Hyeongwon Ha is a designer with six years of experience and strength in lettering and typography. She developed diverse projects,
from brand identity to title lettering for animations, books, and spatial graphics, covering various mediums, including 3D artworks, publications, and signage. She collaborated with museums, art galleries, cultural foundations, architectural firms, advertising agencies, and design studios.
Work Experience
Aug 2017 - Present / Freelance Designer
Dec 2020 - Feb 2022 / Brand Designer at BATON, Seoul, Korea
Education
Sep 2022–Sep 2023 MA Typeface Design, University Of Reading, UK
Mar 2012 - Feb 2017 BFA Visual Communication Design, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Lectures and Workshops
2023 English-Korean Translator | Hangul Lettering workshop by SANDOLL | ATypi Paris 2023
2022 Guest Lecturer | Hongik University, MA Typeface Design course, Seoul, Korea
2022 Guest Lecturer | Hongik University, BA Typeface Design course, Seoul, Korea 
2021 Lettering Tutor | 4-week Lettering Course for designers | FDSC Feminist Designer Social Club 
2021 Lettering Tutor | 4-week Lettering Course for designers | FDSC Feminist Designer Social Club 
2020 Lettering Tutor | FFlaghigh | Summer design workshop for women design Students | FDSC 
2019 Guest Lecturer | Lecture on Hangul Lettering | BIG RIVER POSTER FESTA
2019 Guest Lecturer | Lecture on Hangul Lettering | Mapo Employment and Welfare Centre 
Interviews: Magazine & Press
2022 Typeface: Hangul Glyphs Tutorial 
2020 Featured as a lettering artist | Daily Guide interview series on creators | 29CM
2020 Typeface: The Value of Being Together Independent typeface designers and typefaces | SAMWON PAPER 
2019 Typeface | Dear Ido | DESIGN #484 
2018 Typeface | Redrawing the Typefaces of History | THE BIG ISSUE KOREA #189
2018 Newly Rising Stars in the Design World | MY FOLIO HIGHLIGHT | CA #236, p. 32
2018 Typeface Dyowoong | LETTERSEED 16 | Korean Society of Typography, p.112~119
2017 Featured as a small design studio | Tail Biting Studios C-04 | NAVER DESIGN PRESS
Featured Exhibitions
2022 Lettering, 3D artwork | THE 4th HANGEUL DESIGN PROJECT:
2022 REINTERPRETING HANGEUL IN THE MODERN ERA | National Hangeul Museum  
2021 Lettering | Typojanchi 2021 7th international typography biennale
2020 Lettering | Participated in NEO-TRIBE online exhibition
2020 Lettering | Songs: Putting Life into Melody | National Hangeul Museum 
2019 Poster design | Substitute Test | JJIFJeonju International Film Festival 100FILMS, 100POSTERS
2019 Variable Typeface design | Ghost Orchid | Typojanchi 2019 6th international typography biennale 
2018 Poster design | Damdadi | Big River Poster Festival
2017 Poster design | Funeral: About Dying Art, JJIFJeonju International Film Festival 100FILMS, 100 Posters
2017 Poster design | Sun paradise | Typojanchi 2017 5th international typography biennale
Experience
2021-Present | Member | Korean Society of Typography | koreantypography.org
2023-Present | Member | ATypi Association Typographique Internationale | atypi.org
2018-2023 | Member | FDSC Feminist Designer Social Club | fdsc.kr

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