So Jung Yoon is a graphic designer based in New York City, NY. She holds a MFA degree from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Graphic Design, with an emphasis on brand identity and spacial interaction design. She has worked at museums, national institution, and marketing agency.
윤소정은 서울과 뉴욕을 기반으로 활동하는 그래픽 디자이너이다. 로드아일랜드 디자인 스쿨(RISD)에서 그래픽 디자인 석사 취득 이후 브랜드 아이덴티티와 브랜드 액티베이션을 중심으로 작업한다. 두 도시 사이를 오가는 경험을 바탕으로, 경계와 이식이라는 개념을 디자인 실천으로 탐구하고 있다.
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Shader Studio
Creative Coding, Digital Design
A browser-based tool that applies real-time animated shaders to text and images. Customize colors, blur, and speed, then export as a GIF or PNG.
Shibam
Brand Identity
Hypothetical branding concept of Shibam, Yemen — a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrated for its ancient mudbrick tower architecture.
¹For Reference Only
Brand Identity, Exhibition Design
A curation of 49 works from current and previous students of the RISD Graphic Design Graduate Program.
Expiration Date
Brand Identity, Exhibition Design
Every three years, each department at RISD curates and designs a triennial exhibition. Expiration Date considers the relationship between graphic design and temporality.
Oblique Act
Creative Coding, Digital Design
A tool that generates a random question prompt paired with a physical action instruction. Inspired by Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies — but redirecting your body, not your thinking.
A book functioning as a portal — fragments drawn from diverse fields, voices, and cultures, exploring layered entry points and nonlinear pathways through knowledge.
Softness
Art Direction, Editorial Design
A publication questioning softness and its various dimensions. Not about fragility, but about strength in vulnerability, compassion, and empathy.
투 히어: Two Here
Curation, Design
An exhibition organized by twelve students of the Arts Studies department at Hongik University, exploring the fluid boundary between the virtual and the real — finding infinite possibility in perpetual passage.
Conflict as incompatibility
Editorial Design
A black and white zine of collected texts about "Conflict as Incompatibility".
Surface Anomaly
Curation, Design
Experimental poster works by RISD students responding to the concept of anomaly, exhibited at NOTHINGISREAL in Seoul, Korea.
So Jung Yoon is a graphic designer based in New York City, NY. She holds a MFA degree from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Graphic Design, with an emphasis on brand identity and spacial interaction design. She has worked at museums, national institution, and marketing agency.
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윤소정은 서울과 뉴욕을 기반으로 활동하는 그래픽 디자이너이다. 로드아일랜드 디자인 스쿨(RISD)에서 그래픽 디자인 석사 취득 이후 브랜드 아이덴티티와 브랜드 액티베이션을 중심으로 작업한다. 두 도시 사이를 오가는 경험을 바탕으로, 경계와 이식이라는 개념을 디자인 실천으로 탐구하고 있다.
2024 겨울 학기 정규 과목 설계 및 강의. 학생들이 다양한 방법론과 실천을 통해 아카이브를 예술적 작업과 그래픽 디자인의 매체로 탐구하도록 이끌었다.
2023 — 2025
조교 @ Rhode Island School of Design
프로비던스, RI, 미국
비평 진행 및 수업 계획·커리큘럼 개발 지원.
Identity Design — Richard Rose 교수
Design Studio III — Emily Rye 교수
Design for Publishing — Ernesto Aparicio 교수
2024 Collegiate Teaching — Nancy Friese 교수
Design Studio I — Elizabeth Goodspeed 교수
2020
편집 디자이너 @ 송파문화재단
서울, 대한민국
2020
마케터즈 SeM 11 디자인팀 @ 서울시립미술관 (SeMA)
서울, 대한민국
학력
2022 — 2025
석사, 그래픽 디자인 — Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
프로비던스, RI, 미국
2020
해외연수, 모션 디자인 — California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
산타클라리타, CA, 미국
2017 — 2022
학사, 커뮤니케이션 디자인 — 홍익대학교
대한민국 · 건축공간예술 융합전공
So Jung Yoon is a graphic designer based in New York City, NY. She holds a MFA degree from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Graphic Design, with an emphasis on brand identity and spacial interaction design. She has worked at museums, national institution, and marketing agency.
Designed and taught 2024 Winter Session, full-credit course. Students explored archives as a medium for artistic work and graphic design through the study of diverse methodologies and practices.
2023 — 2025
Teaching Assistant @ Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI, USA
Facilitated critiques and supported class planning/curriculum development. Helped students with concept ideation, layout techniques, and fundamental typography skills.
Identity Design with Richard Rose
Design Studio III with Emily Rye
Design for Publishing with Ernesto Aparicio
2024 Collegiate Teaching: Preparation+Reflection with Nancy Friese
Design Studio I with Elizabeth Goodspeed
2020
Editorial Designer @ Songpa Foundation for Arts and Culture
Seoul, Korea
2020
Marketers SeM 11 Design Team @ Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA)
Seoul, Korea
Education
2022 — 2025
MFA, Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Providence, RI, USA
2020
Exchange Student, Motion Design at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
2017 — 2022
BFA, Communication Design at Hongik University
South Korea
Multidisciplinary major in Architecture & Spatial Arts