Steve started as an engineer and hold a B.S degree graduating from the department of electrical engineering at KAIST in 2007. But his deep interest in the design field led him to work as a web designer for 3 years. And jumped on to go further to study industrial design, achieving a Masters degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco for Industrial design in 2011.



- Creating compelling stories behind his design
- Achieving simplicity through well thought-out solution for complexities
- Details. Just as he care for one single pixel designing for the web
- Team-work. Believes the power of collaboration and love to work with multidisciplinary teams.
- Standing between design & engineering. Thinks thoroughly about engineering and manufacturing when designing


- Industrial designer, Ammunition LLC, San Francisco, Jul 2011 - Present
- Freelance designer, BadgeIn, San francisco, Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
- Freelance UI designer, Lazyscope, San Francisco, Jan 2011 - Apr 2011
- Web & Graphic designer, Creamaid Co., Ltd, Daejeon Korea, Dec 2005 - Mar 2007
- Intern, Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea, Jan 2007 - Feb 2007
- Researcher on service, Korea Institute for Defence Analysis, Seoul, Korea, Feb 2003 - Apr 2005


- MFA, Industrial design, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California 2011
- BS, Electrical engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 2008


Freehand sketching / Research & Ideation / 2D& 3D visualization / model making / web design / Grahphic design / photography


- 2D: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Graphite vellum
- 3D: Autodesk alias studio, Solidworks, Bunkspeed Hypershot, Keyshot, Autodesk Showcase
- Web: Dreamweaver (HTML, CSS, Javascript), Sony vegas


- Reddot design concept awards, Best of Best, 2011
- Academy of Art University Annual Spring Show, 2011
- Academy of Art University IDS Showcase, 2010
- Academy of Art University Annual Spring Show, 2009



steve@designblizzard.com
925.407.7081
San Francisco Bay Area