Made in 2015–2020
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As a National Steering Committee Member of AIGA's Design Educators Community and Education Director of AIGA Pittsburgh, I have contributed to design education at both regional and national levels.

I initiated/directed
AIGA Design Educators Survey
a national survey to investigate the current landscape of design education from multiple perspectives, including the academic, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological spheres of design.

Computational Design Practices
a new publication series to explore the areas, concepts, skills, and perspectives of computational design through conversations with design practitioners and educators.

AIGA PGH Confluence 2021
A convening designed to build connections among design educators in the Greater Pittsburgh Area and to provide graduating students with opportunities to network with local professionals.

I co-initiated
Design+Writing Fellowship
a new fellowship focused on visual essays/narratives as a way for faculty members to build their case for tenure.

I participated
AIGA Wiki Scholar
an initiative to build and expand more comprehensive and diverse design histories, publicly available on Wikipedia.

Kyuha (Q) Shim, FRSA is a designer, researcher and Professor in the Department of Design at Korea National University of Arts, where he directs cciD (Center for Creative Intelligence Design). He was previously an Associate Professor of Design and Director of the Computational Creativity Lab at Carnegie Mellon University. He served as a National Steering Committee Member for the Design Educators Community (DEC) of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and Education Director of AIGA Pittsburgh. Recently, Shim collaborated on a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) supported design research and publication, Code as Creative Medium (Levin and Brain, 2021), for which he also contributed an essay titled, 'Notes on Computational Book Design'. GRAPHIC #37: Introduction to Computation (ed. Shim, 2016), a collection of conversations and interviews with graphic design practitioners and researchers on the role of computation in design.
          Prior to his current affiliations, Shim worked as a research fellow (Data Visualization Specialist) at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory in Cambridge, MA (2012–2013) and as a researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands (2013–2014). Throughout his career, he has been awarded residencies and fellowships, including those at Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium (2017), Facebook's Analog Research Lab in Menlo Park, CA (2019), and Design Incubation: Research in Communication Design in New York, NY (2021). He also worked as a designer at LUST in The Hague, Netherlands (2011), and Vinyl-i in Seoul, Korea (2009–2010). He conducted doctoral research in Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art, holds an MFA with honors in Digital+Media from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a BFA in Digital Media Design from Hongik University.

          Shim works in the integrative and interdisciplinary realm of art, design, and technology, with a particular interest in the language of systems. Central to his practice and research is the use of computational thinking as a methodology for design in creating generative systems informed and driven by data. His work and research have been featured internationally (e.g., AIGA Eye on Design, Design Observer, GRAPHIC, IDPURE, Typeroom, Walker Art Center's Gradients, Wired) and he has received numerous honors from Adobe Design Achievement Awards, A'Design, The American Institute of Graphic Arts, core77, Graphis, red dot Design Award, iF Design Award, IEEE, International Design Awards, International Society of Typographic Designer, The Association of Registered Graphic Designers, The Society of Typographic Arts, Spark, Type Directors Club (New York & Tokyo) and Output Award. He has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries including Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, Miller Institute of Contemporary Art in Pittsburgh, National Museum of the Republic in Brasilia, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, and ggg Gallery in Tokyo and in design festivals such as Open AGI, Beijing Design Week, Dubai Design Week, London Design Festival, Typojanchi (International Typography Biennial) and Seoul Design Olympic.
          Selected past project archives: GT (2013–2015), Visibl[e]co (2012), and Miscellaneous (2009–2013). For inquiries about current work, get in touch.





          Code as Creative Medium. 2020. The first book published by MIT Press to be designed entirely through code, supported by a Media Arts grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Shim contributed the essay 'Notes on Computational Book Design' (Levin and Brain, 2021).

          De+Composition. 2019. A generative visual system created during a Designer-in-Residence fellowship at Facebook's Analog Research Lab (Menlo Park, CA), July–August 2019.

          Raster. 2017. A series of generative print works produced during a research residency at Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium (May–July 2017), sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University.

          The Art of Selection. 2016. A computational installation commissioned for the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Triennial: Beauty (2016) and subsequently exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Art (2016–2017). A new iteration was presented at LACMA's Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film (2024).

          Formation. 2016. Commissioned by Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) for its Special Project Exhibition at the AGI Conference in Seoul. A generative system offering a critical perspective on responsive design through continuous transitions and scaling of graphic forms.

        GRAPHIC #37, 'Introduction to Computation'. 2016. A special issue of GRAPHIC magazine guest-edited by Shim, drawn from his doctoral research. The issue brings together conversations with leading practitioners and researchers to examine the evolving role of computation in graphic design. Winner, Type Directors Club 63 (2017).

          One Remix. 2015. Commissioned by Adrian Shaughnessy for the special exhibition at Typojanchi 2015 (Seoul). A generative recomposition of all exhibition elements—essays, posters, and graphic works—into a unified, evolving visual system. Winner, STA 100 (2016).

          G50 Wall. 2014. A real-time digital installation for the Graphics RCA 50 exhibition, aggregating and visualizing all alumni submissions into a continuously evolving display. Winner, Graphis Design Annual Silver (2016).
GRAPHIC #37: Introduction to Computation (2016)
Concept, Design & Edit by Kyuha Shim.
Graphic design in collaboration with Minsun Eo.
Published by Propaganda (Seoul, KR), 2016.
Contributors: Andrew Blauvelt, Ken Frederick, Rob Giampietro, Benedikt Gross, Frederike Huygen, Andrew LeClair, Jürg Lehni, Ellen Lupton, Jonathan Puckey, Adrian Shaughnessy, Erik van Blokland, Hansje van Halem, A2/SW/HK, Catalogtree, LUST, MuirMcNeil
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G T: Generative Typography (2013–2015)
G T: Generative Typography
Contemporary graphic design increasingly draws on computational thinking and parametric methods, from the design of digital typefaces to the development of custom generative tools. By programming their own instruments, designers transform the computer from a production tool into a creative medium: one that translates design logic into systems capable of automating formal abstractions with precision and speed.
G T explores the possibilities of generative form-giving in typography through algorithmic and real-time processes. Form is defined by ranges of values across parameters, enabling a flexible and iterative practice. As these values respond to incoming data, typographic compositions continuously evolve, each iteration a new expression of the underlying system.
Books and Anthologies
Lupton, Ellen. Type on Screen: A Guide for Designers, Developers, Writers, and Students. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2014. Print, 196–97.
Richardson, Andrew. Data-driven Graphic Design: Creative Coding for Visual Communication. London: Bloomsbury, 2016. Print, 99.
Park, Y., ed. Touch Type: Research on Body and Typography. Seoul: Korea Craft & Design Foundation, 2016. Print, 396–97.
Annuals and Catalogues
Lipps, Andrea, and Ellen Lupton, eds. Beauty: Cooper Hewitt National Design Triennial. New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2015. Print, 240–43.
Park, H., ed. International Typography Biennial. Seoul: Ahn Graphics, 2015. Print, 224–33.
Typography 38. TDC 63 Annual. New York: Harper Design, 2017. Print.
Salvesen, Britt, and Staci Steinberger, eds. Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film. Los Angeles: LACMA / DelMonico Books, 2024. Print.
Periodicals
“The Year of 36 Young Designers in Asia.” Designnet 160. Seoul: Designnet, 2010. Print.
Kim, K., ed. “Maps and Sense.” GRAPHIC, no. 27. Seoul: Propaganda, 2013. Print, 52–65.
Jeon, E., ed. “Kyuha Shim.” Monthly Design. Seoul: Designhouse, 2015. Print, 26.
Kim, K., ed. “Young Studio Collection.” GRAPHIC, no. 34. Seoul: Propaganda, 2015. Print, 41–44.
Häusermann, T., ed. IDPURE 39: The Swiss Magazine of Visual Creation, Graphic Design, Typography. Geneva: IDPure Editions, 2016. Print, 50–61.
Jeon, E., ed. “Ten Designers to Watch in 2016.” Monthly Design. Seoul: Designhouse, 2016. Print, 94–97.
Ro, C., ed. LetterSeed 13: Technology and Typography. Seoul: Korean Society of Typography, 2016. Print, 204–5.
Shim, K., ed. “Introduction to Computation.” GRAPHIC, no. 37. Seoul: Propaganda, 2016. Print.
Kim, K., ed. “GRAPHIC on GRAPHIC.” GRAPHIC, no. 40. Seoul: Propaganda, 2017. Print.
Web Features and Interviews
Shaughnessy, Adrian. “An Interview with Kyuha Shim.” Design Observer, December 5, 2014. Web.
Stinson, Liz. “Harnessing Algorithms to Create Shape-Shifting Typography.” Wired, March 12, 2015. Web.
“Data and Logic in Type: Kyuha Shim on His Amazing Algorithmic Typographic Quest.” Typeroom, October 29, 2021. Web.
Walker Art Center. “Vocabularies of Computation: An Interview with Kyuha (Q) Shim.” November 8, 2018. Web.
Invited Lectures, and Talks (Recorded Presentations)
Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography. “Computational Design and Generative Typography.” Spring Ahead Lecture Series, June 8, 2021. Web.
Penn State Stuckeman School. “Computational Design Practice.” Stuckeman Fall 2022 Lecture Series, November 2, 2022. Web.
Visibl[e]co: Interpreting & Visceralizing Air (2012)
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Work in Progress
Early works, 2009–2013