Phillip Kim
CREATIVE Direction / branding / art direction / uiux / digital / print / photography / and more
AS A DESIGNER ROOTED IN THE VIBRANT CULTURES OF BOTH LA AND SEOUL, I BLEND RATIONAL METHODOLOGIES WITH AN INTUITIVE SENSITIVITY TO CREATE VISUALS THAT RESONATE DEEPLY ACROSS DIVERSE AUDIENCES. MY WORK BRIDGES HUMAN EMOTIONS, CULTURAL INTRICACIES, AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OFFERING A LENS THROUGH WHICH THE WORLD’S COMPLEXITIES BECOME CLEARER AND MORE CONNECTED.
IN AN ERA OF RICH DIVERSITY, MY PASSION LIES IN EXPLORING THE SUBTLE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INTENTIONS AND DESIRES WITHIN DISTINCT CULTURAL CONTEXTS. THROUGH THOUGHTFUL FORM STUDIES, I ILLUMINATE THE BEAUTY AND CHALLENGES OF MULTICULTURAL ENCOUNTERS, CRAFTING SOLUTIONS THAT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY IN AN EVER-EVOLVING GLOBAL SOCIETY.
DESIGN, TO ME, IS A LANGUAGE THAT TRANSCENDS MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND BUILDS BRIDGES. IT HAS THE POWER TO CELEBRATE DIFFERENCES WHILE CULTIVATING EMPATHY. MY PRACTICE THRIVES ON SHOWCASING CULTURAL RICHNESS, CRAFTING PRECISE, HUMAN-CENTERED VISUAL NARRATIVES THAT FACILITATE CONNECTION AND CLARITY.
CURIOSITY FUELS MY APPROACH. EVERY OBSERVATION, EVERY INTERACTION IS A CHANCE TO REFINE AND REIMAGINE. THIS DEDICATION HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS ACROSS INDUSTRIES LIKE FASHION, PRINT, EXHIBITIONS, COSMETICS, AND FILM—PUSHING BOUNDARIES WHILE STAYING TRUE TO THE ESSENCE OF EACH PROJECT.
WITH A METICULOUS EYE AND A BOLD SPIRIT, I STRIVE TO CREATE WORKS THAT NOT ONLY CAPTIVATE BUT ALSO INSPIRE A MORE COHESIVE AND INCLUSIVE WORLD. LET’S COLLABORATE TO TELL STORIES THAT TRANSCEND BORDERS, SPARK DIALOGUE, AND DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE.
WHERE I EXPANDED MY PRACTICE:
OPEN AI
GOOGLE
NEED
Nike
ROSEWOOD CREATIVE
WiEden+Kennedy
Roblox @Special Agency
DROGA 5
SMILE FLOWER
TELEPORT
CJ Enm
Wax Studios
2x4
Sundae School
PROJECT INQUIRE (or) opportunity:
PHILLIPKIM0503@GMAIL.COM
@PHILLIP.WINDLY
@SMILEFLower.club
SELECTED PRESS FEATURES
"Monthly Design" Magazine, 2026
"VOYAGE LA" INTERVIEW, 2025
"INSIGHT" INTERVIEW [WATCH], 2023
"VOYAGE LA" INTERVIEW [READ], 2023
"BranD" Magazine, 2023
"THE BRAND IDENTITY" INTERVIEW [READ], 2023
RISD GXD PRESS, 2023
"Wieden+Kennedy" designer spotlight interview [read], 2022
Album/Concert Branding and Art Direction for Nucksal on "Naver Design Press" [READ] 2022
360 Design Magazine, 2022
"Dazed" Magazine, 2022
"It's nice that" interview [read], 2021
"Naver Design Press", 2021
Seoul Fashion Radio, 2021
"Monthly Design" Magazine, 2021
"Adobe Create", 2021
Exhibition Branding, Circuit Soul on "Naver Design Press", 2021
Graphic Design Phillip Kim on "Samsung Life Magazine", 2021
Sundae LA Popup store branding on "LA Times", 2020
Sundae S/S20 collection and campaign on "HYPEBEAST", 2020
N/A x Vans Merch Design on "VISLA MAG", 2020
Watch Your Head editorial design on "VISLA MAG", 2020
God Particle on "It's Nice That", 2019
4:20 Poster Exhibition on "It's Nice That", 2019
Sundae School on "I-D", 2019
Sundae NY Popup store branding on "New York Times" in 2019
SELECTED CLIENTS:
NIKE GLOBAL
NIKE NYC
NIKE KOREA
NIKE TOKYO
NIKE AIR MAX
NIKE SINGAPORE
LULULEMON
DISNEY
SAMSUNG
HYPEBEAST
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP JP
TOAD(NETFLIx)
AZUKI, LOS ANGELES, CA
ELA STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CA
Frame Denim Co., Culver City, CA
DOUBLEDAY & CARTWRIGHT, NY
Earth Landing Project, Los Angeles, CA
BIG FACE, LOS ANGELES, CA
BIRTH OF ROYAL CHILD, NEW YORK, NY
Zero Hazard Campaign, Antwerp, BELGIUM
DAYS OFF, Barcelona, SPAIN
THE DESIGNERS FOUNDRY, SWISS
system, Shanghai
HYBE
starship, KR
WEMADE, KR
hybe, kR
TRATRATRAX, UK
CHEEEZ, UK
COOR, KR
Descente, KR
MAGPIE, KR
MAGGIE, KR
PAGE MAIL, KR
WOOALONG, KR
SWJA, KR
Lacoste, KR
Blanc Co, KR
IGHT, KR
Post Archive Faction(PAF), KR
Seoul Fashion Radion, KR
Chunnng, KR
SM Town, KR
Studio Unravel, KR
DOUBLE HAPPINESS, KR
BELIEFT LAB, KR
Cadejo, KR
N/A Gallery, KR
Honam University, KR
EXHIBITIONS:
OOP Festival, 2026
KOREA design festival, 2024
TDC exhibition, China, 2024
KT VIBRAND offline exhibition, 2024
God particle "Elusive power" exhibition, 2024
100 Films 100 Posters, Korea 2023
Poster Exhibition Parrel-Parrel, Zurich, 2022
100 Films, 100 Posters, Korea, 2020
Korean Society of Typography, Korea, 2020
Asian Cool Poster Exhibition by MTL Studio in Seoul, 2019
Poster Exhibition by parallel-parallel, 2019
4:20 Poster Exhibition in New York, 2019
LECTURES:Lecture
Talk at plus x share x, Seoul, 2026
Branding Class#2 on the Colorso, Seoul, 2024
GOOGLE VIS ID, 2023
Guest Lecture, Art Center College of Design, CA, 2022
Guest Lecture, Kaywon University of Art and Design, Seoul, 2022
Guest Critic, Art Center College of Design, CA, 2021
Branding Class on the Colorso, Seoul, 2021
Phillip Kim
CREATIVE Direction / branding / art direction / uiux / digital / print / photography / and more
AS A DESIGNER ROOTED IN THE VIBRANT CULTURES OF BOTH LA AND SEOUL, I BLEND RATIONAL METHODOLOGIES WITH AN INTUITIVE SENSITIVITY TO CREATE VISUALS THAT RESONATE DEEPLY ACROSS DIVERSE AUDIENCES. MY WORK BRIDGES HUMAN EMOTIONS, CULTURAL INTRICACIES, AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OFFERING A LENS THROUGH WHICH THE WORLD’S COMPLEXITIES BECOME CLEARER AND MORE CONNECTED.
IN AN ERA OF RICH DIVERSITY, MY PASSION LIES IN EXPLORING THE SUBTLE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INTENTIONS AND DESIRES WITHIN DISTINCT CULTURAL CONTEXTS. THROUGH THOUGHTFUL FORM STUDIES, I ILLUMINATE THE BEAUTY AND CHALLENGES OF MULTICULTURAL ENCOUNTERS, CRAFTING SOLUTIONS THAT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY IN AN EVER-EVOLVING GLOBAL SOCIETY.
DESIGN, TO ME, IS A LANGUAGE THAT TRANSCENDS MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND BUILDS BRIDGES. IT HAS THE POWER TO CELEBRATE DIFFERENCES WHILE CULTIVATING EMPATHY. MY PRACTICE THRIVES ON SHOWCASING CULTURAL RICHNESS, CRAFTING PRECISE, HUMAN-CENTERED VISUAL NARRATIVES THAT FACILITATE CONNECTION AND CLARITY.
CURIOSITY FUELS MY APPROACH. EVERY OBSERVATION, EVERY INTERACTION IS A CHANCE TO REFINE AND REIMAGINE. THIS DEDICATION HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS ACROSS INDUSTRIES LIKE FASHION, PRINT, EXHIBITIONS, COSMETICS, AND FILM—PUSHING BOUNDARIES WHILE STAYING TRUE TO THE ESSENCE OF EACH PROJECT.
WITH A METICULOUS EYE AND A BOLD SPIRIT, I STRIVE TO CREATE WORKS THAT NOT ONLY CAPTIVATE BUT ALSO INSPIRE A MORE COHESIVE AND INCLUSIVE WORLD. LET’S COLLABORATE TO TELL STORIES THAT TRANSCEND BORDERS, SPARK DIALOGUE, AND DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE.
WHERE I EXPANDED MY PRACTICE:
OPEN AI
GOOGLE
NEED
Nike
ROSEWOOD CREATIVE
WiEden+Kennedy
Roblox @Special Agency
DROGA 5
SMILE FLOWER
TELEPORT
CJ Enm
Wax Studios
2x4
Sundae School