Namkyu Chun (Doctor of Arts, MFA in Transdisciplinary Design) has been interested in critically engaging with discourses on design practices while questioning the social role of the (fashion) design profession. This interest emerged from his cross-disciplinary experiences, including fashion design/merchandising, journalism, non-profit fundraising and design consulting, in multicultural contexts from East Asia to North/South Americas and Nordic Europe.
Namkyu’s relationship with Aalto community began in 2014 as a doctoral candidate. Since the completion of his doctoral studies in 2018, he got more involved in numerous teaching and educational development activities (e.g. MA Thesis Journey) and research projects (e.g. Creative Practices for Transformational Futures). Currently, Namkyu is working as a university lecturer in design communication mainly responsible for Bachelor’s Programme in Design, which is situated in the Department of Design, and Department of Art and Media.
