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BINNA LEE 




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binnalee82@gmail.com
binna@newschool.edu


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CURRENTLY

10 – 11.2025 
Pollinator Peer Circle Program – Invited Participant
Polinator.coop
Selected through peer and institutional review for a 5-week pilot program , fostering creative momentum and community-led design discourse.

02.2025 – Present
The Child Safety Initiatives, XRSI
Volunteer Researcher

12.2023 – Present, NY
Parsons School of Design, The New School
Fall 2024
Thesis 1 BFA
Spring 2024, 2025
Core Lab: CT Environemnts, BFA
Visual Design Concepts, MFA 

11.2023 – Present, NY
Team Echo︎︎︎
Creative Director and Project Lead
The Power Paradox 2022︎︎︎

09.2023 – 01.2024, NY
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan, KCS
Instructional Program Developer, Creative Art Instructor, Visual Designer, Part Time

07.2023 – 02.2024, NY
Artist: Maya Ciarrocchi | LoopCurrent
Researcher and Prototype Developer in Wearable Tech for Perfomance, Freelance

09.2017 - 11.2017, NY
Urban Leaf
UX/UI Designer, Freelance

09.2017, NY
Catch NYC
Product Designer, Freelance

06.2017 - 07.2017, NY
sous le manteau
Product Designer, Freelance

10.2009 - 03.2010  Seoul, KR
Keagnam Enterprise, LTD
    Spatial Design Director, Freelance

MENTORSHIP

01.2025
MIT Reality Heck 2025
Most Recognized Mentor in UX and Design︎︎︎

11.2024 – 2025
XR Design Challenge (XRDC)︎︎︎

Immersive Insider
Collaborator: Ideo, Meta, ShapesXR 



EDUCATION

08.2015/2021 - 12.2022  New York, NY
Parsons School of Design The New School
Master of Fine Art in Design and Technology
| Dean’s Merit Scholarship (the entire years)
| Specialized in Interaction Design, Experiential Design, Research in Emotional Intelligence in Positive Psychology
| Design Menifesto︎︎︎

Hongik University | Seoul, KR
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.A.)  in Industrial and Product Design
| Specialized in Interaction Design,
Human Centered Design
| Awarded first place in Hongik
Art Competition in 2001



CAPABILITY 

Interaction Design
Experience Design
Product Design
System Design
HCI 
Digital Prototyping in XR 
Industrial Design
3D Modeling
3D Rendering
Physical Prototyping
Sketch
Illustration
Interdisciplinary Research
C#



LANGUAGE
 
English and Korean



ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITION


06.2024  New York, NY
NYC Resistor 
14th Annual Interactive Show | Echo︎︎︎

09.2023 
Women United ART Magazine
In The Spotlight | Issue V Autumn 2023
The Power Paradox︎︎︎

05.2023
Red Dot Design 2023
Shortlisted 
| The Power Paradox︎︎︎ (Experience Design)
| Ranking of Happiness︎︎︎ (Communication Design)
| I Feel Many Things During The Day︎︎︎ (Design Concept)


09.2016  New York, NY
NYC Media Lab 
Creative Tech | I Feel Many Things During The Day︎︎︎

04.2015
Parsons School of Design The New School Scholorship
Dean's Merit Scholarship (for the entire academic years)

05.2009  KR
Architecture Award | Gyeonggido Office of Education
The Best Elementary School | Saptial Design in Mural Design

03.2007  Seoul, KR
Winner of Concept Car Interior Design - Interaction Design
KIA Motors Competition | Collaborative Project



RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS & TALKS

04.2025
Cornell Tech XR Collaboratory X Danish P1 XR Collaboratory
XR Design Journey: Research, UX and Design 

03. 2025
Why 3D Interaction and Embodied Play Matter in Early Childhood Development︎︎︎ | LinkedIn

06.2024
Artist Talk at Unbound Variable Exhibition︎︎︎ 
Hosted by Notyet Arts, UAAD A
rt at Sojourner Gallery 

09.2023

Women United ART Magazine︎︎︎
In The Spotlight | Issue V Autumn 2023 – The Power Paradox (Audio reactive Projection Mapping)

01.2016
Instructables
Author Reward – Runner Up | I Feel Many Things During The Day︎︎︎

12.2015

Design Manifesto︎︎︎
Critical Design for 21 Century







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