About – Sanghyeok Lee

Sanghyeok Lee’s work asks the body to slow down, adjust, hesitate, or listen. It begins where bodies meet space over time: the weight we place, the pause before we sit, the way something gives beneath us. Through use, function turns into a slow, bodily awareness.
Berlin, Germany
leesanghyeok@me.com
Education 2021 University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), Germany 2009 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, USA 2011 Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Awards 2016 Selected, Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 2013 Winner, Time to Design, Copenhagen, Denmark 2013 Selected, TALENTS, Ambiente, Frankfurt, Germany 2012 Selected, MEMORABILIA, Design Liège, Belgium 2012 2nd Prize Winner, D3 Contest, Cologne, Germany
Residency 2013 Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark
Grants 2022 NEUSTART für Bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Germany 2019 Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture, South Korea
Lectures 2026 Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology, Delft 2023 Lecture and workshop: Absurd Thinking at Seoul Tech Univ. Invited by Prof. Sang-Kyu Kim 2023 UNIST Ulsan Design Seminar. Invited by Prof. Hwang Kim 2020 Product Design Dept. at Hongik Univ. Invited by Jinhyun Jeon 2016 Product Design Dept. at Hongik Univ. Invited by Prof. Yang Young Wan 2016 Kookmin Univ. Invited by Prof. Yeondoo Jung. 2012 Sangmyeong Univ. Invited by Prof. Chulan Kwak
I also work as a correspondent for various magazines in South Korea. As a journalist, I coordinate interviews and photographers, and conduct interviews across diverse fields.
Magazine B, Magazine C, Magzine F, Electronic Espresso, kontakt(Tokyo), Wierdos Magazine, Urbanbooks, Craft + Design, Maison Marie Claire Korea, Design Jungle














