Publication
Designing type revivals 2026 Plane and Vertical. Translator, publisher.
LetterSeed 29 2025 Korean Society of Typography. Editor.
Soft Hard 2 2025 Plane and Vertical. Co-publisher.
LetterSeed 28 2025 Korean Society of Typography. Editor.
LetterSeed 27 2024 Korean Society of Typography. Editor.
LetterSeed 26 2024 Korean Society of Typography. Editor, author.
Soft Hard 1 2024 Plane and Vertical. Co-author, Co-publisher.
Digital typography chronological table 2024 Monthly Design vol. 551. Co-author.
The journey of Arita 2020 Amore Pacific. Ahn Graphics. Editor, lead designer.
What is conservation? 2024 Plane and Vertical. Translator, publisher.
What is research? 2022 Plane and Vertical. Co-translator, publisher.
Foreign views stimulating inner capacity: inter-locality against globality 2015 LetterSeed 11: Multilingual Typography. Korean Society of Typography. Co-translator.
A study on the integrated design of Hangeul Seoul 2015 Seoul Design Foundation. Research assistant.
Conference
Multiple voices in the early digitization of Hangeul 2026 ATypI Stanford. Presentation speaker.
Visual environmental factors of Chinese character typefaces conveying a Korean impression 2025 Korea Society of Design Science. Corresponding author.
Personal Copy 2025 Design History Society of Korea. Presentation speaker.
PhD research 2025 Type Design Intensive (TDi). University of Reading. Presentation speaker.
PhD research 2025 Tsinghua–Reading Conference. Presentation speaker, poster presentation.
Exhibition
The 5th Hangeul Design Project Senses of Writhing 2025 Commissioned by National Hangeul Museum.
非非設計: 디자이너의 결, 황창배에 스미다 2025 Commissioned by Hwang Changbae Museum.
Zeitgeist 2025 Commissioned by Everyday Practice.
Macao Design Award 2023 SEOUL (DDP)2024 Commissioned by Macau Designers Association (MDA).
The 18th Exhibition of the Korean Society of Typography: The Typesetter’s Bridge2024 Organized by Korean Society of Typography.
Art on Loop London–Athens 2024 Organized by The Holy Art.
The 17th Exhibition of the Korean Society of Typography: Forward!2023 Organized by Korean Society of Typography.
The Voice that Beautifies the World: ARITA 2023–2024 Commissioned by Amore Pacific.
Translate Real Estate 1.0 2023 Exhibited at 72 Warren St, New York, NY, US.
As they made their way out, 2023 Organized by Yale School of Art.
A Prologue to Somewhere 2022 Commissioned by Yale School of Art.
Action Required 2021 Commissioned by Yale School of Art.
The 14th Exhibition of the Korean Society of Typography: Contactless2020–2021 Organized by Korean Society of Typography.
Typojanchi 2019: 6th International Typography Biennale2019 Commissioned by Typojanchi.
100 film 100 poster 2019 Hosted by the 20th Jeonju International Film Festival.
白 · 墨 2017 Hosted by Jurgen Lehl.
11th Hongik Art Exhibition 2016 Organized by Hongik University.
10th Hongik Art Exhibition 2015 Organized by Hongik University.
The 10th Exhibition of the Korean Society of Typography: Intersection2015 Organized by Korean Society of Typography.
9th Hongik Art Exhibition 2014 Organized by Hongik University.
Committee
Perceptions and Responses of Communication Design Educators to Generative AI 2025 Yonsei University. In-depth Interviewee.
Hangeul Typeface Dictionary UX Survey 2024 National Hangeul Museum. Advisory Board.
2024 Best Book Design from Republic of Korea 2024 Korean Publishers Association. Jury Committee.




그래픽 디자이너, 연구자, 교육자. 타이포그래피와 리서치 기반의 다학제적 작업을 수행하며, 디지털 전환기의 한글 글자체를 연구하고 있다. 디자인 스튜디오이자 출판사 플레인앤버티컬을 운영하며 홍익대학교 시각디자인전공 겸임교수로 재직 중이다.

Yuseon Park is a graphic designer, researcher, and educator whose work focuses on typography and research-based multidisciplinary practice.
She has a background in Visual Communication Design and Art Studies from Hongik University (BFA, BA) and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art. She is currently a Ph.D. researcher at the University of Reading, supervised by Gerry Leonidas and Irmi Wachendorff.
In 2019, she founded PLANE AND VERTICAL, and since 2024 has been co-publishing Soft Hard with Immanuel Yang. Before founding PLANE AND VERTICAL in 2019, She worked at Ahn Graphics, ONE O ONE Architects, and the AG Typography Institute.
She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Hongik University and serves as Director of Scholarly Publications at the Korean Society of Typography.

Contact
yuseon@planeandvertical.com