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Prof. Na

Yumi Na is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual & Media Design at Sookmyung Women’s University. She holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Art and Design and previously worked as a Senior Design Researcher at the Advanced Design Research Lab, Design Management Center of LG Electronics. Her research and creative practice focus on AI-driven design methodologies, examining how artificial intelligence reshapes visual storytelling, motion graphics, 3D production, and immersive media such as XR and the metaverse. She is particularly interested in AI-integrated workflows and design pedagogy, exploring their implications for contemporary design education and practice. She teaches Basic Video Design, Motion Design, and AI Metaverse Design, and her work has been presented internationally, including at the LA Art Show 2025.

Academic & Professional Experience

2025.9 - Present

Assistant Professor

2024.9 - 2025.8

Adjunct Professor

2023.9 - 2024.8

Lecturer

2013.1 - 2020.5

Senior Design Researcher

Department of Visual & Media Design

Sookmyung Women’s University

Department of Visual & Media Design

Sookmyung Women's University

Department of Visual & Media Design

Sookmyung Women's University

Advanced Design Research Lab

Design Management Center of LG Electronics

Education

2020-2022

USC Roski School of Art and Design

MFA Design

2009-2013

Sookmyung Women's University

BA Visual & Multimedia Design

(ExtraCredit Completion)

Journal Articles & Academic Publications

2025

Comparison of 3D modeling using AI and traditional tools: Focusing on efficiency, aesthetics, and market acceptability. Journal of Basic Design & Art, 26(2), Issue 128. 

2024

A holistic approach to enhancing user experience with AI-driven UX in a diet app: Case study of the ‘Endiet’ application. Journal of Creativity and Convergence, 4(1), 39–60.

Books

2025

Motion Graphics Design in the A.I. Era: Comprehensive Theories, Techniques, and Practical Applications

Knowledge&sensibility#

2025

증강현실(AR) 및 가상현실(VR) 그리고 메타버스 디자인 [Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Metaverse Design]

Knowledge&sensibility#​

Academic & Professional Activities

2025.11

2025년 서울시청자미디어센터 캠퍼스온에어 ESG 영상 공모전 심사위원회

2024.8

Design integrating AI for personalized obesity management: A holistic approach to diet application design. 2024 Spring International Academic Conference of the Korean Society of Design Science, June 8, 2024. [Published in Conference Journal & Oral Presentation]

Projects

2025.7.31 - 8.6

25 Gangwha Convergence Project

2024.2 - 8

Endiet: AI-Driven Personalized Diet Management App: Ideation Project with Clinical Expertise (Project Lead)

2023.9 - 2024.1

Glub Next: Reinventing Social Spaces with AI & UX (Project Lead)

2023.10 - 2024.1.31

Shinhan Investment & Securities Service UX/UI Design Guide for Generation MZ (Design Supervisor, Industry–Academia Collaboration)

2022.1 - 5

USC Roski X 3rd LA Project: AR Postcard Documentation

Exhibitions

2025.5.18 - 24

Favonians – Group Exhibition (Invited)

3731 Whilshire Blvd Suite 510, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA

2025.1.15 - 19

LA Art Show 2025 – Group Exhibition (Invited)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA 

2024.12.16 - 27

Re:View - Fragments from the Still (Online Exhibition)

Spatial Metaverse Space

2024.10.3 - 10

Digital Touch – Group Exhibition (Invited)

Benedict Yang Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 90020, USA 

2024.1.22 - 28

Luminous Veil: Navigating the Ethereal – Solo Exhibition (Invited)
1215 W. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA

2022.2.15

USC Roski X Frieze LA

1262 Palmetto Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA

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