Namkyu (Q) Chun
PHD, University Lecturer in Design Communication
He/him
namkyu.chun@aalto.fi
He/him
namkyu.chun@aalto.fi
With his transdisciplinary and cross-cultural background, Namkyu intends to critically engage with diverse discourses on design practices through education and research.
Mainly involved in teaching at the Bachelor's Programme in Design and Media
Serious runner since 2003 to keep myself sane while moving around cultures and ideas.
Latest publications
Social Fabric
Namkyu Chun
2025
Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress Body and Culture
Translating Design
Namkyu Chun
2025
Reflection: Design Impact Joint Final Event & Exhibition (Design Impact III)
Namkyu Chun, Tarja Nieminen, Hanna-Kaarina Heikkilä, Kamilla Grämer, Tuomas Laakkonen, Hanna Kiss, Mattéo Serre, Daniel Giacomelli, Asala Ahmadli, Vera Rantamaa, Jonna Eloranta, Zina Marpegan, Carlotta Pezzica, Nina Balashova, Elīna Ludborža, Lisitsa Diana, Volha Furs, Alex Artemenko, Lu Chen, Emma Prost, Jihae Kim, Kathleen Lindgren, Kristin Gschwender, Radovan Lamac, Fiona Keil, Solveiga Bucyte, Vilis Zuromskis, Julia Vila Comas, Maria Klata, Tomi Monahan
2023
Centring Relationships More than Humans and Things: Translating Design through the Culture of the Far East
Namkyu Chun
2022
Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse
Designing Experiential Futures for 1.5 Degree Lifestyles
Namkyu Chun, Idil Gaziulusoy, Tuomas Laakkonen, Asala Ahmadli, Alex Artemenko, Nina Balashova, Solveiga Bucyte, Lu Chen, Jonna Eloranta, Daniel Giacomelli, Kamilla Grämer, Kristin Gschwender, Noora Heiskanen, Fiona Keil, Jihae Kim, Hanna Kiss, Maria Klata, Radovan Lamac, Kathleen Lindgren, Elīna Ludborža, Zina Marpegan, Carlotta Pezzica, Emma Prost, Vera Rantamaa, Mattéo Serre, Zoe Irina Valeeva, Julia Vila Comas, Vilis Zuromskis
2022
Dressmaking Rediscovered
Namkyu Chun
2022
Fashion, Style and Popular Culture
Has Fashion Ever Saved My Life?
Namkyu Chun
2022
Fashions
Creativity and Participation
Tuuli Mattelmäki, Andrea Botero, Namkyu Chun, Marketa Dolejsova, Kirsi Hakio, Julia Lohmann
2022
Designing Change : New Opportunities for Organisations
Places in the Making
Namkyu Chun
2021
Proceedings of Nordes 2021
Seamlessness
Namkyu Chun, Julia Valle Noronha
2021
Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress Body and Culture
Woven through Trust and Affect
Namkyu Chun, Julia Valle Noronha
2021
Sustainable Fashion in Latin America
Critical Notes on Designing Fashion
Namkyu Chun
2020
Fashion Design Rediscovered
Namkyu Chun
2020
Design Journal
Baltic Sea Lab
Julia Lohmann, Namkyu Chun
2020
Failed Expectations, Successful Disruptions
Julia Valle Noronha, Namkyu Chun, Julia Assis
2020
International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education
Fashion Dreams or Fashion Business. Helsinki as an Emerging Fashion Scene.
Namkyu Chun, Olga Gurova, Kirsi Niinimäki
2019
Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress Body and Culture
Who Cares? Proceedings of the 8th Biannual Nordic Design Research Society
Tuuli Mattelmäki, Ramia Maze, Satu Miettinen, Namkyu Chun
2019
Place-Making the Local to Reach the Global
Namkyu Chun, Olga Gurova
2018
Fashion Practice
Re(dis)covering Fashion Designers
Namkyu Chun
2018
Em direção à prática para além do design de moda: Um estudo sobre a pesquisa de moda na educação brasileira
Julia Valle Noronha, Namkyu Chun
2018
Iara
Practice-based research in fashion
Julia Valle Noronha, Namkyu Chun
2018
Anais do Colóquio de Moda
Rethinking the Roles of Fashion Designers
Namkyu Chun, Olga Gurowa, Kirsi Niinimäki
2017
Design for Next
Sobre a prática além do design de moda
Namkyu Chun, Julia Valle Noronha
2017
Educação de Moda para o Futuro
Towards practice beyond fashion design
Namkyu Chun, Julia Valle Noronha
2017
Fashion education for the future
Critical Thinking and Making on Fashion:
Namkyu Chun, Julia Valle Noronha
2016
The Fashion Studies Journal
Towards Practice Beyond Fashion Design
Julia Valle Noronha, Namkyu Chun
2016
Fashion Intelligence in Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Namkyu Chun
2015