Mimi Son currently studies Interaction Design at CIID since finished her MA degree of Interaction Design at the Landsdown Centre of Middlesex University in London.
She has been teaching Interactive Storytelling at Kaywon School of Art and
Design (Korea) for six years and has been working as an art director in her own studio.

Her artwork has been exhibited in Seoul, Tokyo, Barcelona and Arhus in Denmark.
She is currently researching emotional and tangible interaction for future life and
the effects of technology from a creative approach.

She is interested in exploring her surroundings with her eyes shining before creating something interactive and funny based on narrative snippets from her life.
She loves to play with art and nature as well as technology, which all lead her into
a creative world.

- Conceptualisation
- Future Scenarios & Video Prototyping
- Persona Creation / Profiling
- Physical Computing
- UI Wireframes & GUI Design
- Graphic Design

Mimi Son
http://www.tinker.kr
sonmimi@gmail.com
+45 2828 1643

EXPERIENCE
2001 - 2006
Co-founder and Creative Director / Atom Interactive Co.,Ltd. / Seoul, Korea
Atom Interactive is a Seoul based design studio which aims to bridge the gap between people and technologies, design and art. I found this studio with Nado-O and Wanjae Chang in 2001 that specialise in information architecture, user research, GUI design and human-centered interaction design. We have worked with Samsung, SK Telecome for the mobile or interactive TV projects and also lots of intriguing art projects with other creative artists.

2005 - 2006
Adjunct Professor / Dept. of Moving Image, Kaywon School of Art and Design / Seoul, Korea
http://www.kaywon.ac.kr

1999 - 2005
Part-time Lecturer / Dept. of Moving Image, Kaywon School of Art and Design / Seoul, Korea

1999 - 2001
Art Director / Design Team, Solv9 Co., Ltd. / Seoul, Korea

1996 - 1998
Senior Designer / Brandworkz Co.,Ltd.
http://www.brandworkz.co.kr

1995 - 1996
Junior Designer of Multimedia Team / Haas Media Co.,Ltd / Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION

Sep. 2008 - Sep. 2009
Interaction Design Pilot Year, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
in collaboration with Danish Design School
http://ciid.dkds.dk

Sep. 2007 - Sep. 2008
MA Design Interactive Media, Middlesex University in London
http://lansdown.mdx.ac.uk/hosting/dim_intra/

EXHIBITION

Apr. 2009 Next no.6 - Get Lost / Arhus in Denmark / http://www.ilab.dk/next

Sep. 2006 T-1 Worldcup Exhibition in the Benesse Art Site Naoshima in Japan
http://www.t-1.cc/2nd/e/news

Apr. 2006 Made in Corea / Barcelona, Spain

Sep. 2005 Design Made / Seoul Arts Center in Seoul Korea