Director Joohwang Kim Co-Founder of lllayer In July 2025, Alo Yoga officially opened its first flagship store in Asia near Dosan Park in Seoul. As one of the fastest-growing forces in the premium athleisure market, Alo Yoga surpassed USD 1 billion in annual revenue by 2022 and has consistently maintained an annual growth rate exceeding 40%. This trajectory fueled a staggering USD 4 bill...

Architect Muneji Toh Founder & Representative Director, Muneji Toh Architects "Muneji Toh is a Japanese architect and designer who explores how physical structures of space can also embody emotion, ethics, and cultural tradition through the language of design. This interview offers an in-depth perspective on the distinctly Japanese sensibility found in his architectural work, h...

Xinhong Yeh Creative Director,  CoFound Group       In the digital age, what makes a brand memorable at first glance? The answer is undoubtedly imagery. A brand’s first impression is shaped through visual language across websites, social media, product packaging, exhibition spaces, and even unboxing moments. Before any product is touched, imagery delivers the most immediate and powerful...

  Designer Ding Wang (Left), Shutian Shen (Right) EZVIZ Design Center       "Ding Wang and Shutian Shen are lead designers at EZVIZ, a global smart home brand that explores how technology can quietly and meaningfully integrate into everyday life. As designers working at the intersection of advanced security, IoT, and AI, they focus not only on functionality but on shaping emotional exper...

Architect Muneji Toh Founder & Representative Director, Muneji Toh Architects "Muneji Toh is a Japanese architect and designer who explores how physical structures of space can also embody emotion, ethics, and cultural tradition through the language of design. This interview offers an in-depth perspective on the distinctly Japanese sensibility found in his architectural work, h...

  Designer Ding Wang (Left), Shutian Shen (Right) EZVIZ Design Center       "Ding Wang and Shutian Shen are lead designers at EZVIZ, a global smart home brand that explores how technology can quietly and meaningfully integrate into everyday life. As designers working at the intersection of advanced security, IoT, and AI, they focus not only on functionality but on shaping emotional exper...

  Karl Adrian Aguro Design Director, Uncurated Studio       "In the southern island of Mindanao, Karl Aguro has quietly built a design practice rooted in community, culture, and clarity. As the founder of Uncurated Studio, a one-person design studio based in Cagayan de Oro, Aguro balances experimental design with commercial work, all while amplifying the visibility of regional creativity...

  Director Eitaro Satake Architect at teamSTAR       "Director Eitaro Satake, architect at teamSTAR and winner of ADP’s Design of the Year, pursues structures that echo nature and forms that endure. His award winning Villa A breathes with its site through a vaulted roof of continuous CLT arches that recall white waves, emerald flooring that suggests a shallow sea, and a shell like floa...

Director Joohwang Kim Co-Founder of lllayer In July 2025, Alo Yoga officially opened its first flagship store in Asia near Dosan Park in Seoul. As one of the fastest-growing forces in the premium athleisure market, Alo Yoga surpassed USD 1 billion in annual revenue by 2022 and has consistently maintained an annual growth rate exceeding 40%. This trajectory fueled a staggering USD 4 bill...

Xinhong Yeh Creative Director,  CoFound Group       In the digital age, what makes a brand memorable at first glance? The answer is undoubtedly imagery. A brand’s first impression is shaped through visual language across websites, social media, product packaging, exhibition spaces, and even unboxing moments. Before any product is touched, imagery delivers the most immediate and powerful...

Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi Professor at Hanyang University We now live in an era where artificial intelligence produces flawless efficiency and impeccable forms. Yet paradoxically, we find ourselves drawn to imperfection—the kind left by the human hand. The language of design no longer speaks through smooth surfaces and precise calculations alone, but through subtle tremors and traces t...

A few years ago, I was invited to give a talk at a design company. While preparing, I asked the CEO a simple question: “Since I’m not a designer, what would you like me to talk about to your team?” He thought for a moment and said, “Rather than using the language of design, I’d like you to talk about branding from your point of view.” In that moment, I knew exactly what message I wante...