Taling to host Design Career Voyager webinar

Taling, a platform for learning from creators, said on the 18th that it will host the “Design Career Voyager” webinar on Taling Live with working design professionals.

The webinar is aimed at junior and senior designers seeking to grow and build solid careers. Leading designers will share practical insights into career development.

Speakers include Min Bon, a professor of visual communication design at Hongik University; Shim Jun-yong, VP of Design at Kakao Style; Chae Byung-rok, founder of CBR Graphic; and Park Young-ha, creative director at Starbucks Korea.

The webinar will feature four sessions, with two sessions each day from the 23rd to the 24th. The first session, available on the 23rd, is titled “How to Grow as a Designer with Expertise” and will be led by Min Bon, a professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Hongik University. Min is currently a professor in the university’s College of Fine Arts and previously worked as a designer on Apple’s Human Interface Group and as a type designer on its font team. Drawing on experience with a global company’s design team, Min will share tips on developing as a professional designer.

The second session that day, “Growing as a Brand Designer in Silicon Valley,” will feature Shim Jun-yong, VP of Design at Kakao Style. Shim will draw on experience as a former creative director at Google’s headquarters and art director at Apple’s headquarters. Through three branding projects for tech giants including Apple and Google, Shim will discuss the process and outcomes of brand refreshes that are not formally documented.

The third session will take place the following day, the 24th. Art director and graphic designer Chae Byung-rok, founder of CBR Graphic, will lead a session titled “The Multilayered Structure of Letterforms and Texture,” exploring the meaning of letters and the overlapping surface textures associated with them.

In the final session on the 24th, Park Young-ha, creative director at Starbucks Korea, will draw on examples of work processes and outcomes to discuss experiences across different settings, including client industries and project scopes. The talk is titled “A Design Voyage for the Pro Freelancer.”