Ahn Sang-Soo Professor in the College of
Fine Arts, Seoul, has long been one of the most influential designers
in East Asia. His typographical development work in his native
Korea has made him almost a household name. He can justifiably
claim to have masterminded and supervised a revolutionary transition
of the traditional Hangul, the Korean alphabet, into a functional
medium for today, with all its digital demands and interpretations.
A graduate of Seoul's Hongik University Ahn has fifteen
books on design-related subjects to his credit and copious essays
and papers. He is also responsible for translating seminal works
on typography by Jan Tschichold and Emil Ruder. He holds a number
of awards and prizes including a commendation by the Korean Language
Academy for meritorious contribution to the advancement of Hangul
(he has four major Korean fonts to his credit). As early as 1983,
he was selected as Designer of the Year by Design magazine. Ahn
is also editor/art director of the underground art-culture magazine
Report/Report (1988-present).
From 1997 to 2001, Ahn was Vice-President of ICOGRADA,
(International Council of Graphic Design Associations). In this
role he has been responsible for establishing a number of international
workshops and has served on several international competition juries.
In October 2000, he chaired ICOGRADA's prestigious Millennium Congress “Oullim
2000” in Seoul and is responsible for the ICOGRADA Design
Education Manifesto project. He has been a member of AGI since
1999. In 2001, Ahn organized TypoJanchi, an international typography
biennale held in Seoul. The event attracted designers from all
parts of the world and culminated in the publication of a collaborative
graphic design education manifesto for designers in the new century.
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