Ji Lee: The Transformative Power of Personal Projects
Currently the Creative Director at Google Creative Labs in New York, Ji Lee gives an engaging speech on “The Bubble Project” and tells us how it has helped him in his professional career. (video after the jump)
Lee was born in Seoul, moved to São Paulo at 10, and studied design at Parsons School of Design in New York, where he currently lives and works.
He is the author of two books: Talk Back: The Bubble Project and Univers Revolved: a 3-Dimensional Alphabet and has given numerous lectures, including at Harvard University, MIT and MoMA. His work has appeared in ABC World News, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Guardian, and WIRED among others.
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