan (Korea) | 4 pm Milan (Italy) | 9 am Bogotà (Colombia)

Dr. Joon Sang Baek is an assistant professor at the School of Design and Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). He is the director of DESIS@UNIST. His research areas include design for social innovation and sustainability, transformation design, service design for the public sector, and product service system design.

He received his PhD at Politecnico di Milano with a dissertation focusing on the role of ICTs in empowering collaborative service from socio-technical perspective. He was a member of the Design and Innovation for Sustainability (DIS) research unit where he conducted. Before he came to Milan, he was an user experience designer at Samsung Mobile. He developed various mobile UX guidelines for both domestic and international markets. He completed a BSc in industrial design and a MSc in interaction design at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). His master thesis was on a participatory design approach to information design for children.

DESIS @UNISTUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology ‐ Ulsan (Korea)