김지원 (Jiwon Kim)
Experience Maker
Born in Gumi, South Korea, 1999
Work in Daejeon / Seoul, South Korea
Education
Master’s Course of Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
September 2023 — August 2025
Industrial Design (GPA 3.90 / 4.3)
Bachelor of Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
March 2018 — February 2023
Painting (GPA 4.12 / 4.5)
Courses
Educational Exchange, International Summer Course, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
June 2024 — July 2024
Educational Exchange, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Arts University Bournemouth, Bournemouth, UK
January 2022 — June 2022
IOT computer programming and modeling short courses, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
August 2020 — September 2020
Awards
2024 James Dyson Award Global top 20
2024 James Dyson Award Korea Winner
“Oxynizer: Sustainable & Non-electric Oxygen generator”, South Korea
2024 Prototype for Humanity top 100 in Dubai
“Oxynizer: Sustainable & Non-electric Oxygen generator”, South Korea
2024 AI x Art Hackathon 3rd Place
“Speculative Artificial-Mycorrhizal Networks”, Seoul University, Seoul, South Korea
Publications
2024 “Where should we put wearable batteries for better usability?”
Dissertation in HCI Korea, Hongcheon, South Korea
Work Experiences
Partner researcher at ITRC, Daejeon, South Korea
January 2025 — August 2025
Introduced an XR-based music practice tool leveraging fiducial markers
Project name: “SpaceTop: Spatial Computing HCI Technology for Delivering XR Productivity Spaces Everywhere”
Partner researcher at NRF (National Research Foundation), Daejeon, South Korea
May 2024 — April 2025
Participated as a general chair of XR music concert workshops and seminars
Created a website for introducing and organizing the project
Project name: “Listening Though the Body: Combining Visual, Auditory, and Haptic Interaction While Designing a Concert Space for XR”
UX Researcher at NH Investment & Securities Co., Ltd Research center in KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea (Industry-Academia)
September 2023 - April 2025
Identified pain points in virtual investment experiences and AI agent-assisted investment services through thematic coding
Delivered user scenarios and storyboards with drawing skills, presenting evaluation results
Intern curator at Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, South Korea
June 2021 — August 2021
Artwork installation management, artist research, and press
management
Art teacher at Hongik University Middle School, Seoul, South Korea
May 2021 — December 2021
Introducing artist’s works, demonstrating art using various
medium, and engaging student’s interest in art
Skills
Design tools 𒊹𒊹𒊹𒊹
Adobe suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere pro, and Indesign), Figma, and Notion
Painting & Drawing 𒊹𒊹𒊹𒊹
Traditional and Digital
Programming 𒊹𒊹
Python, Arduino (C++), and Web Programming Experience (Ruby)
Design Research 𒊹𒊹
Statistical analysis (SPSS, Python), Focus groups, Surveys, Thematic analysis, Usability testing, and Cultural probe
3D modeling & 3D printing 𒊹𒊹
Fusion 360, Rhino, and 3D MAX
Art tutoring & Art event management 𒊹𒊹
Art teacher, Gallery intern, and Exhibiton management
Audio engineering 𒊹
Ableton and MAX msp
Languages
Korean - Mother language
English 𒊹𒊹𒊹𒊹
Japanese (Speaking) 𒊹𒊹𒊹
Chinese 𒊹