Keebaik Sim
Researcher / Designer / Consultant / Strategist
“Great design starts with deeply understanding the culture, lifestyles, and needs of users.”
Managed 20+ design projects in the public and private sectors from conceptualization to implementation
3-time global design competition winner, 2 peer-reviewed publications, 4 international conference presentations
MDes from Harvard (2017), PhD from UC Berkeley (2025)
HIGHLIGHTS
Third Place Winner of Bill Mitchell Design Award 2016
Grand Prize Winner for the We Count! Public Life Data Design Sprint at Gëhl Institute 2018
The proposal selected as one of the final ideas for the Support of Unification in the Korean Peninsula 2016
Published 2 peer-reviewed journal articles and delivered 4 international conference presentations
SELECTED PROJECTS
PhD Dissertation:
Korean Smart City Dreams
PhD research on the politics and culture of smart city development, informing LG Business Research’s smart city strategies
Refugee Life Jacket
Wearable device facilitating refugee-local connections
FitBooth
A service making urban fitness easier and encouraging more frequent exercise
The Story About All of Us
Creative workshops connecting North and South Korean students in Seoul, Korea
Joseph La Piana | Artist
“Keebaik was an excellent employee who possesses excellent skills with regards design, conceptual art theories and execution.”
“Keebaik is reliable, trustworthy, and has strong managerial and leadership skills. He is a self starter who takes direction well. Peter would be an asset to any company as is skill set is broad yet focused and detailed.”
Linda Celentano | Industrial Designer | Professor
“I wish I had a classroom full of Kee Baiks! He is a very bright talent and a real star! He is full of ambition, extremely intuitive both artistically and socially. Aside from Kee Baik’s great talent, I was always very impressed with his ability to be very independent, yet very intimate and social with his colleagues. He really knows how to connect with people! I think he is remarkably mature, respectful, and I recommend him without hesitation for all of his professional endeavors.”