New Faculty Spotlight: Graphic Design Welcomes Grace Jun

The Lamar Dodd School of Art is excited to have Grace Jun join the Graphic Design faculty. Her current research focuses of how design and accessibility can increase inclusion for people with disabilities, with expertise in applying user experience to wearables.

Grace is a proud alumnus of both Parsons and RISD, majoring in Design & Technology (MFA) and Graphic Design (BFA) respectively. A grant recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts, Grace also serves on jury committees and organizations that advance the arts & design.

Grace has previously held positions as a UX Designer at Samsung Electronics and as an Assistant Professor at The New School, Parsons School of Design. Grace’s commitment to designing with disability groups and health organizations is reflected in her latest publication, Universal Materiality. She has been featured in Vogue, Forbes, New York Times, and recently the Washington Post.

Additionally, Jun is CEO of Open Style Lab, a non-profit organization established in 2015 at M.I.T. that is dedicated to creating design solutions and learning programs that are inclusive of people with disabilities and making style accessible. The group has created curriculum that teams together designers, engineers, and occupational therapists with disabled people to conceive and build creative solutions using technology and design. In 2019, Open Style Lab was awarded the Emerging Designer of the Year award by the Smithsonian Cooper- Hewitt Design Museum.