AUTO DESIGN AWARD
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The Judges
    Head of Judging Panel
  • Kim, John Young-il
    Industry
  • Lee, Sang-yup
  • Choi, Gap-dong
  • Sung, Joo-wan
  • Lee, Myung-hack
  • Lee, Jung-yong
    Academy
  • Kim, Chul-ho
  • Kim, Won-kyoung
  • Koo, Sang
  • Cha, Jong-min
    Institute
  • Kim, Eun-tae
  • Yoon, Tae-sun
  • Lee, Moon-han
    Overseas Experts
  • Hwang, Hoe-young
  • Kim, Do-hyung
  • Hubert H. Lee
  • Han, Bul-hui

Head of Judging Panel

Kim, John Young-il
CEO of EL B&T
  • CEO of EL B&T
  • Chief designer and president of design department of Hyundai Motors (Tucson, Click, XD Avante, NF Sonata, TG Grandeur, Genesis, etc)
  • CEO of Innocean
  • The head of judging panel of Auto Design Award

Industry

Lee, Sang-yup
Vice President of Styling of Hyundai Motor Group
  • Art Center College of Design
  • Vice President of Styling of Hyundai Motor Group
  • Head of Hyundai & Genesis Styling
Choi, Gap-dong
Manager of design department in Chevrolet, GM Korea
  • Exterior Designer in GM Daewoo
Sung, Joo-wan
DPM of Hyundai Design Center
  • Art Center College of Design
  • Korea University
  • Senior Exterior Designer of Cadillac in GM
  • Chief designer and general manger of Renault Design Asia
Lee, Myung-hack
(former) Senior executive of the design department of Ssangyong Motors
  • Senior executive of the design department of Ssangyong Motors
  • Kookmin University
  • Hyundai Motors
Lee, Jung-yong
CEO of Saean Motors
  • CEO of Saean Motors
  • More than 20 years exprienced in EV industry
  • PhD in Industrial Design, UNSW Australia

Academy

Kim, Chul-ho
Professor in the department of automobile engineering of Seoul National University of Science and Technology
  • The University of New South Wales, Australia
Kim, Won-kyoung
Professor in the department of Industrial Design of Chungang University
  • Center for Creative Studies College of Arts & Design, Transportation Design (B.F.A)
  • Art Center College of Design, Transportation Design (M.S)
Koo, Sang
Professor in the department of design of Hongik
  • Professor in the department of automobile transportation design of Kookmin University
  • Kia Engineering California Senior Designer
Cha, Jong-min
Professor in the department of transportation design of Hongik University
  • Head of Hyundai Design Institute
  • Head of Hyundai Desgin and Technical Center - Irvine California
  • Royal College of Art

Institute

Kim, Eun-tae
General secretary and executive director from The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
  • Joonang University (BA)
  • Dongguk University (MA)
  • EVAAP(Electric Vehicle Association of Asia Pacific)
Yoon, Tae-sun
Marketing insight managing director from Consumer Insight
  • Yonsei University
  • Gallup Korea
  • Research International
Lee, Moon-han
Managing Director at NICE D&R Automobile Research Division
  • 20 years of Automotive Research experience
  • Plan, Execute, and Analyze Automotive research projects

Overseas Experts

Hwang, Hoe-young
Bentley Motors Design Centre, Lead Exterior Designer
  • Industrial Design in Kookmin University
  • Royal College of Art, Vehicle Design MA
  • GM Korea Advanced Design Center, Creative Designer
  • Bentley Motors Design Centre, Lead Exterior Designer
Kim, Do-hyung
Senior Lecturer of Coventry University
  • Visiting Lecturer in Automotive and Transport Design of Nanjing University, China
  • Royal College of Art, Vehicle Design (Awarded from Pilkington&RCA)
  • Coventry University, Automotive Design
  • Priestmangoode Transport Designer
  • TATA Motors passenger and commercial design studio Lead Designer
  • Senior Lecturer in Automotive and Transport Design of Coventry University, United Kingdom
Hubert H. Lee
Creative Manager for Mercedes-Benz
  • Senior designer in Kia Engineering California
  • Creative Manager for Mercedes-Benz
  • Rhode Island School of Design
  • Art Center College of Design
Han, Bul-hui
Senior exterior designer of Haval Motors, Great Wall Motor Company, China
  • Hanyang University, Industrial Design
  • Winner of Auto Design Award 2016