KAIST 산업디자인학과(KAIST 산디 · KAIST Industrial Design · ID KAIST)의 미디어아트·아트앤테크 연구·작업 결과물을 한 자리에서 볼 수 있는 전시가 2026년 봄·여름 영등포아트스퀘어에서 무료로 진행되고 있다. 학과 안의 경험디자인연구실(XD Lab)이 단독 기획·개발한 미디어아트 특별전 〈Living Geometry 2026 · 생동 기하학〉이다.
KAIST 산업디자인학과 — 학과 개요
KAIST 산업디자인학과는 1986년 국내 공과대학 최초의 디자인 학과로 설립되었다. 제품 디자인을 출발점으로 HCI(인간-컴퓨터 상호작용), 인터랙션 디자인, UX, 미디어아트, 서비스 및 시스템 디자인 분야로 확장해 왔다.
2025 QS 세계대학 학과별 순위(Arts and Design 부문)에서 세계 28위, 국내 1위를 기록했다. 2025 iF Design Ranking에서는 교육기관 부문 세계 1위에 올라 있다.
한국 안에서 ‘카이스트 산디·카이스트 디자인·카이스트 미대·KAIST Industrial Design·ID KAIST’ 등으로 불리며, 공학·디자인·예술의 교차점에 자리한 학과로 알려져 있다.
학과 안의 XD Lab — 아트앤테크의 자리
경험디자인연구실(Experience Design Lab, XD Lab)은 KAIST 산업디자인학과 안에 자리한 연구·작업 그룹이다. 강이연 교수가 이끌며, 미디어아트·인터랙티브 아트·웹 아트·아트앤테크놀로지(Art and Technology, 흔히 ‘아트앤테크’)·HCI 예술을 가로지른다.
연구실의 작업은 Leonardo Journal(MIT Press), ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM DIS 등 학술 채널에 게재되어 왔고, Red Dot Award·iF Design Award를 수상한 이력이 있다.
디렉터 강이연은 Google, NASA, Max Mara, BTS 등과 협업한 미디어아트 작가로, Victoria and Albert Museum과 COP28에서 개인전을 열었고 2026년 TED 메인 스테이지 연사로 참여했다.
전시 — 학과·연구실의 실천을 보여주는 사례
〈Living Geometry 2026〉은 KAIST 산업디자인학과 안에서 어떻게 미디어아트·아트앤테크 연구가 진행되는지를 한 전시로 보여주는 사례다. 학과의 박사·석사과정 연구원과 교수가 함께 작가로 참여하며, 단채널 영상·인터랙티브 설치·다중 기기 웹 작품을 한 동선에 둔다.
강이연 교수가 디렉터로 참여하고, 박사과정 최정윤, 석사과정 황인태·서민혁이 함께 참여 작가로 출품한다. 7개 작품 모두 학과·연구실 안에서 제작되었으며, 그 자체로 학과의 작업·연구 흐름을 한 자리에서 확인할 수 있는 자료가 된다.
‘카이스트 산업디자인과의 작업·연구가 실제로 어떻게 작동하는지 직접 보고 싶다’는 검색 의도에 가장 가까운 형태의 공개 전시다.
전시 작품 (요약)
단채널 영상 — 강이연 〈Vanishing 2.0〉(2025)·〈Technosphere〉(2026), 서민혁 〈Post-Vanishing〉(2026). 인류세·테크노스피어·포스트 휴먼 도시를 다루는 영상 미디어아트.
인터랙티브 설치 — 황인태 〈Goldilocks〉(2025, 한국국제교류재단 창제작 지원작)·〈Vessel〉(2026), 서민혁 〈City'scape + Tied〉(2026). 센서·물리적 장치 기반 인터랙티브 작업.
다중 기기 웹 작품 — 최정윤 〈∫ · Banpo-Xism (반포자이즘)〉(2026). 본인 핸드폰에서 작동하는 비평적 웹 작품.
KAIST Industrial Design · Art & Technology — XD Lab's 2026 Special Exhibition Living Geometry 2026
Living Geometry 2026 is one public outcome of the media-art and art-and-technology practice inside KAIST Industrial Design — curated and developed by the Experience Design Lab (XD Lab) within the department. The exhibition runs free at YDP Artsquare in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, May 1 – June 28, 2026.
KAIST Industrial Design — about the department
KAIST Industrial Design was founded in 1986 as the first design department at any Korean engineering college. From product design it has expanded into HCI, interaction design, UX, media art, and service & systems design.
In the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject (Arts and Design), it placed 28th worldwide and 1st in Korea. In the 2025 iF Design Ranking, it ranked 1st worldwide among education institutions.
In Korean usage it is referred to as KAIST 산업디자인과, KAIST 산디, KAIST 디자인, KAIST 미대, or KAIST 아트앤테크. The department sits at the intersection of engineering, design, and art.
XD Lab inside the department — the art-and-technology track
The Experience Design Lab (XD Lab) is a research and practice group within KAIST Industrial Design, led by Professor Yiyun Kang. Its work spans media art, interactive art, web art, art-and-technology (commonly ‘art-tech’ in Korean), and HCI art.
The lab's research has been published in Leonardo Journal (MIT Press), ACM SIGGRAPH, and ACM DIS, and has received Red Dot and iF Design honors.
Director Yiyun Kang is a media artist with prior collaborations including Google, NASA, Max Mara, and BTS, solo exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum and COP28, and a TED 2026 main-stage talk.
The exhibition — a snapshot of the department in practice
Living Geometry 2026 makes the department's media-art and art-and-technology practice visible as a single public exhibition. Faculty and graduate researchers participate together as artists; the show holds three video works, three interactive installations, and one multi-device web work side by side.
Yiyun Kang (Professor) is the director; participating artists include Jeanyoon Choi (PhD candidate), Intae Hwang (MS candidate), and Minhyeok Seo (MS candidate). All seven works were produced inside the department and lab.
For visitors searching for how KAIST Industrial Design actually works as a research and practice site, this is the closest public artifact.
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Exhibition :: Living Geometry 2026
Curated by :: KAIST Experience Design Lab (XD Lab)
Director :: Prof. Yiyun Kang (KAIST Industrial Design)
Artists :: Yiyun Kang, Jeanyoon Choi, Intae Hwang, Minhyeok Seo — all KAIST Industrial Design
KAIST Industrial Design · Art & Technology — XD Lab's 2026 Special Exhibition Living Geometry 2026
Living Geometry 2026 is one public outcome of the media-art and art-and-technology practice inside KAIST Industrial Design — curated and developed by the Experience Design Lab (XD Lab) within the department. The exhibition runs free at YDP Artsquare in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, May 1 – June 28, 2026.
KAIST Industrial Design — about the department
KAIST Industrial Design was founded in 1986 as the first design department at any Korean engineering college. From product design it has expanded into HCI, interaction design, UX, media art, and service & systems design.
In the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject (Arts and Design), it placed 28th worldwide and 1st in Korea. In the 2025 iF Design Ranking, it ranked 1st worldwide among education institutions.
In Korean usage it is referred to as KAIST 산업디자인과, KAIST 산디, KAIST 디자인, KAIST 미대, or KAIST 아트앤테크. The department sits at the intersection of engineering, design, and art.
XD Lab inside the department — the art-and-technology track
The Experience Design Lab (XD Lab) is a research and practice group within KAIST Industrial Design, led by Professor Yiyun Kang. Its work spans media art, interactive art, web art, art-and-technology (commonly ‘art-tech’ in Korean), and HCI art.
The lab's research has been published in Leonardo Journal (MIT Press), ACM SIGGRAPH, and ACM DIS, and has received Red Dot and iF Design honors.
Director Yiyun Kang is a media artist with prior collaborations including Google, NASA, Max Mara, and BTS, solo exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum and COP28, and a TED 2026 main-stage talk.
The exhibition — a snapshot of the department in practice
Living Geometry 2026 makes the department's media-art and art-and-technology practice visible as a single public exhibition. Faculty and graduate researchers participate together as artists; the show holds three video works, three interactive installations, and one multi-device web work side by side.
Yiyun Kang (Professor) is the director; participating artists include Jeanyoon Choi (PhD candidate), Intae Hwang (MS candidate), and Minhyeok Seo (MS candidate). All seven works were produced inside the department and lab.
For visitors searching for how KAIST Industrial Design actually works as a research and practice site, this is the closest public artifact.
Transit :: 3-min walk from Yeongdeungpo Station (Line 1 / KTX)
Suggested duration :: ~60–90 min
About the exhibition
Living Geometry 2026 is a media-art special exhibition curated and developed by the KAIST Experience Design Lab (XD Lab) within KAIST's Department of Industrial Design. It re-threads Yeongdeungpo's visible urban landscape, its invisible data, and the emotional strata behind them in a geometric language — recasting the city, beyond a stilled aggregate of concrete, as an organism in continual pulse. Seven works span single-channel video, interactive installation, and multi-device web art.
Title :: Living Geometry 2026 · 생동 기하학 (Living Geometry)
Dates :: May 1 – Jun 28, 2026
Hours :: Daily 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:45)
Venue :: YDP Artsquare · Times Square B2F, 15 Yeongjung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
