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Coming to the lab
Stella received her bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with a double major in Business and Technology Management at KAIST. She has experience in designing the UX of financial, beauty tech, and educational apps, as well as analyzing data. Stella had been an intern in Color Lab since 2020 and contributed to the ASEAN…
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Congrats to Dr. Taesu Kim!
In 2023, Taesu Kim earned his Ph.D. His dissertation, “Methods and Practices of Affective Ambient Light Design in Cars,” introduced innovative approaches for integrating emotionally impactful ambient lighting in vehicle interiors. His work, rooted in user-centered design, offered practical guidance for designers. During his Ph.D., he collaborated with major automotive light companies like Hyundai, SL,…
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Colorlab at CES2023
Together with AmorePacific, Colorlab’s long-term client, Colorlab’s Skintone Finder Solution won the Innovation Award from the CES2023. The solution was the first and the most critical step to enable the customized matching between facial color and foundation shade. After a remarkable success in the domestic market, the solution is now embedded in the “TONEWORK” brand…
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Sumin(수민) joins Color Lab!
Color lab welcomes a new member, Sumin Park. She recently received a Bachelor’s degree in the Industrial Design department of KAIST. Additionally, she minored in Business Technology Management. Sumin has various experiences in service design, exploring both fields of mobile and physical products, including education products, financial systems, games, map services, etc. She is especially…
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Taesu at the Optica Vision and Color Summer Data Blast!
Taesu was invited as a presenter at the 3rd Optica Vision and Color Summer Data Blast hosted by the color vision perception modeling division. The presentation was entitled “A method proposal for evaluating color tolerance in viewing multiple white points focusing on the vehicle instrument panels.” It presented the method and calculating equation for measuring…
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Colorlab’s new AI-based service, “Hello My Color,” is launched
New AI research of Colorlab is commercialized. Amore Pacific(아모레 퍼시픽)’s hair care brand, Mise-en-scène(미쟝센), introduced the patented hair dye algorithm as a customer experience solution. The algorithm was through the industry-academia collaboration between Amore Pacific and KAIST in 2021. The solution renders the after-dye hair color depending on the condition of individual customers. For a…
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Homecoming on Teacher’s Day!
Color lab’s alumnae visited the lab on Teacher’s Day. All are outstanding design professionals in industries or universities worldwide. It was so wonderful to be together, and we became the “Non-Fungible Team”. Safe journey back home! We look forward to being with you again.
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How to brand KAIST
Since December 2021, Professor Suk has acted as a Creative Director of KAIST to curate the branding of KAIST. As the position was introduced for the first time in KAIST history, the mission is still evolving. Invited by the monthly seminar series, “매세월 서연”, she delivered a talk about how to communicate the brand from…
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Taesu proposed a virtual reality-based sketching system for designing vehicle ambient lighting
Taesu Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in the Color lab has published an article entitled, “Sketching in-vehicle ambient lighting in virtual reality with the Wizard-of-Oz method” in Digital Creativity. This study proposed a virtual reality-supported lighting sketching system for in-vehicle ambient lighting. He conducted six design workshops for investigating the effect of virtual reality while sketching…
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Byeonjin won the best paper presentation. Congrats!
Byeongjin received the best paper presentation award from the 2021 Fall Conference of Korea Society of Color Studies. The award-winning article was entitled, “Optimal Luminance for Television Viewing in the Dark Room[어두운 환경에서 TV 시청 시의 적정 휘도 탐색]”, which investigated users’ visual comfort when watching the television in a dark. Taesu participated in the…
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Taesu won Robert W G Hunt Poster Awards from AIC 2021
Taesu Kim received the Robert W G Hunt Poster Award from AIC 2021, held in Milan. Taesu is a Ph.D. student in the Color lab and made a poster presentation entitled “EEG responses to in-car dynamic cluster light” at AIC 2021. The study investigated the drivers’ effect on cluster indirect lighting under a combination of…
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Minjung(민정) joins Color Lab!
Color lab welcomes a new member, Minjung Park. She recently received a Bachelor of Science from the industrial design of KAIST. Additionally, she minored in Business Technology Management. She participated in a series of design projects including OTT design, service platform, subscription manage service, fintech system and more. Currently, her research interest includes users’ emotional…