ahn sang-soo
Ahn Sang-soo obtained his BFA and MFA in 1981 from Hongik University in Seoul. He also received his Ph.D in 1996 from Hanyang University in Seoul and Honorary Doctor of Design in 2001 from Kingston University, London. After college, Ahn worked for an advertising agency for five years. From 1981 to 1985 he worked as an art director for Madang and Meot magazine. Subsequently he started Ahn Graphics design firm. Then, in 1991 he began his professorship in Typography at Hongik University, his alma mater. Moreover, he has been the editor and art director of the underground artculture magazine since 1988.
Internationally, Ahn was vice-president 1997-2001 of Icograda, and the chairman of Icograda Millennuim Oullim Congress 2000 as well as TypoJanchi 2001. Ahn has also done various individual and group exhibitions in many countries around the world. He is the 1998 recipient of the Grand Prix of Zgraf8, and the 2007 Gutenberg Award from Leipzig, Germany.
His major projects include new design system for the Korean Buddhist Chogye Order(2004), Ssamzie Art Book (1997), Life-peace movement symbol(2004) and cultural posters. One of his most notable contributions is his continual development of new Hangeul typefaces.
安尚秀
安尚秀1981年畢業(yè)于首爾弘益大學(xué)，獲得美術(shù)學(xué)士和碩士學(xué)位。1996年他獲得了韓國首爾漢陽大學(xué)的博士學(xué)位，并于2001年獲得倫敦金士頓大學(xué)設(shè)計專業(yè)的榮譽博士學(xué)位。在大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，安尚秀曾在一家廣告公司工作了五年。在1981年到1985年之間，他曾擔任《Madang and Meot》雜志的藝術(shù)指導(dǎo)。后來他創(chuàng)立了安氏設(shè)計公司。1991年他開始在母校弘益大學(xué)擔任字體專業(yè)的教授。此外，他從1988年起為地下藝術(shù)文化雜志《報告書/報告書》身兼編輯和藝術(shù)指導(dǎo)。
在國際上，安尚秀曾于1997－2001年間擔任國際平面設(shè)計協(xié)會聯(lián)合會的副會長，并是2000年舉辦的國際平面設(shè)計協(xié)會聯(lián)合會千禧年設(shè)計大會的主席和2001年漢城TypoJanchi展的主席。安尚秀在世界各地舉辦過多次個展與聯(lián)展。1998年他榮獲克羅地亞國際平面設(shè)計及視覺傳遞展（Zgraf8）大獎，2007年榮獲德國萊比錫古藤堡獎。
他的主要作品包括為韓國佛教曹溪宗創(chuàng)作的新設(shè)計體系（2004），《Ssamzie》藝術(shù)書（1997），“生命－和平”運動標志（2004）和各種文化海報。 他最著名的作品是為新韓字字體所做的持續(xù)性拓展。