Min Kwak

minkwak@newschool.edu

As a Designer with more than 15 years of professional experience encompassing VR, AR, web, mobile, films, games, and interactive installations, Min Kwak’s works are internationally notable.

Currently Min is a XR Designer at Transfr, a leading VR training company based in New York City. Previously she was working with Technodramatists, directing and executing UX/UI principles for immersive AR theatre applications. She led design of AR performances which were premiered at Off-Broadway and AWE XR Global Summit. Her recent work with Bayeté Ross Smith, a 5-part VR film series about racial violence in the US history, was published by The Guardian. She also worked at XReality Center of The New School and YokeyPokey VR, launched AR public art application which is live on App Store and Google Play, and VR learning and entertainment game, The Chanukah Experience. Her creative exploration has dedicated to design and emerging technology, innovative storytelling, and challenging the boundary of reality as well as social justice, feminism, journalism, and political science.

Min’s professional experience in the field of UI/UX design enabled her to make a vigorous communication between human and machine while keeping the user the center of focus. She has worked with more than 30 major clients including Kyobo, among the top 3 life insurance companies in South Korea. Her projects have been awarded by International Communication Design Competition, Calendar Design Contest, Reel Out Charlotte, and others. She earned Master’s Degree of Fine Arts in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design with Dean’s Merit Scholarship fund. She is also a part-time faculty at Pratt Institute, teaching UX design for AR/VR in Information Experience Design Master’s program.