So Jin Park

Critical Graphic Designer, 
Reporter, 
Glass, Podcast, Newsletter, Crochet
Here are only the projects created during my studies in the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule. This site will be updated soon.
sojinpark.seoul@gmail.com
IG @your_park__

 박소진 So Jin Park 


(ENG) Park studied French and English literature in Seoul. She discovered her passion in Germany, moved to Berlin and finally began studying graphic design at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. "Apolitical things are generally of no interest to me", says Park. Against this background, her work deals with 39,000 kilometers of Internet cables, discriminating algorithms and stories.

Based on text by Form magazine (issue 284)


(DE) Park studierte französische und englische Literatur, entdeckte ihre Passion für Deutschland, zog nach Berlin und fing schließlich an der Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle an, Grafikdesign zu studieren. „Unpolitische Dinge sind im Allgemeinen uninteressant für mich“, so Park. Vor diesem Hintergrund beschäftigt sie sich in ihren Arbeiten mit diskriminierende Algorithmen, Geschichten und 39.000 Kilometer langen Internetkabeln.

Basierend auf Text von Form Magazine (Ausgabe 284)

(한글) 박소진은 프랑스 문학 및 영문학을 전공하고, 저작권 에이전트, 이집트 주재 여행 안내자로 활동한 이후, 독일 Burg Giebichenstein 미술 대학에서 그래픽 디자인을 전공하였다. “비정치적인 주제는 흥미롭지 않다”는 생각 하에 인간을 차별하는 알고리즘, 39,000 km 길이의 인터넷 케이블 등과 같은 이야기를 다루는 프로젝트를 한다.

(Form Magazine Nr. 284)


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FEATURED
Kaleid Magazine, Digital Silkroad project, coming soon
Sobremesa Magazine, Island Times project, 11. 2019
Form Design Magazine, Nr. 284, 9. 2019
Girlsclub Asia, 9. 2019


EDUCATION
Graphic Design, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle

Exchange Student, French Language, Université Catholique de l’Ouest Angers & Université Catholique de Lyon
English and French Literature, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
33. Plakatwettbewerb des Deutschen Studentenwerk, Shortlist, 3. 2019
STIBET Scholarship, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle & DAAD
6. 2018
Giebichenstein Design Preis 2017, Category Political & Critical Concept (Engagiertes Anliegen), Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, 10. 2017
Premio Nazionale delle Arti 2017, Finalist, Design Section, 9. 2017
Support by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research & Halbe Treppe of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, 2. 2017

100 Beste Plakate, Finalist, 2016, 2017

WORK
Writer, Graphic Designer, EIGENART Magazine
Newsletter Designer & Reporter on German publishing industry, KPIPA, since 2. 2020
Graphic Designer (internship), A—Z, the Greenbox Kunst Editionen, Berlin
Freelancing Interpreter 
Poster Design, LAMSA e.V.

Book Reviewer for Korean Publishers (Eng, De, Fr)
Literary Agent, European & Children’s Books, BC Agency, Seoul
Tour Guide, Space Network Community, Cairo


EXHIBITIONS
3, 2, 1, Go! Exhibition, DGTF, Halle/Saale, Germany, 11. 2017

Kunststiftung Sachsen Anhalt, Halle/Saale, Germany, 10. 2017
Premio Nazionale delle Arti 2017, Faenza, Italy, 9.– 10. 2017

Werkleitz Festival Center, Halle/Saale, Germany, 9. 2017
Seoul Art Book Fair, 11. 2016
Frankfurt Book Fair, 10. 2016


VOLUNTEERING
Organizer, 3, 2, 1, Go! Exhibition, DGTF, Halle/Saale, 11. 2017

Burg-Treffen (Meetings and discussion with students), Panel Discussion (Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst), Statement T-Shirt Workshop, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, 9. 2016 – 12. 2018
Analogue Marketing, Chuncheon Arts Festival, Chuncheon, 8. 2006