Eddy Man Kim

Eddy Man Kim is an Associate Teaching Professor and Co-Director of the Computational Design Lab at Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture.

Eddy Man is a practitioner, researcher, educator, and technologist in architectural, web, media, brand, and experience design. A technologist and futurist at heart, Eddy Man is interested in interdisciplinary efforts to mutually augment design and technology—especially as they relate to the ethical and cultural implications of applied artificial intelligence in architectural design.

Eddy Man was awarded the George N. Pauly, Jr. Fellowship to join Carnegie Mellon University in 2014 and prior to that co-founded openUU, a design research agency based in Hong Kong. As the Technical Director, Eddy Man marketed for, managed, and delivered openUU projects that won four Best-of-Year Awards by Interior Design magazine and the 40-under-40 Award by Perspective Global magazine. While managing his practice in Hong Kong, Eddy Man taught at The University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Interior Design Association.

Eddy Man received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and obtained his Master in Design Studies at Harvard University, with a concentration in Design Technology. Upon completion of his Master’s thesis, “Sandbox3D: Web App for Real-time Design Collaboration,” he was awarded the Digital Design Prize for “the most creative use of digital media in relation to the design professions.” Eddy Man has worked in the offices of POSCO A&C of Seoul, South Korea; Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York City; and EPIPHYTE Lab of Ithaca, New York.