About
I'm Jiwon Lee, a PhD Student in Industrial Design at KAIST . I research and build interactive systems that sit between people and AI.
These days, I'm in my first year of PhD, grinding through the days. And somewhere in between, I keep asking the same question. As AI mediates more of how we know ourselves, how do we stay the ones doing the thinking?
I explore this through conversational agents with strong narrative, and spatial interfaces that turn AI-generated environments into interpretive space.
If any of this resonates, I'd love to hear from you.
Education
- 2025 — present PhD Student, Industrial Design
KAIST - 2023 — 2025 MTech, Industrial Design
KAIST - 2019 — 2023 BE, Service & Design Engineering
Sungshin Women's University
Selected Awards
- 2024 James Dyson Award ↗ · Korea National Winner · International Top 20
- 2024 IDEA ↗ · Bronze
- 2024 KAIST Q-Day · Creativity & Talent Education Award
- 2021 Human City Design Student Workshop · Academic Award
Exhibitions
- 2026.04 대한민국 과학축제 in 경기 ↗ · KINTEX · 과학기술정보통신부
- 2025.12 In Transition: Programmable Design · 노들갤러리 1관 · ID KAIST · Press ↗
- 2024.12 Crossing Over: Innovation and Boundaries · Ground Seoul · ID KAIST · Press ↗
- 2024.11 Prototypes for Humanity ↗ · Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai · Art Dubai Group