Ji Lee
Born in
Seoul, Korea
Moves to São Paulo, Brazil
(at the age of 10)
Moves to New York City
(for college)
Lives and works in
New York
Education
Parsons School of Design
BFA, Communication Design
NY, 1995
Full Time
Google Creative Lab, NY
Creative Director
Now
Droga5, NY
Branding Director
2006 – 2008
Unicef, New Museum, Esquire, Tracfone
Saatchi & Saatchi, NY
Senior Art Director
1999 – 2003
Head & Shoulders, Tylenol,
Cheerios, Beck's Beer, Old Spice
Tsang Seymour Design, NY
Art Director
1997–1998
MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim
Frankfurt Balkind Partners, NY
Designer
1996
LG, Sony, MTV, NCR
Freelance
The New York Times, NY
The Week in Review,
Book Review
Wieden & Kennedy, NY
Nike
Euro RSCG, NY
Jaguar
Berlin Cameron, NY
Coca-Cola, Samsung
BBDO, NY
Pizza Hut
Mcgarry bowen, NY
Kraft, Verizon
Cliff Freeman & Partners, NY
Mohegan Sun
Publicis, NY
Heineken
Saatchi & Saatchi, Hong Kong
Canon
Awards
Cannes Titanium Lion, 2008
Tap Project for Unicef
Andy Gold / Integrated Branding Campaign, 2008
Tap Project for Unicef
One Show Silver / Integrated Branding Campaign, 2008
Tap Project for Unicef
Finalist
World Changing Ideas Award by Saatchi & Saatchi, 1999
Finalist
Athena Awards by RISD, 2005
Winner
AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers, 2005
Univers Revolved, A 3-D Alphabet
Winner
New York Book Award, 2004
Univers Revolved, A 3-D Alphabet
Talks & Lectures
MIT
Roflcon, Cambridge
Harvard University
Cyberactivism and Culture Jamming, Cambridge
MIT
Futures of Entertainments Conference, Cambridge
Columbia University
Guest Lecturer, Fine Arts Graduate Program, NY
MoMA
Public Art for Youth, NY
GEL Conference, NY
The Art Directors Club
Designism 2.0, NY
AIGA
Gain Conference, NY
CEC Arts Link in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan, Kazahkzstan
Indaba Conference
Cape Town, South Africa
American for the Arts Conference
"Public Art: The Next Generation", Philadelphia
Talks & Lectures
Johnson & Johnson
Global Marketing Summit, NY
Pro Arte, Russia
Master Class in Public Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
FILE / International Electronic Language Festival
São Paulo, Brazil
Next Big Idea Conference
VNU Media, NY
Creative Industries Conference
Berlin, Germany
Stefan Sagmeister Class
School of Visual Arts, NY
Teachings
Instructor
School of Visual Arts, NY
BFA Senior Portfolio Class
2006–Present
Instructor
Parsons School of Design, NY
BFA Sophomore Program
2001–2002
Exhibitions
"Dialogue" / Breda Graphic Design Museum
Breda, Holland, 2008
Belgrade Arts Festival
Belgrade, Serbia, 2006
50 Books / 50 Covers, AIGA
NY, 2006
Catalyst! / Experimental Design Biennial
Lisbon, Portugal, 2005
Special Interests
Bubbling
Mountain-biking
Bicycling
The Knicks
Yankees
Watching Soccer
Japanese toys
Anime
Miniatures
Karaoke
Sci-fi
Street Art
Remix
Buddhism
Heels
Scuba-diving
Sushi
Beach
Films I love
The Matrix
Blade Runner
Pather Panchali
The Third Man
Amarcord
Through the Olive Trees
Stroszek
Spirited Away
Crash (Cronenberg)
The Meaning of Life
Music I love
Miles Davis
Bach
Händel
Dub
Elvis Presley
Minimal Techno
Trentemoller
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Jorge Benjor
Paulinho da Viola
Tom Jobim
80's
Jazz 40's 50's 60's
Cole Porter
Anything Studio One