• Yo! Kinetic typography in single-button messengers by Minhwan and Kyungah

    Minhwan Kim and Kyungah Choi presented their work entitled, “Yo!: Enriching Emotional Quality of Single-Button Messengers through Kinetic Typography” at the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2016) in Brisbane, Australia. The study explored the influence of adding kinetic typography onto the single-button messenger to enrich the communicational aspects by conducting a series…

  • Kyungah’s study in press release worldwide!

    The recent research in Color Lab was reported in the press. The study entitled “Dynamic lighting system for the learning environment: performance of elementary student” published in the journal Optics Express, was introduced with the interviews with Prof. Hyeon-Jeong Suk and Kyungah Choi. In the study, we found that lighting can be optimized for many…

  • Dynamic lighting system for the learning environment by Kyungah

    Kyungah Choi, a Ph.D. candidate at Color Lab recently published an article entitled “Dynamic lighting system for the learning environment: performance of elementary student” in the journal Optics Express, a top-ranked journal in the optics field. This study investigated the effects of lighting color temperatures on elementary students’ performance, namely physiological, cognitive, and behavioral aspects.…

  • Best poster presentation award to Taesoo at KOSES Spring conference

    Taesoo Kim, a junior student of industrial design at KAIST, presented a poster about his recent individual research project(advisor : Prof.Hyeon-Jeong Suk) entitled, “Effects on how turbidity of drinks influence recognizing sense of taste by visual [탁도가 음료의 미각적 특징을 시각적으로 인지하는데 미치는 영향]” on the 2016 Spring Conference of Korea Society for Emotion and…

  • Now at KOOC: KAIST Open Online Course

    One of the Prof.Suk’s courses, “Light, Life, and Color [빛, 생명, 그리고 색채]” is now open to everybody. As of this April, KAIST offers online courses called, “KOOC(KAIST Online Open Course)” that is open to anyone who subscribe at http://kooc.kaist.ac.kr. As one of the five courses, her “Light, Life, and Color” is included in the first launch. The course will run for…

  • Optimal display color for nighttime smartphone users by Nooree

    Dr.Na, a Color Lab alumna since 2016, published an article entitled “Optimal display color for nighttime smartphone users” in Color Research and Application (Vol42(1). 60-67). This study investigated the optimal display color for nighttime smartphone users that would support physiological comfort and psychological satisfaction. The proposed display color supports physiological comfort by reducing the blue light,…

  • Dr.Na, the first Ph.D. from Color Lab!

    Congratulations! Nooree Na received her Ph.D. degree. She earned her doctorate after three years of hard work. During her Ph.D. course, she has published at least 6 articles in SCI(E) journals and 12 full papers at internationally renowned counferences. Her achievements are indeed record-breaking in Department of Industrial Design, KAIST. As of March 2016, she starts her first…

  • Congrats! Kyeongah, a Master of Science now!

    Kyeong Ah Jeong is now a master of science! She submitted the thesis, entitled “Making Video Playback and its Emotional Effect”, and an online-based service tool, “JockeyTime” is now launched at jockeytime.kaist.ac.kr. As of March 2016, she continues her research on the affective effect of playback design of moving images as a Ph.D. candidate. Master thesis…

  • Eunjin presented her color generation algorithm at IPIU 2016

    EunJin Kim, a Ph.D. candidate of Color lab, presented her recent work entitled, “Key Color Generation Algorithm to Enhance the Aesthetic and Affective Quality of Image-Color Combinations” at IPIU 2016 Workshop in Jeju, Korea. In the paper, she discussed the insights from designers’ color selection process to develop a key color generation algorithm. The algorithm creates a…

  • Sharing the experience of “Flipped-learning” on the UST’s booklet

    University of Science and Technology(UST) published Prof.Suk’s article about her recent experience of the “Flipped-learning” on a booklet. This has been a while since KAIST has encouraged and supported the courses taught in that format of “Education 3.0”. The Education 3.0 is a different name of the “Flipped-learning”, as KAIST attempted to initiate a new way of unversity…

  • The optimal radius of curvature for my large television

    Nooree Na, a Ph.D. candidate of Color Lab published an article entitled, “Preference survey of curvature of large-size displays,” in the Journal of the Society for Information Display. The study investigated the most preferred radius of curvature for large-size curved displays that supports consumer satisfaction in terms of aesthetic appeal and visual comfort. The experimental…

  • Congrats! Mouzip® won the Chicago Athenaeum GOOD DESIGN!

    Mouzip® is conferred GOOD DESIGN 2015 by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. Since 1930, the Chicago Athenaeum has presented the GOOD DESIGN Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world. Mouzip® belongs to the category of Graphics/Packaging design, and we expect Mouzip® to achieve wider recognition…