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eunji han
BOOK OF PROJECTS
2016, LONDON, UK

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2015

A.E.I.O.U.
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2013

THE SIRENS OF TITAN

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2012

SOMEONE IN THE UNIVERS

MIGHT LOVE ME
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2014

FEAST
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Although disgust seems to represent pure

aversion, disgusting object can also fasinate and even attractive.
(Korsmyer: 2011)

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THE FEAST IS A DINING EXPERIENCE DESIGN PROJECT

BASED ON MULTI-SENSORY INTERACTION
MA Design, Critial Practice,
Goldsmith, University of London, UK
4months
Culinary Experience Design

Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign,

Cinema4D, Mould Making, Culinary,
Digital Fabrication(Lazer Cut, 3D scanning/
printing), Metal Workshop, Wood Workshop

The FEAST is based around

a set of extemporal experiments
with materiality, creating a
dialogue between unexpected
object affordance, and the primal
human. Since these experiments

are based on the familiar and

necessary ritual of eating, we can
challenge a priori information we
bring to the table.

Eating can be disgusting, which

contrasts with the contemporary
approach to dining as more of
a pleasant process. By applying
an aesthetic of disgust, we
engage with a primitive emotion,
embracing its visceral nature and
achieving a deeper interaction.
FEAST is a way to examine this
ritual through critical objects in
order to create a new emotional
connection to what we eat, and
how we eat it.

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2015

The FEAST was my final

project for the MA Design, Critical
Practice at Goldsmiths. The brief
was to design a multi-sensory
dining experience. I reassessed
the everyday ritual of dining by
recreating the objects usually
associated with this experience,
such as food, cutlery and plates.
After dining, each partictpants was
given a kit of cultural probes that
included; instuctions, a disposable
camera and an envelope to
collect non-verbal languages, like
pictures and materials, to explain
what feelings they had from the
FEAST experience.

FEAST

EXPERIMENTS

CUTLERY MAKING PROCESS

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FOOD DESIGN PROCESS

PERFORMANCE

BRANDING/GRAPHIC DESIGN

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[e]

[i]

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BA DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN,

HONGIK UNIVERSITY, KR
6months
Multi-sensory Instrument Design
Tools: Arduino, Processing, Digital
Fabrication(CNC), Hand sewing, Computing,
Adobe illustrator

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GROUP WORK

A.E.I.O.U. is a sexy instrument which

has a multi-sensory interface based on
touch sensors. It moans [a]-[e]-[i]-[o][u] when audience members touch,
pet, prick or tickle it. I designed the
interface so that it would play different
sounds when different patterns on it
are interacted with. For example, small
dots make a cute high-toned sound,
while on the other hand, the big spot
makes an indecent low-toned sound.
A.E.I.O.U. is a cute, adorable, but
sexy life-size hairy doll. The colourful and
soft hairy look is lovely enough, but the
size and the sound can be awful. Also,
the pieces controversial presentation
of gender fluid sounds additionally
generates paradoxical emotions. This
was inspired by my own experience of
having different aspects of myself that
sometimes clash internally, making
arguments with each other inside of
my mind. However, I physically exist
as one body in the world regardless.

Therefore, I designed one lump which

represents this, and holds different
emotions inside of it. For me, the
vibrant bright colour, and soft feeling of
fur reminds me of childhood, however
the embedded sexual moaning sound
breaks with this emotion, presenting
something more grown up. How the
audience interact with A.E.I.O.U. and
what they would experience depends
on them individually. All components
(conductive wire, arduino, sensors,
speakers, computer) were covered by
soft fur with a wooden structure which
holds the fur in place. I also sewed
conductive thread into the textile with
a spacing of 4cm (2x6), which helped
to create a soft texture as well as a wellmade, responsive circuit.
Translucent balloons, a red light and
lace curtains were used to enhancing
sexual atmosphere. It was exhibited at
NEO Digital Media Design show in
Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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THE A.E.I.O.U. IS A SEXY INTSTRUMENT WHICH HAS

A MULTI-SENSORY INTERFACE BASED ON TOUCH SENSORS.

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PROTOTYPE

TEXTILE RESEARCH

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BODY MAKING

SOUND/PATTERN DESIGN

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CIRCUIT MAKING

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GRAPHIC DESIGN

SERIES OF WORKS

Sirens of Titan
2012

BA DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN,

HONGIK UNIVERSITY, KR
3months
Interactive Storytelling
Installation
Illustration

Eunji han

The intention here is also to let users

experience the book with synesthesia
(touching, looking, hearing). When
users choose a story, they are required
to touch a silicone button, which has
jelly like texture. Once this is done,
a light sensor in the silicone button
recognises users choices. Geared
motors and LED lights are embedded
inside the silicone button, giving the
sense and appearance that it is alive.
This feature of the silicone button is
influenced by various aspects of the
story chosen, such as the character
called Harmonium in The Sirens of
Titan.

The first method is interactive story telling. This work

has re-analized the story of the book and expressed the
story more interactively. Firstly, I built a structure out of
the story to figure out relations between each of the
charactors, and put them into a few situations. It has five
different endings with various options of choice, and
so lets users play by choosing different answers. Unlike
traditional books, this book allows readers to follow one
story which is formed based on their choices, and as
such my work enables people to uniquely interact with
the stories.
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THE SIRENS OF TITAN IS A NOVEL BY KURT VONNEGUT.

I DESIGNED SERIES OF WORKS WHICH ARE INSPIRED BY THE NOVEL,
SINCE I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THIS BOOK. I USED VARIOUS KINDS OF
MEDIA TO DELIVER CONTENTS OF THE BOOK.

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Tools: Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator,

Adobe Photoshop, Arduino, Processing,
Paper Art, Projection Mapping, Computing,

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second
method
used
is illustration. I designed these
illustrations for an e-book platform and
as such these can be interacted with by
users touching a screen (where these
illustrations will respond by making
sounds and movements). To illustrate
the scenes of the book, I used paper
art as the primary stylistic form so that
each illstration could describes a scene
in the story.

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In order to achieve this effect, I took

photos of friends, who were wearing
costumes that I had constructed out
of paper for them. I then printed these
out on hard board paper, cut them
out, and drew some backgrounds
to accompany these paper dolls
(my friends). I put these two images
together to give the impression that
these paper dolls were hanging out in
a surrealistic world.

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In The Sirens of Titan, Harmoniums eat sound, which increases their

numbers. So to reflect this, I decided to use projection mapping as my
third method. This projection was directed onto a half sphere which had the
appearance of a planet. It began by looking like some kind of amoeba, and
developed to become ever more complex as the volume of sound was turned
up, creating fractal formations.

Planet i-101

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Planet i-101(Someone in the galaxy might love me) is a series of work; illustration, typography and VMD. I had
feeling that someone up in the sky might be watching me always, as if Im being observed and Im aware of the gaze.
It feels that there may be some sort of planet where there is another kind of life that always sees me; planet i-101.

Someone
in the galaxy
might love me
2014

PLANET I-101(SOMEONE IN THE GALAXY MIGHT LOVE ME) IS

A SERIES OF WORK;
Typography
Installation
Illustration
VMD

I used various media, and materials

to describe the concept and mood of
planet i-101. For example, I used an eye
on a painted blue bat (I call it a life), which
constatly gazes at the audience. The blue
colour is thermochromic pigment, and
when audience members are around, or
touch the bat, it changes its colour into the
same as that of the other objects around it,
and so it can hide itself by camouflaging
itself to the audience.

Tools: Adobe After Effect, Adobe

Photoshop, Arduino, Paper Art, Projection,
Making, Water Colouring

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eunjihan@outlook.com

+44 (0) 7478 707 663

eunji han

http;//www.eunjihan.co.uk

TIER 5 FULL VISA SUPPORTED

EUNJI HAN IS A KOREAN DESIGNER AND ARTIST BASED IN LONDON, UK.

HER WORK QUESTIONS TRADITIONAL IDEAS OF MATERIALITY AND DIGITAL MEDIA.

DIGITAL
Adobe Creative Suite
Final Cut Pro

MA Design, Critical Practice

Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

2014 - 2015

BA Digital Media Design

Hong-ik University, KR
2009 - 2013

Cinema 4D
Processing
MS Office
Arduino

MAKING
Metal Work

Mould Making

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Art Installation
Textile (hand)

Exhibitor & MA Design Poster Designer

2015 Goldsmiths Design Festival, UK

Aug - Sep 2015

Graphic Designer & Seminar Assistant

Samsung Human Resources Center, KR

Apr - Jul 2012 (4months)

Painting

Drawing

Digital Fabrication
Computing

Exhibitor

2013 NEO Digital Media Design Degree Show, KR

Nov 2013

Artist

Professtional working
proficiency

Sep 2013

Website Designer and HTML Builder

Design & Media Department, Hongik University, KR

Apr - Oct 2012

Artist & Participation Art Team Leader

Hongik Street Art Festival, KR

Korean
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Day2Life, KR

May - Jul 2012 (3months)

Collecting Times, 6th Hongik Univ. Art Film Festival, KR

English
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GUI Designer

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Wood Making

Mar - Oct 2012 (8months)

Native proficiency

Art Teacher - Summer Holiday

Hang-bok-han Kindergarden, KR
Aug 2011

Docent

Artist

2011 "UNO" Samcheonlee Cycle & Art Collaboration

Exhibition, KR
Aug 2011

2010 WDC I DESIGN Seoul Design Olympic,

Seoul Design Foundation, KR
Oct 2009

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Curator and Artist

Siseon Jeon Exhibitiobn, KR

Dec 2010 - Feb 2011 (3months)

Performer

2009 WDC Seoul, Seoul Design Foundation, KR

Jul 2009

References are available upon request

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