HYUNJUNG KIM
DLX Platform, Institute of Industrial Science/
Emerging Design and Informatics Course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
The University of Tokyo
東京大学
生産技術研究所 価値創造デザイン推進基盤
大学院情報学環・学際情報学府 先端表現情報学コース
We explore how design connects society and science to address the defining challenges of our time. Collaborating with scientists and labs across UTokyo, we translate research into interactive designs, experiences, and exhibitions that help shape a preferred future—one that is more aware, relational, and resilient. Because we believe this work is inherently collective, we operate as an interdisciplinary, global practice aiming to drive tangible transitions.
We work closely with the DLX Design Lab through the Treasure Hunting project.
デザインがいかにして科学と社会を結びつけ、現代の課題を解決できるかを探究しています。学内の科学者や研究室と協働し、研究成果をインタラクティブなデザインや体験、展示へと形にしています。それによって、現状への理解を深め、人や環境とのつながりを大切にする、しなやかでレジリエントな「望ましい未来」の構築に貢献します。こうした取り組みは多様な人々の協働によってこそ成し遂げられると考え、具体的な変化を生み出すべく、分野を横断するグローバルなチームとして活動しています。
「Treasure Hunting」プロジェクトを通じてDLXデザインラボと協働しています。
GRADUATE STUDENTS
(GSII)
🖖 We are now accepting applications from prospective master's students. http://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/admissions
VISITING RESEARCHERSFY2025
🇨🇳 Prof. Seungwoo Je (SUSTech), JSPS Invitational Fellow
🇰🇷 Dr. Eunji Woo (KAIST)
INTERNSFY2026
🇰🇷 Yoonji Lee (KAIST)
🇰🇷 Gahyeon Bae (KAIST)
🇭🇰 Merey Kakinova (Lingnan Univ.)
🇫🇷 Louison Prevost-Bonnefille (UBordeaux)
FY2025
🇰🇷 Syemin Park (KAIST)
🇰🇷 Jueon Park (KAIST)
🇭🇰 Ivy Gao (Lingnan Univ.)
🇫🇷 Malo Le Meur (UBordeaux)
FY2024
🇰🇷 Yena Kim (KAIST)
🇰🇷 Geumjin Lee (KAIST)
🇫🇷 Yanis El Ouali (UBordeaux)
FY2023
🇰🇷 Jongik Jeon (KAIST)
🇰🇷 Seunghwa Pyo (KAIST)
ACCESS
CONTACTKashiwa II Cooperation Hub 203
柏Ⅱキャンパス産学官民連携棟 203
hyunjung’at’iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
ACHIEVEMENTS
EXHIBITIONS
Rats in the City
· まちの美化とネズミの生態を考える展示, SHIBUYA MABLs, Tokyo, Japan | Mar 2026
· Matsudo International Science Art Festival, Chiba, Japan | Oct 2025
· Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Korea | Aug–Nov 2025
Talking with Neurons
· Tokyo Prototype, Tokyo Node, Tokyo, Japan | Jan 2026
· Future Elements—Experimental Laboratory for Prototyping in Science and Design, 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, Japan | Mar–Sep 2024
AWARDS
· iF Design Award 2026: Rats in the City
· Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2021, Best of the Best: Isle of Reflections
PUBLICATIONS
· MIRAbot: A Robotic Rearview-Mirror Assistant for Conditional Automated Driving Kim, H. et al. — HRI '26 Companion, Mar 2026
· MIRAbot: A Rearview Mirror Driving Assistant for Semi-Autonomous Vehicles Fischer, M. et al. — CHI '25 EA, Apr 2025
· Design Exploration of Robotic In-Car Accessories for Semi-Autonomous Vehicles Fischer, M. et al. — CHI '24 EA, May 2024
· Design Exploration of Robotic In-Car Accessories for Semi-Autonomous Vehicles Kim, H. et al. — HRI '24 Companion, Mar 2024
· Talking with Neurons Kunasilan, P. et al. — SIGGRAPH '23 Art Gallery, Jul 2023
· Tidal Space: Interactive Home Installation for Work-From-Home Parents Huynh, M. et al. — SIGGRAPH Asia '22 Emerging Technologies, Nov 2022
PROJECTS
Moisture Commons
In collaboration with the Yoshimura Lab, UTokyo
2025–2026
An interactive experience tracing the global circulation of atmospheric moisture. By reframing the water moving through our skies as a shared, borderless commons, it makes climate data more relatable.
大気をめぐる水分の地球規模の循環をたどるインタラクティブな体験。空を移動する水を、国境を越えて分かち合う「コモンズ」として捉え直すことで、気候データをより身近なものにする。
Rats in the City
In collaboration with the Laboratory of Veterinary Ethology, UTokyo
2024–2026
A series of exhibitions grounded in a year of fieldwork across Tokyo, inviting audiences to encounter urban rats with curiosity rather than fear.
東京での1年間にわたるフィールドワークに基づく展示。先入観を手放し、恐れではなく好奇心とともに都市のネズミと向き合う体験を生み出す。
Talking with Neurons
In collaboration with the Ikeuchi Lab, UTokyo
2022–2024
An interactive installation enabling real-time remote interaction with live neural tissue.
体外で培養された神経細胞と、リアルタイムかつ遠隔で対話するインタラクティブなインスタレーション。
Auze & MIRAbot
In collaboration with ID KAIST, NAIST, and JARI
2022–2025
An exploration of the rearview mirror itself, and of a hanging accessory, as robotic assistants that make semi-autonomous driving enjoyable and inclusive.
バックミラーそのもの、そして吊り下げ型のアクセサリーを、半自動運転を楽しく、誰もが楽しめるものにするロボティック・アシスタントとして探求する試み。
© Hyunjung Kim 2026