Austin Seungmin Lee's Page

My Role

Designer, Artist, Arts Institution

My Discipline(s)

Design

My Specialties

Media Design

About Me And My Work

Austin is a multi-media designer and researcher based in L.A. He earned his M.F.A. from Graduate Media Design Program at Art Center in Pasadena where his thesis focused on the inscription of movements in a future of digitally enabled environments. His research interests include using the environment as an effective communication medium through applying computation in creative contexts, prototyping, collecting data and story telling as a way to address interesting and playful aspects of the modern digital life. In 2010, he was awarded a NASA Space Grant to work at NASA's JPL as visual strategist and researcher.

Artistic Experiences I Have Had On My Travels

Like most of the people who are in the field of creativity, doodling has been a huge part of my childhood. I got professional painting lessons as I was growing up and I dreamt of becoming a famous cartoonist. Although I dare not consider myself an artist, I am a huge fan of art and as a media designer, I am very interested in applying artistic thinking in my work.

Places I Would Like To Visit

Tokyo, Milan, NY, Seoul, Cuba

Art Forms And Cultures I Would Like To Engage With

Media Art. Critical Design, Technology + Design/Art

My Creative Influences & Favorite Artists

John Maeda, Ben Hooker, Christian Marclay

My Artistic Affiliations

Art Center College of Design MDP, MIT Media Lab

My Web link

http://austinslee.com/