DAEYUN

DAE YUNAH KIM

MULTIMEDIA ARTIST, MEDIA SCHOLAR, PRODUCT DESIGNER

GYEONGGI-DO, S.KOREA 🇰🇷 // NEW YORK, NY, USA 🇺🇸
EMAIL: DAEYUN.ART@GMAIL.COM
WWW.DAEYUN.ART @DAEYUNART


RESUME/CV


SELECTED WORKTYPEYR
LITTLE DAELIGHTS
INSTALLATION
2026
MIDNIGHT COUTURE
PROD. DESIGN
2026
METAMORPHOSIS
PROD. DESIGN
2026
FACES OF COMFORT
INSTALLATION
2026
WORLD DUMPLING INDEX
WEB EXPERIENCE
2025
UNIT_08
INSTALLATION
2025
SUNDAE SCHOOL MATCHA SET
PROD. DESIGN
2025
KNIFE’S EDGE
PROD. DESIGN
2025
WINDS OF BLESSING
PROD. DESIGN
2025
GENERAL MERCHANDISE DESIGN
PROD. DESIGN
2025-


CORPORATE WORK
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AR/VR WEB EXPERIENCE
2022
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THE ZILLENNIALVERSE
PUBLICATION
2022
KPMG LAKEHOUSE AR EXPERIENCE đź”’
AR EXP. INSTALLATION
2022

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 LITTLE DAELIGHTS

2026, NYU SHANGHAI, CHINA

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION, MERCHANDISE DESIGN


IMA Global Low Residency @ NYU Shanghai
In a world where small joys transcend and become stars in a vast galaxy, guests are invited to explore a collection of my delights in the form of hand-drawn animations and multimedia collages. This project asks people to spend more time appreciating the small things that may bring a smile or a laugh while going through daily life.

The installation is made up of a floor projection and a wall projection running 2 scenes at once, connected in the background. Participants will walk to a specific constellation on the floor projection and it will appear on the main wall along with a random delight from that particular category. This project uses the Microsoft Xbox Kinect Azure for body tracking and is created using TouchDesigner. 



After playing with the main projection installation, guests will be asked to write a delight of their own on a strip of paper to be folded into origami stars. As a participation gift, they may take home an acrylic keychain of a magic wand designed by me and manufactured for the Thesis 26 event.


Tools Used:
   Derivative.ca TouchDesigner
   Microsoft Kinect Azure
   Body-tracking SDK
   Clip Studio
   Adobe Premiere Pro
   Adobe Photoshop

MIDNIGHT COUTURE

2026, FREELANCE (REMOTE)

PROJECT ORGANIZATION, CONTENT DIRECTION, MERCHANDISE DESIGN


Midnight Couture: A Persona 3 Fashion Zine

Co-organized non-profit digital fanzine for the Persona 3 video game by Atlus and the theme of fashion. Zine book and merchandise were all digital. Proof of donation was necessary for purchase. Total of $1,414.99 USD in proceeds to the charities: UNRWA, The Trevor Project, Ocean Conservancy, Immigrant Defense Project, and Doctors Without Borders.

Led content direction for the book with the goal of evoking the nostalgia for 2010s fashion magazines in between the pages of featured artworks. Extra contents include: Horoscopes, Hot Trends, “Celebrity” Interviews, Must-Buy Items, and parody advertisements. Responsible for copywriting and written content of the extra pages (artwork assets provided by co-organizer say0ran and other contributor artists).


Co-formatted the book using Adobe InDesign to create an interactive PDF file with working internal and external links that looked appealing and reminiscent of the nostalgic 2010s fashion magazine.

Designed and created the site containing information about the zine and how to acquire it when launched. Deliberately designed to mimic web design of Japanese fashion magazines from the 2010s but adjusted slightly for visual clarity. Designed parody advertisements for sidebar banners using assets provided by a co-organizer. 


Tools Used:
    Adobe InDesign    
    Clip Studio
    Adobe Photoshop
    Carrd.co

METAMORPHOSIS A5 STICKERSHEET & TAROT CARD

2026, FREELANCE (REMOTE)

MERCHANDISE DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION


Metamorphosis: A Persona 5 Tarot Project

Designed and illustrated a sticker sheet (size A5) and the Nine of Wands tarot card for the project. The sticker sheet depicts the main cast of characters from the video game Persona 5 with visuals from the Major Arcana from Rider Waite tarot deck assigned by the organizers.

Metamorphosis is a non-profit fan community project with all proceeds going to Rainbow Railroad.


Tools Used:
    Clip Studio
    Adobe Photoshop

FACES OF COMFORT

2026, NYU BERLIN,  GERMANY

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION, BODY-TRACKING
IMA Global Low Residency @ NYU Berlin
Done in collaboration with Chioma Obaji for the course Live Bodies using TouchDesigner.

This project was part of the class’s overarching theme of “Home” and assigned to the bedroom. It was part of a live installation at Dock 11 for the IMA Low Res Winter Show 2026. Guests would be invited to participate in the experience after the project was “activated” by Katie, the performance before. After running through several participants would end and activate the next performance.

Guests will be invited one by one to sit in front of a webcam which will capture their face and project the scene onto the curtains behind the bed. The scene will shuffle through different illustrated masks with a distorted effect.

 


Tools Used:
    Derivative.ca TouchDesigner
    Logitech Webcam
    MediaPipe Plug-in
    Procreate

WORLD DUMPLING INDEX

2025, NYU (remote)

WEB EXPERIENCE, ILLUSTRATION

IMA Global Low Residency @ NYU Tisch (remote)

Done in collaboration with Levi Villareal for the course Connections Lab.

Every country seems to have its own version of a dumpling, and World Dumpling Index was created with the intentions of highlighting those dumplings AND attempting to stretch the definition of a dumpling. Where do you draw the line? The site features an interactive map made with D3.js. Users may vote on whether a listed dish is considered a dumpling or not. The votes are stored in a database using Firebase.

Illustrated over 160+ “dumplings” and dumpling dishes for the initial project launch. Animated a small recipe card box opening for the landing page. Plans to continue exist from both contributors.


Website uses Svelte, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript (including the D3.js library)

(see site here)




Tools Used:
    Svelte
    HTML/CSS
    JavaScript
    D3.JS
    Clip Studio

unit_08

2025, NYU TISCH, NEW YORK, USA

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION, WEB EXPERIENCE, ILLUSTRATION

IMA Global Low Residency @ NYU Tisch

A collection exploring the artist’s personal struggles with identity through the use of the cyborg and nature vs. technology themes. The collection includes decorative headphone covers, a digital web-based dress-up game, and a physical add-on scanning toy to go with the game.

The game remixes the idea of paper dress-up dolls and dress-up games into a web experience that responds to physical toy items. Guests can customize the character on screen using both the mouse to click options or scan the relevant toy piece. The scanning utilized NFC stickers on the back of the toy pieces and an NFC scanner module attached to an Arduino Uno.

Visual design of the collection refers to a fictional laboratory and features personal ramblings regarding the struggles of identity in a fictional language, preventing the guests from further understanding the character and its world. 


Website uses HTML/CSS and Javascript (p5.js library) and Arduino serial communication 




Tools Used:
    HTML/CSS
    p5.js library
    Clip Studio
    Adobe Illustrator
    Arduino Uno
    Laser cutter
    Sticker printer
    3D printing

SUNDAE SCHOOL MATCHA SET

2025, FREELANCE (REMOTE)

MERCHANDISE DESIGN, CERAMICS




Sundae School, New York, NY, USA

Commissioned by the Korean-inspired streetwear and lifestyle brand Sundae School.

Designed and handcrafted 2 ceramic matcha sets (bowl + whisk stand) with matcha theming. Prioritized capturing the brand’s Korean heritage in the visuals of the bowls while adding the iconic flower shape of the brand logo. Implemented a layered carving technique to define the images of mountains, clouds, and trees on the side of bowl B. 


Bowls to be auctioned off at a sample sale with full proceeds towards Immigrant Defense Project.


**While these sets were photographed with the gummy sold by Sundae Flowers, the commission was from Sundae School (clothing) with the intention of donating proceeds to Immigrant Defense Project. The artist has never partaken and does not condone the use of such products.


Tools Used:
    Clip Studio
    Ceramic throwing wheel

KNIFE’S EDGE A5 STICKER SHEET

2025, FREELANCE (REMOTE)

MERCHANDISE DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION


Knife’s Edge: A ShuAke Horror Zine

Designed and illustrated a sticker sheet (size A5) featuring the project’s 2 main characters and items commonly seen in the horror genre. The sticker sheet references analog and tv horror with references included with sticker design and the sheet’s “UI” design from Serial Experiments Lain (1998).

Knife’s Edge is a non-profit fan community project with $8,600 USD total was donated 50/50 to Gaza Sunbirds & Transgender Law Center


Tools Used:
    Clip Studio
    Adobe Photoshop

WINDS OF BLESSING TOTE BAG & WASHI TAPE

2025, FREELANCE (REMOTE)

MERCHANDISE DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION


Winds of Blessing: An AkeShuAke Travel Zine

Invited as a guest merchandise artist.

Designed and illustrated a tote bag and washi/deco tape featuring the project’s 2 main characters. Both pieces were reach-goals that required a minimum number of total orders for production to succeed. Fans worked hard to reach the minimum order count which allowed for the production of the tote bag and the deco tape.

Tote bag was designed with the intention of satisfying both fans who want to show off their interests and fans who prefer subtlety. Fan merchandise apparel and accessories are often too blatant with its branding which may make the wearer feel embarrassed or too shy to wear comfortably when out. Whie the tote bag aims to satisfy both types of fans, the bag leans towards subtle references rather than obvious imagery. One side of the tote bag features iconography familiar to fans of the video game and these characters in a “map” or journey route whereas the other side features an airmail envelope on the pocket with smaller references of the characters.



Washi tape was designed to emulate stamps from various countries that were featured in the artwork submitted by the book page artists. It aimed to highlight at least 1 country per continent, but featured Asia the most since the original video game setting was set in Japan. Designing the stamps required researching hours on a stamp archive website for each country and discussing with the corresponding artist regarding translation and localization.


Winds of Blessing is a non-profit fan community project which raised $2,495 USD for Doctors Without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontieres).


Tools Used:
    Clip Studio
    Adobe Photoshop

GENERAL MERCHANDISE DESIGN

2025 - PRESENT, FREELANCE (REMOTE)

MERCHANDISE DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION
Various merchandise designs for personal use

Designs and illustrates the artwork for the merchandise and purchase in a large group-order (MargalitaGO) to produce the items with manufacturers in China.


IMA Low Res Class of 2026 (referred to as “Fungi Cohort”)

Designed with the school colors (purple and white) in mind. The memory card keychain is inspired by the group’s draw towards nostalgic technology and yearning for physical over digital in an era of notification fatigue.

Pudding charm was designed with sillier intentions and features a more cartoon-y style of graphic. Pudding inside is removable and many of the cohort members began to use it as a stress relief toy.

Star wand acrylic charms were for Little Daelights thesis project. Done without MargalitaGO and produced directly from manufacturers in Shanghai referred by a classmate.


Fan Merchandise

Created with gifting/exchange intent or personal use between friends and fellow fans. Not for profit and motivated by a want to gain experience with production and product design/manufacturing.




Tools Used:
    Clip Studio
    Adobe Photoshop
DAE YUNAH KIM
(also known as Annette Yunah) @daeyunart
independent, interactive, multimedia

@yujacake
illustration, merchandise design, community projects Education
MA, Interactive Media Arts
New York University: Tisch & NYU Shanghai 2026
BS, Media, Culture, and Communication
New York University: Steinhardt
2022

Employment
Freelance Artist
Self-Employed, remote
2018 - Present

Creative Technologist
Weber Shandwick, New York, NY
2022 - 2023