Kokikin
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Profile
kkin0505@gmail.com/kkin@saic.edu
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I see design as a "vehicle that moves culture."
Design can present ways of living. Most importantly, design exists through mutual consent and dependence. It requires both a creator and an audience, meaning emerges only within that relationship. That is why my goal is to create designs that resonate with people and inspire action.
What kind of design brings about change in society and culture? It is the kind that moves people's hearts, makes them think, and has the power to transform the world for the better. I want to continue creating such impactful designs
CV
SELECTED WORK
David Smith
Book
A biographical publication about the life of the artist David Smith.
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Registration Mark Type Project
with Pruthvish Dangat
Pixel to Page Font
Pruthvish and I, with the creative team for Pixel to Page, designed a custom font for the SAIC senior exhibition for Visual Communication.
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Branding
Ongoing Project Diskyo
Diskyo is a disco event platform created to connect international students living in Tokyo through shared nightlife experiences. Born from the desire to gather a dispersed global youth community, the project proposes new social hubs centered on music, movement, and cross-cultural exchange. It reimagines the disco as a contemporary space for belonging in the city.
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Branding/Campaign
Let me teach you how to talk
This reactionary branding campaign confronts the younger generation’s dependence on smartphones by foregrounding direct human interaction. The project celebrates moments of communication that occur without a shared language, emphasizing gesture, presence, and empathy. Through visual identity and messaging, it reframes conversation as a physical and social act.
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Publication
Minaguchi Publication
This photobook combines vellum and photographic paper to reflect feelings of uncertainty toward the future. Developed from visual materials gathered during a dart trip to Minaguchi City, the publication translates personal anxiety into layered tactile imagery. The work was later featured in Powderblue Magazine, Volume 7: Touch Grass.
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Poster
GlassBird
Exhibited at the National Art Center of Japan
This contemporary poster expresses a statement on peace through a process of glass blowing and digital scanning. The fusion of fragile material and reproducible image creates tension between permanence and vulnerability. The work positions peace as both delicate and actively constructed.
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Zine-Prints
人有悲歡離合
Riso Chinese Poem Zine
Created to support a young learner’s engagement with Chinese poetry, this zine transforms a traditional poem into a visual narrative. The project merges language learning with storytelling to make poetic meaning more accessible and memorable. It functions as both an educational tool and an intimate publication.
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Exhibition Design
Metempsychosis Exhibition
This branding project was developed for a Tossarose collective exhibition staged inside a church scheduled for demolition. Visual references to shattered glass and dust echo the physical condition of the space and the exhibition’s themes of transformation and afterlife. The identity connects site, material, and concept into a unified graphic language.
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Poster Series
History of Samurai
This poster series traces the historical evolution of the samurai using openly accessible ukiyo-e prints from the periods represented. Each poster strictly incorporates imagery from its corresponding era, reinforcing historical specificity through visual sourcing. The series was also translated into fabric prints, extending the work into spatial display.
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Publication
Megaheltz
Co-directed and designed as a collaborative publication, Megaheltz Magazine gathers interviews with scholars, designers, curators, and students around the theme of the “desired path.” The project creates a platform for emerging voices to reflect on direction, purpose, and creative futures. Its spiral binding and folded internal pages emphasize discovery through reading.
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Logo/Branding
Co-Directed with Pruthvish Dangat
The Tossarose identity system centers on a five-petal rose structured within a pentagonal geometry, symbolizing the balance between organic artistic growth and collective stability. Designed for an ongoing artist collective, the branding adapts across exhibitions, publications, and communications while maintaining a coherent visual core. The form reflects collaboration among distinct practices unified within a shared framework. As the collective evolves, the identity continues to expand, positioning branding as a living structure rather than a fixed mark.
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