Author
Mingyu Lee
Publication
Mingyu Lee
Size
115 × 195mm
Page
232 pages
How Has Korean Design History Been Written, and Through Whose Perspective? Korean design history often excludes the stories of the many anonymous contributors who have quietly worked within collaborative design environments. 《Can Lee Young Hee Speak?》 challenges the polished narrative of Korean design history, which is often centered on heroic individuals and monumental works. Instead, it aims to fill the gaps in this universal history by bringing in the voices of regional, on-the-ground, and women perspectives.
Born in 1963, Lee Young Hee established the graphic design company ‘Gracom’ in Daegu, South Korea in the early 1990s. Over the past 30 years, she has been engaged in commercial publishing, primarily focusing on newsletters and corporate history books. This book is based on the oral histories and archives of designers and editors who worked in regional contexts, with Lee Young Hee at the forefront. It explores alternative methodologies for viewing the past of Korean design field. This journey seeks to uncover the most universal yet undocumented faces and narratives in the history of Korean design.
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