YoungJae Kim

YoungJae Kim is an Automotive design student from Seoul, South Korea.

After graduating BA Industrial Design in Sejong University in Korea, He decided to join Royal College of Art to seek new possibilities of future mobility. He was involved in Intelligent Mobility Design Centre's collaboration project with Hyundai-Kia Europe, project MORPH, exploring ideas of a shared autonomous vehicle system that could increase convenience for multi-travel purposes.

With his colleague, Dinesh Raman, he also competed for 2020 Michelin Challenge Design: UPCYCLE, and awarded 2nd place with project 'FARGO'. As a team, they provided a mobility solution which upcycles the vehicles that are commonly found in rural Southeast Asia, and converting them to a sustainable, eco-friendly cargo bike.

Participating in various design projects from studios and startups, he is eager to seek new, fresh ideas that could shape transportation more sustainable and human-friendly.

The development of automotive technology has transformed vehicle into something more than a means of transportation. I believe that it has started to transcend as a moving space available anytime, which I feel that human interaction between machine will be important as ever.

As a designer, I feel it is crucial to embody this into new forms and shapes, which defines the new breed of vehicles from cars of previous generations. With infinite possibilities of future technology, I seek diversifying aesthetics that could truly represent the transportations of the future world.

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