HEY THERE! I AM JAEYOUNG.
AN ANIMAL LOVER, AN ART TOY ENTHUSIAST, A GYM REGULAR, A RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER.

I am currently in the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability Lab (DESIS Lab) at Yonsei University, where I am pursuing a master’s degree in Human, Environment and Design. My study is about sustainable HCI, children’s connection to nature, and human-nature design. I am researching better ways to foster and reestablish children’s relationship with nature from a design perspective.

Behavioral Change Design for sustainability Design Research Product-Service Design

EDUCATION

2024 MS in Human Life and Innovation Design (Interdisciplinary Major – Child and Family Studies)
2024 MS in Human, Environment, and Design, Yonsei University
2021 BFA in Industrial Design, Hanyang University ERICA
  BE in Division of Media, Culture, and Design Technology, Hanyang University ERICA 

 

EXPERIENCES

2022- Researcher,Symbiotic life-tech institute
2022- Researcher, DESIS (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability)
2019-2020 Researcher, Dtch GMBH (Responsible for new business planning and service design)
2016-2017 Military Service, Korean Army, Honorable Discharge

 

ACTIVITIES

2024.08-2024.12 Next Generation Digital Action (Digital tech summit at Denmark)
2022.07-2022.08 NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL
2022.03-2022.12 Big Wave (Youth Climate Action Group) Active Member (Impact Team Member)
2022.07-2022.09 Seoul Design Governance (Government-Academic Collaboration)
2022.09-2023.03 Big Wave (Youth Climate Action Group) Network Member
2020.09-2020.12 Hanyang University Entrepreneurship Club (Blue Tongue)

 

AWARDS

2022 IDEA Award Concept & Speculative Design, Bronze Prize
  SPARK Design Award Student, Gold Prize
  Adesign Teaching Aid and Training Content Design, Iron Prize
  IF TALENT DESIGN AWARD, Best of the year Winner
  Samsung Design Prize 2022 by IF DESIGN TALENT AWARD
  Reddot design award finalist in Design Concept 2022
  Seoul Design Governance, Mayor’s Award
  Yonsei Academic Support Program, 1st Place
  Yonsei Graduate School Social Innovation Research Competition, 2st Place
2020 Hanyang ERICA SID Competition 3rd Place

 

EXHIBITIONS

2021 Seoul Design Festival Young Designer Promotion Exhibition 2022(NAVER Sponsored)
2016 Euljiro Lightway Exhibition 2016

 

Publications

Proceeding Papers

2024

Jinseo Nam, Jaeyoung Myung, Joon Sang Baek (2024-06). Non-human Personas & Empathy Map: Participatory Design Tools to Enhance Gen Alpha’s Nature Connection. Paper presented at the KSDS Conference 2024, Seoul, South Korea.

2023

Jaeyoung Myung, Jiyoon Kang, Jeewon Kim, Ju Hee Park, & Joon Sang Baek (2023-02-01). Design-led Parent-Child Communication Support for Developing Children”s Consumption Habits. Full paper presented at the HCIK 2023. Pyeongchang. South Korea. South Korea.

Journal Papers

2025

Jaeyoung Myung, Min Choe, Joon Sang Baek (2025). Enhancing child-nature interactions through design: An empirical study of the emotions, perspectives, and experiences of nature of South Korea’s urban Generation Alpha children. People and Nature

 

Jaeyoung Myung, Jung Hyun Hwang, Joon Sang Baek (2025). A Relational Nature Play Framework: A Case Study of Urban Generation Alpha’s Nature Play Using TerraToy. Archives of Design Research, 38(1)

2024

Jeewon Kim, Jiyoon Kang, Jaeyoung Myung, Seungwon Shin, Yeseul Lee, Ju Hyun Song, & Hyun-Jae Shin (2024). Peer Network-based Design-led Intervention Study to Reduce Adolescent’s Sedentary Behavior and Promote Exercise. Journal of The Korean Society of Living Environmental System, 31(1), 8-20, 10.21086/ksles.2024.02.31.1.8

 

Shannen Patricia Widjaja, Sindy Wu, Jisun Lee, Jaeyoung Myung, & So Yeon Kim (2024). Exploring the Impacts of Third-Place Experience within Brand Complex Cultural Spaces on Brand Loyalty and Retail Design. International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice

2023

Lee, Jiwon, Lee, Yesul, Myung Jaeyoung, Lee, Seung-Eun, & Shin, Hyunjae (2023). Towards Sustainable Campus Design Intervention -Focusing on Gap between Students and Cleaning Staff in University A Case-. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY DESIGN CULTURE, 29(1), 297-310, 10.18208/ksdc.2023.29.1.297

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2022.06-2024.05 Innovation for the New Normal Era: Building a Longitudinal Data Set of Alpha Generation’s Digital Daily Life (ADDS), DESIS at Yonsei University, supervised by Prof.Joon Sang Baek
2022.10-2022.12 The Role and Strategy of Design in the Digital Transformation Era, DESIS at Yonsei University, supervised by Prof.Joon Sang Baek

2019.09-2020.08
Design Science: Big Data-based Design Research, DTech Convergence Research Institute at Hanyang University ERICA, supervised by Prof.Jongyoung Yoon
2019.07-2020.07 Diesel Outboard Motor Design Development Project, Human-Centered Design LAB at Hanyang University, supervised by Prof.Jae Hwan Lee

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