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Hyun-Kyung Lee
DFK Director
Director of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Division
Nanyoung Kim
DFK Coach
Rennie Moon
Professor of Research Methods
Huasha Zhang
Assistant Professor of Asian History
Jae-Yun Ho
Chair of Creative Technology Management
Jae-Hoon Shin
Chair of Bio-Convergence
mission statement

Design Factory Korea

DFK is an open platform where education meets industries to solve real problems based on interdisciplinary team projects. Design Factory Korea creates values through problem based learning, providing an experimental learning environment to build innovative knowledge ecosystem.

"Designing Future Innovation."

vision

Design Thinking based Education

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Innovation Knowledge Platform

goals

Approaching innovative learning environment and creating value through design based learning.

Creating a future model of interdisciplinary collaboration by implementing theories into practices.

Knowledge

Providing an experiential
learning environment to build innovative knowledge ecosystem.

outcomes

DFKer

Industry Collaborator
2018
Rat Relay with Root Impact
2019
Samsung - DFK Capstone Project
DFK - IKEA Smart Home Project
Creative Entrepreneur
2015.8
Startup Weekend Incheon
International Co-worker
2016.1
DFK-SDF-Cisco Project
2019.4
DFK-IKEA Sweden Project
Local Mentor
2015-2016
Product Development Project for junior High School Students
Social Innovator
2017.2
Social leadership program for junior High School Students
2019.7
DFK Social Impact Bootcamp in Tanzania
Knowledge Creator
2015 - present
Techno-Art Capstone Project
Knowledge Networker
2017-present
Leadership Seminar: Techno-Art Entrepreneurship
DFK Workshops
Global Leader
2015-present
International Design Factory Week
2018
Social IoT Project Leader
A table about DFK activities
DFGN

Design Factory Global Network

Design Factory Global Network (DFGN) is a network of innovation platforms that drive change in their own institutions for a better learning culture, whether it is in a university or a research center.

DFGN logo
STUDENT CLUB

Stay Small, Think Big.

2024 Omelet Members

DFK Omelet is a group of students who aim to utilize creative designs and solution-oriented thinking
to market the Design Factory Korea brand within the multicultural society within the Yonsei campus.