Profile
Jihyun Park is an information designer and researcher pursuing a PhD at Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology, while also teaching at Northeastern University’s Vancouver campus. Her research explores co-speculative design and social practices, using information design and data practices to engage communities in collectively envisioning sustainable, ecologically healthier futures.
As a researcher and designer with Imaginative Methods Lab at SFU, she fosters deeper and more democratic forms of imagination through creative tools and strategies, supporting navigation through crises and contributing to eco-social transformation.
Email, Linkedin ↗
Education
2022-Current PhD Candidate
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada
School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Research title: “Design Sustainable Value-driven Information(SVI) through data visualization and Co-speculative design processes”
Supervisor: Professor. Gillian Russell
2019-2021 Master of Design
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Interdisciplinary Design, Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media
2002-2009 Bachelor of Media
Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Digital Media (Communication Design), Department of Digital Media, College of Information Technology
2002-2009 Bachelor of Arts
Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Social Science
Employment
2024 - Current
Part-Time Lecturer
Information Design and Datavisualization,
College of Arts Media and Design,
Northeastern University, Vancouver, Canada
2025
Sessional Instructor,
Information Futures Stream, Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
2022 - Current
Design Researcher
Imaginative Methods Lab,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2022 - Current
Research/Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2015 - 2019
Founder and Graphic Designer
JOHA Communication Design Studio, Seoul, South Korea
2014 - 2019
Founder and Creative Director
Per.Brick Public Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
2012 - 2014
Senior Communication / Interaction Designer
V Lab, New Media Group, VINYL I Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
Press
Russell, G., Reilly, K., Park, J., & Thu, L. (2026). Scaffolding Oceans Futures Literacy: Design for embedded, embodied, and emergent thinking. Design Research Society (DRS) 2026. Edinburgh, UK.
Russell, G., Thu, L., Park, J., & Reilly, K. (2025). Designing Ocean Futures Literacies: Reimagining the shoreline cleanup as a tool for ‘amphibious thinking.’ Companion Publication of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 20–22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715668.3734161
Reilly, K., Russell, G., Thu, L., & Park, J. (2025). Situated Design and False Creek Futures: Relationality Engagement and Creativity in Eco-social Information Systems. Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 944–958. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715336.3735835
Park, J., & Russell, G. (2025). Data by Me, You, and Us: Exploring Data Transformation for Eco-Social Changes. Somatechnics 15.1 (2025): 119–139. https://doi.org/10.3366/soma.2025.045. Edinburgh University Press.
Park, J. (2024). Empowering Communities to Combat Plastic Pollution: Citizen-Engaged Data Embodiment and Co-Speculative Design Methods. In Creative Approaches to Community-Engaged Research. Community-Engaged Research Initiative(CERi), Simon Fraser University.
Reilly, K., Russell, G., Horst, R., Park, J., Shaw, R., & Vidakis, M. (2023). Futuring Data For Eco-Social Health. In Resisting Data Colonialism: A practical intervention (Vol. 50, pp. 69–74). Institute of Network Cultures.
Park, J. (2023). Alternative Design Practice Mode: Ways for Shifting Perspectives in Design Practice for Ecological Thinking. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, 16(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1874/cgp/v16i01/41-52
Jihyun Park. JohaInformation/Communication DesignerDesign Researcher/Educator
Information.
Data. Design.
Eco-Social Change.
Co-Speculative Design, Participatory Design, Information Design, Data Visualization, Communication Design, Eco-Social Practice, Citizen-engaged DataDesigning tools for rethinking, reimagining, and becoming—together.Previous Works
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Profile
Jihyun Park is an information designer and researcher pursuing a PhD at Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology, while also teaching at Northeastern University’s Vancouver campus. Her research explores co-speculative design and social practices, using information design and data practices to engage communities in collectively envisioning sustainable, ecologically healthier futures.
As a researcher and designer with Imaginative Methods Lab at SFU, she fosters deeper and more democratic forms of imagination through creative tools and strategies, supporting navigation through crises and contributing to eco-social transformation.
Email, Linkedin ↗
Education
2022-Current PhD Candidate
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada
School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Research title: “Design Sustainable Value-driven Information(SVI) through data visualization and Co-speculative design processes”
Supervisor: Professor. Gillian Russell
2019-2021 Master of Design
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Interdisciplinary Design, Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media
2002-2009 Bachelor of Media
Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Digital Media (Communication Design), Department of Digital Media, College of Information Technology
2002-2009 Bachelor of Arts
Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Social Science
Employment
2024 - Current
Part-Time Lecturer
Information Design and Datavisualization,
College of Arts Media and Design,
Northeastern University, Vancouver, Canada
2025
Sessional Instructor,
Information Futures Stream, Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
2022 - Current
Design Researcher
Imaginative Methods Lab,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2022 - Current
Research/Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2015 - 2019
Founder and Graphic Designer
JOHA Communication Design Studio, Seoul, South Korea
2014 - 2019
Founder and Creative Director
Per.Brick Public Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
2012 - 2014
Senior Communication / Interaction Designer
V Lab, New Media Group, VINYL I Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
Press
Russell, G., Reilly, K., Park, J., & Thu, L. (2026). Scaffolding Oceans Futures Literacy: Design for embedded, embodied, and emergent thinking. Design Research Society (DRS) 2026. Edinburgh, UK.
Russell, G., Thu, L., Park, J., & Reilly, K. (2025). Designing Ocean Futures Literacies: Reimagining the shoreline cleanup as a tool for ‘amphibious thinking.’ Companion Publication of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 20–22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715668.3734161
Reilly, K., Russell, G., Thu, L., & Park, J. (2025). Situated Design and False Creek Futures: Relationality Engagement and Creativity in Eco-social Information Systems. Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 944–958. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715336.3735835
Park, J., & Russell, G. (2025). Data by Me, You, and Us: Exploring Data Transformation for Eco-Social Changes. Somatechnics 15.1 (2025): 119–139. https://doi.org/10.3366/soma.2025.045. Edinburgh University Press.
Park, J. (2024). Empowering Communities to Combat Plastic Pollution: Citizen-Engaged Data Embodiment and Co-Speculative Design Methods. In Creative Approaches to Community-Engaged Research. Community-Engaged Research Initiative(CERi), Simon Fraser University.
Reilly, K., Russell, G., Horst, R., Park, J., Shaw, R., & Vidakis, M. (2023). Futuring Data For Eco-Social Health. In Resisting Data Colonialism: A practical intervention (Vol. 50, pp. 69–74). Institute of Network Cultures.
Park, J. (2023). Alternative Design Practice Mode: Ways for Shifting Perspectives in Design Practice for Ecological Thinking. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, 16(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1874/cgp/v16i01/41-52