Yoonjai Choi

Yoonjai Choi and Ken Meier are partners of Common Name. a New York-based graphic design studio, focusing on print, interactive, identity, and exhibition work for the arts and cultural sector.

Yoonjai Choi is a graphic designer and partner at Common Name. Prior to co-founding the studio, Yoonjai held an art director position at New York design studio 2x4 for 5 years, where she worked with a variety of clients including LACMA, Prada, OMA, Bernard Tschumi, MoMA PS1, Rafael Moneo, and Barneys New York. She co-teaches a design class with Michael Rock at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Yoonjai received her BFA in visual communications from Hongik University and an MFA in graphic design from Yale University.

Education

• Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Yale University (2004 — 2006)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Hongik University (1997 — 2002)

Companies

• Partner, Co-founder Common Name (2010)
• Adjunct Professor Columbia University in the City of New York (2009)
• Design Even Magazine (2014 — 2018)
• Adjunct Professor Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2016 — 2017)
• Art Director 2x4 (2006 — 2011)
• Designer Amoeba (2002 — 2003)