Professor
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LEE, GIL OCK
Assistant Professor, Industrial Design
gilock.lee@hongik.ac.kr
Prof. Gil Ock Lee is teaching Product Design at HongIk University, Industrial Design Department. Over fourteen years, she had worked as a product designer, a design strategist and a design team leader in diverse industries. Starting from Samsung and Motorola USA as design internship, she had worked at Electrolux USA, Samsung, Amorepacific group and had experienced a wide spectrum of product design practice in product design, design planning and strategy and design branding as her areas of expertise. In recent years she has been focusing on Smart Home, Design-driven Convergence, Design Identity, Sustainable Design as her design research interests.
MAJOR
Product Design, Design Planning & Strategy, Design Branding
BIOGRAPHY
2017
Ph D. Hongik University, Industrial Design
2007
MD. Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design, Human-centered Product Design
2005
BFA. Hongik University, Industrial Design, Graduated with the Highest Honors
2004
Exchange Student. Kingston University, Product & Furniture Design, Cultural Ministry Scholar
2021-Present
Hongik University, Industrial Design, Assistant Professor
2017-21
Amorepacific Innisfree Brand Product Design Team Lead
2009-17
Samsung Electronics, Senior Designer & Design Strategist
2007-09
Electrolux Major Appliances, North Carolina USA, Product Designer
2006
Motorola Consumer eXperience Design, Chicago USA, Design Internship
2003
Samsung Electronics, Design Internship
AWARDS
2020
IF Design Award
2019
Amorepacific ABC Award
2013
CES Design&Engineering Innovation Award
2012
IDEA Design Award GOLD, IF Design Award
2006
Next Generation Design Leader [Korean Institute of Design promotion]
2006
Motorola-sponsored Project: Excellence for Outstanding Performance
2004
Ministry of Culture, Scholarship
2003
Samsung Future Home Appliances Competition: Grand Prize
2002
Design Essay competition: Excellent Prize [Gyung-Hyang Newspaper]