Hello!

My name is Geunhee Lee (hear my name) and
I am a designer and design researcher.

Highly motivated by the human-centered design for public service and public information communication, I design and research the intersection between civic engagement and digital transformation that lead toward an inclusive and networked society.

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My name is Geunhee Lee and I am a UX designer and design researcher.

Highly motivated by the digital transformation of public service and public information communication, I design and research on the dynamics of civic engagement and potentials that lead toward inclusive and networked society.

Early sketch for this site ⇾

Random fact about Geunhee

Reading Victor Papanek's book 'Design for the Real World' in her teenage changed her life forever.

Education

Master of City Planning (Concentration: City Design and Development)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Double major: Industrial Design & Visual Communication Design)
HongIk University
Seoul, South Korea

Research and Work Experience

2021
Civic Innovation Corps Fellow
Coding it Forward Remote (Assigned city: City of Boston, MA)

2020
Equitable Resilience Research - Summer Research Fellow
The MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Cambridge, MA

2014-2019
UX Designer
Samsung Electronics
Seoul/Suwon, South Korea

2011
Research Intern
User experience Lab
Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology
Seoul National University
Suwon, South Korea

UI Design Intern
Motorola Mobility Korea CXD Studio Seoul
Seoul, South Korea

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PPR System Usability

Information connection

We Are Full When We Are Full

Clean Air, Green Travel

PPR System Usability

Information connection

We Are Full When We Are Full

Clean Air, Green Travel

PPR System Usability

Clean Air, Green Travel

Samsung projects

Interactive Elevator

PPR System Usability

PPR System Usability

Clean Air, Green Travel

Clean Air, Green Travel

Samsung projects

Samsung projects

Interactive Elevator

Interactive Elevator

Connectivity Atlas

NYC Schools in Flood Zone

We Are Full When We Are Full

Connectivity Atlas

Connectivity Atlas

NYC Schools in Flood Zone

NYC Schools in Flood Zone

We Are Full When We Are Full

We Are Full When We Are Full

Form Follows Theory

Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing

Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody

Nobody 2: Marrionnette

The Nothing Book

Form Follows Theory

Form Follows Theory

Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing

Nobody 3: Stream of Nothing

Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody

Nobody 1: Be Not Nobody

Nobody 2: Marrionnette

Nobody 2: Marrionnette

The Nothing Book

The Nothing Book

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a decision, a judgment, & a promise
with “care, responsibility, respect and knowledge are mutually interdependent.”

— Erich Fromm

capabilities

I explore diverse design practices

User Experience Design

Design Research

Data Visualization

competence

Design Ethnography

Quantitative and qualitative research skills to understand users and identify the real questions

Tools

Contextual inquiry, Semi-structured interview, User modeling, User journey mapping, Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Visual Storytelling

Visualization to communicate the core design value and message with various audiences

Tools

Storyboarding, Wireframing, Prototyping, Data visualization, Photography

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