Taekyeom Lee, “Additive Process: Art of Additive Manufacturing”Artist’s Talk and Reception

Lee is an interdisciplinary artist although he prefers to introduce himself a designer using artist’s material and artistic sensibility. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He received an MFA degree in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has made three-dimensional type as a series of typographic explorations to strive challenge and seek a new way to create tangible type in three-dimensional space. As a part of research, he built a self-build 3D printer and designed his own paste extruders to produce intricate 3D ceramic type and objects. His research has drawn interest nationally and internationally. His interests in graphic design are not solely focused on unconventional typography but also explore a diverse area of interests and experience such as publication design, artist book, lettering, exhibition design, branding, web design, environmental design, CAD design, digital fabrication, generative design, augmented reality, ceramics, sculpture, and art/design pedagogy.