Eddy Man Kim is a practitioner, researcher, educator, and technologist in architectural, media, web, brand, and experience design. He currently holds following positions at Cornell University College of Human Ecology department of Human Centered Design (2023 - present):

Lecturer in Human Centered Design (HCD)
Director of Digital Design and Fabrication Studios (D2FS)
Director of Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

Positions held at Carnegie Mellon University (2014 - 2023):

Director of Computational Design Lab (2015 - 2023)
Associate Teaching Professor (2021 - 2023) — School of Architecture
Courtesy Appointment (2021 - 2023) — School of Drama
Director of Computing Strategy (2017 - 2021)
Track Chair of Master of Tangible Interaction Design (MTID) Program (2016 - 2018)
Track Chair of Emerging Media Masters (EM2) Program (2016 - 2017)
- College of Fine Arts (CFA) Representative
Assistant Teaching Professor (2015 - 2021)
Visiting Assistant Professor (2014 - 2015)
Core Faculty Member of Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs:
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)
- Master of Architecture (MArch)
- Master of Science in Computational Design (MSCD)
- Master of Science in Sustainable Design (MSSD)

Education

2010 - 2012
Master in Design Studies (MDes), Concentration in Design Technology
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA
Thesis: Sandbox3D alpha: Web App Development for Real-time Social Design Collaboration

2004 - 2009
Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)
Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, NY, USA
Thesis: metaCAVE v.2: Prototype Pavilion Installation

2008 Summer
McGill University, Montreal, Canada

2008 Spring
Cornell in Rome, Rome, Italy

Awards

2019
Dean of College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts
Grant awarded for project, Project AMELIA

2017
Fund for Research and Creativity, Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts
Grant awarded for project, Dimensional Typography in Virtual Reality

2014
George N. Pauly, Jr. Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture
Teaching fellowship for the 2014 / 2015 academic year

2013
Best-Of-Year Award, Interior Design magazine
Awarded for openUU warehouse conversion project, AL-wch (Honoree)

2012
Digital Design Award, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Awarded for Master’s thesis project, Sandbox3D alpha: Web App Development for Real-time Social Design Collaboration

2012
International Design Awards
Awarded for openUU project, Osage Open (Silver Winner)

2012
International Design Awards
Awarded for openUU project, CIS (Bronze Winner)

2012
IAI Awards
Awarded for openUU project, platform (1x2) (Shortlisted)

2012
Best-Of-Year Award, Interior Design magazine
Awarded for openUU projects, Osage Open (Winner) and CIS (Honoree)

2012
40-under-40 Award, Perspective Global magazine
openUU recognized for young design talent (Winner)

2011
Best-Of-Year Award, Interior Design magazine
Awarded for openUU project, platform (1x2) (Winner)

2011
Best-Of-Year Award, Interior Design magazine
Awarded for openUU project, modelScape (Winner)

2011
The American Institute of Architects, Hong Kong Chapter
Awarded for openUU project, modelScape (Honor Award for Architecture)

2011
Asia Pacific Interior Design Award (APIDA)
Awarded for openUU project, modelScape (Silver Award)

2004
Donald Greene Award, Deerfield Academy
Awarded for excellence in journalism

Practice

2023 - present
EMK Lab Design Agency, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Founder and Principal

EMK Lab is a Brooklyn-based design agency that provides consulting services in
architectural, media, web, brand, and experience design.

Projects by EMK Lab:

Public Art Installation in 68th Street MTA station with undisclosed collaborators
Bird Safe Architectural Design research and development with Bird Lab
Web design strategy and development with EPIPHYTE Lab, LLC
Project Amelia immersive theater production with Bricolage Production Company
wats:ON Festival Across the Arts with Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts

2023 Spring
Shield AI Aerospace and Defense Technology Company, San Diego, CA, USA (Remote)
Senior Staff Engineer (Contractor)

2015 - present
Dzgn.IO Design and Development Agency, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Co-Founder

2016 - 2020
Processly Education Technology Platform, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Co-Founder / Advisor

2009 - 2014
openUU Ltd. Design Research Consultancy, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Co-Founder / Technical Director

openUU is an award-winning design research agency that focuses on Space Conversions and Design Collaborations. We design and create with an approach of playful pragmatism. We are interested in creating supernormal moments by re-searching and re-arranging normal, everyday notions. We create to engage with people, and engage with people to create. openUU’s wide-ranged clientele includes: Swire Properties Management, Nike 360 Holding B.V., Osage Gallery & Art Foundation, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Hong Kong Arts Centre, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hsin Chong Construction Group, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

Projects by openUU:

15,000 sf penthouse office, spa, and lounge renovation for private client
accACC: office renovation for Asian Cultural Council
AL-wch: warehouse art space for private client
APC: concept retail store design for Andes Premium Catch
Art Flat: pop-up art shop at ART HK fair for Para Site art space
Artist Home Base: brand consulting for Hong Kong Arts Centre’s artist-in-residence program
Cinema 2.0 ifva: exhibition design for Hong Kong Arts Centre
CIS: cafeteria renovation for Chinese International School
Cityplaza: 50,000 sf mall renovation for Swire Properties Management
FoFo: private kitchen and roof lounge design
Freespace: event venue design and management for West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
HKTB LA: installation for Hong Kong Tourism Board
La Viva Suites: hotel interior design for Hsin Chong Construction Group
modelScape: display platform prototype for Times Properties
Nike Conference: corporate office renovation for Nike 360 Holding B.V.
Osage Open: 10,000 sf warehouse art space for Osage Gallery & Art Foundation
platform (1x2): warehouse space conversion for private client
Para Site: facade and gallery renovation for Para Site art space
SCM7/K11: exhibition design for City University of Hong Kong
villageTerrace: kitchen conversion for private client
zzt: parametric design consultation for stadium shell

2011 Summer
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP, New York, NY, USA
Architectural Design Intern

2009 - 2010
EPIPHYTE Lab, LLC, Architectural Design and Research Collaborative, Ithaca, NY, USA
Project Designer

2006 Summer
POS-A.C. (POSCO Architects & Consultants), Seoul, Korea
Architectural Design Intern

Press & Publications

2023 August
National Public Radio (NPR): Here & Now WBUR
Feature on Bird Lab: “Elusive Swainson’s warbler now breeds in Pennsylvania, scientists find”

2023 July
National Public Radio (NPR): The Allegheny Front WESA
Feature on Bird Lab: “Scientists Discover First Proof of Swainson’s Warbler Breeding In Pennsylvania”

2023 March
Communications of the ACM
Feature on Project AMELIA: “Elusive Swainson’s warbler now breeds in Pennsylvania, scientists find”

2020 June
Digital Media Series: Grasshopper
Co-author of the independently published textbook

2020 April
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Feature on Project AMELIA: “IMMERSIVE.WORLD Next Wave Immersive”

2019 September
Pittsburgh City Paper
Feature on Project AMELIA: “Bricolage takes on the tech industry with the immersive Project Amelia”

2019 September
Pittsburgh in the Round
Feature on Project AMELIA: “Scintillating Surrealism in Bricolage’s Project Amelia”

2019 August
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Feature on Project AMELIA: Review: Take the next step in immersive theater with Bricolage’s ‘Project Amelia’

2019 August
Architizer
Feature on the Digital Media Series: Rhinoceros book: “10 Top Software Guides for Architects and Designers”

2019 July
No Proscenium: The Guide To Everything Immersive
Feature on Project AMELIA: “Pittsburgh: Project Amelia, Bricolage is Back!”

2019 Feb
Digital Media Series: Rhinoceros
Co-author of independently published manuscript

2017 October
CMU News
Feature on wats:ON Festival: SHIFT: “wats:ON? Festival Returns to Carnegie Mellon Nov. 2-4”

2017 October
NEXT Pittsburgh
Feature on wats:ON Festival: SHIFT: “Carnegie Mellon University’s wats:ON? Festival Explores Immersive Art and Technology”

2017 October
Pittsburgh City Paper
Feature on wats:ON Festival: SHIFT: “wats:ON? Festival Returns to Carnegie Mellon University”

2014 December
hinge Vol. 230
Feature on openUU Project, Nike Conference: “SWISH”

2014 October
designboom
Feature on openUU Project, Nike Conference: “openUU’s conference center explores the brand DNA of NIKE”

2014 March
Cornerstone
Feature on openUU project, Cityplaza: “Cityplaza Unveils its Beauty Secret”

2014 March
South China Morning Post
Feature on openUU project, platform (1x2): “Architects rekindle passion for plywood, 70 years after Eames chair”

2013 December
indesignlive.HK
Feature on openUU: “openUU Opens Doors to Collaboration”

2013 June
d+a issue 74
Feature on openUU: “Youthful Ambitions: openUU”

2013 May
Association Vol. 5 by Cornell AAP
Feature on openUU project: urbanUPLIFT

2013 February
South China Morning Post’s PostMagazine
Feature on openUU: “Design File: openUU”

2013 January
Perspective Global Magazine
Feature on openUU project: farmScape

2012 December
Sofa Magazine
Feature on openUU: “1 Room 3 Ways”

2012 November
Perspective Global Magazine
Feature on openUU: “Asia’s Rising Talent: openUU”

2012 November
South China Morning Post
Feature on openUU project: Artist Home Base

2012 May
Wall Street Journal
Feature on openUU: “To Doze, Design in Hong Kong”

2012 May
Perspective Global Magazine
Feature on award recipient openUU: “2012 40-Under-40”

2012 May
CNN Go
Feature on openUU project: Art Flat: “10 reasons art lovers should visit Hong Kong right now”

2012 March
South China Morning Post’s PostMagazine
Feature on openUU project: platform (1x2)

2012 March
hinge Vol. 199
Feature on openUU project: platform (1x2)

2011 December
Interior Design Magazine No. 15
Feature on award recipient openUU: “Best of Year Award”

2011 September
A View on Harvard GSD Vol. 3
Feature on openUU project: platform (1x2)

2011 September
Interior Design Magazine China
Feature on openUU project: modelScape

2011 August
Interior Design Magazine No. 10
Feature on openUU project: platform (1x2)

2011 January
hinge Vol. 197
Feature on openUU project: platform(1x2)

2010 August
Interior Architecture of China
Feature on openUU project: farmScape

2010 January
Urban Art Projects
Feature on openUU project: farmScape

Service & Activities

2022 - present
Bird Lab, Co-Founder and President of Board
Non-Profit Corporation for Bird Conservation

2023 - present
Digital Design and Fabrication Studio (D2FS), Director
Cornell University College of Human Ecology

2023 - present
Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Director
Cornell University Department of Human Centered Design

2023 - present
Curriculum Committee, Member
Cornell University Department of Human Centered Design

2015 - 2023
Computational Design Lab, Co-director
Carnegie Mellon University

2022 Fall - 2023 Summer
Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2023, Local Liaison Chair
Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)

2023 Spring
Special Issue: ACADIA 2023_AI, Architecture, Accessibility, & Data Justice, Peer Reviewer
International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC)

2023 Spring
Teaching Track Committee, Member
Carnegie Mellon University

2021 - 2023
School of Architecture Computation / Representation Course Stream Committe, Chair
Carnegie Mellon University

2021 - present
School of Design and Architecture Website Committee, Member
Carnegie Mellon University

2017 - 2021
School of Architecture, Director of Computing Strategy + COVID-19 Virtual Task Force
Carnegie Mellon University

2019 - 2020
School of Architecture Head Search Committee, Member
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2020
Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Jury for Residency-in-Your-Room Fellowship
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2019
wats:ON Festival Across the Arts, Web Developer
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2019
IDeATe: Bioform, Guest reviewer for course # 48233
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2019
Fundamentals of Computational Design, Guest reviewer for course # 62275
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2019
Designing for the Internet of Things, Guest reviewer for course # 49713
Carnegie Mellon University

2016 - 2018
Master of Tangible Interaction Design (MTID) Program, Track Chair
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2018
Mixed Reality Special Interest Group (XR SIG), Co-Convener
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2018
Responsive Mobile Environments, Guest reviewer for course # 48528 / 48758
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2018
IDeATe: Shaping the Built Environment, Guest reviewer for course # 62315
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2017
Computational Design: Practices, Histories, Infrastructures Symposium, Workshop Chair
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2017
Inquiry into Computation, Architecture and Design, Guest speaker / reviewer for course # 48727
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2017
wats:ON Festival Across the Arts, Associate Curator
Carnegie Mellon University

2016 - 2017
Emerging Media Masters (EM2) Program, Track Chair (CFA)
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2017
Interchange, Career development platform for School of Architecture, Founder
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2017
UI/UX Design and Architecture: Leveraging Web Technologies for and by Architects, Presenter
AIA Build Pittsburgh Conference

Fall 2016
Introduction to Media Synthesis and Analysis, Guest speaker / reviewer for course # 62150
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2016
Inquiry into Computation, Architecture and Design, Guest speaker / reviewer for course # 48727
Carnegie Mellon University

Summer 2016
Data Analytics for Urban Design, Guest speaker for course # 48714
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2016
Designing for the Internet of Things, Guest reviewer for course # 49713
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2016
Interactive Art & Computational Design, Guest reviewer for course # 62726
Carnegie Mellon University

Fall 2015
Sandbox3D alpha: Web App Development for Real-time Social Design Collaboration, Presenter
The Graphical Web Conference

Fall 2015
Art + Conversation, Presenter
Mattress Factory Museum

Fall 2015
Urban Design Methods and Theory, Guest speaker for course # 48740
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2015
Interactive Art & Computational Design, Guest reviewer for course # 62726
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2015
Design Interface : Interface Design, Henry Hornbostel Lecture
Carnegie Mellon University

Productions

2019 Fall
Project AMELIA, Bricolage Production Company
Immersive theater production
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2017 Fall
Body Drift, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Immersive audiovisual performance production
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2017 Fall
Spatial Narratives via Web Graphics, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Research seminar final exhibition
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2015 Spring
Liminal Interventions, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Hybrid interfaces exhibition / public review
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2015 Spring
Design Communication, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Research seminar final exhibition
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2013 Summer
SCM7/K11, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Exhibition design
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

2012 Winter
urbanUPLIFT, Hong Kong & Shenzen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture
Public pavilion / installation
Kowloon Park, Hong Kong

2011 Spring
Projection One, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Multisensory interactive media installation
Cambridge, MA, USA

2009 Winter
farmScape, Hong Kong & Shenzen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture
Public pavilion / installation
West Kowloon, Hong Kong

2009 Spring
metaCAVE v.2, Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Prototype pavilion installation
Ithaca, NY, USA

Research Advising

2023 August
VisionARy: An Open Source 3D Environment Segmentation Toolkit for Augmented Reality by Yuechen Wang
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2023 August
Specsync: Enhancing Privacy-Preserving Hand Tracking: An Indirect Sensing Approach Exploration for Wearables by Hongyu Mao
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2023 August
Datasets for Architectural Research: A Review of Selected Plan-based Datasets and Their Implementations by Junjie Xu
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2023 May
Hidden Power: Manifesting Architectural Labor through the Lens of Digitalization by Elise Xinyi Wang
Master of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University

2023 May
Building a Bidirectional Bridge Between the Digital and Physical Worlds by Violet Yinuo Han
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2023 May
Design with Skeuomorphism or Not: An Investigation of Immersive Experience Based on the Escape Room Game within the VR Framework by Tianqi Chu
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2023 May
Co-creative Community Installation by Jieyu Zhou
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2022 May
Data Abstraction in Urban Transit Simulation by Ruoqi Bai
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2021 May
ShapeHub: An Online Collaboration Platform Implementing Version Control for Collaborative Design by Qiao Zhang
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2020 May
Rethinking PropTech: Drawing Insights About the Real Estate Technology Industry Through Technical Experimentation by Ian Friedman
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2020 May
A Mixed Modeling Environment Exploring Tangible and Digital Interactions for Iterative Design Modeling by Hongtao Ma
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2018 May
Fluid Design: Platform Agnostic Experience Design by Rehan Butt
Master of Tangible Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2018 May
Force Haptic Interaction for Room-Scale 3D Painting by Daiki Itoh
Master of Tangible Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2018 January
Designing for Interaction and Insight: Experimental Techniques for Visualizing Building Energy and Consumption Data by Hetian Cao
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2017 May
HADEN – Using Virtual Reality as an Expressive Medium for Spatial Design by Qiaozhi Wang
Master of Science in Computational Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2017 May
Field Computing: Tools Towards Collaborative Survival by Jen Liu
Master of Tangible Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2017 May
Scaffolding Positive Engagements Between Strangers in Public Spaces by Robert Zacharias
Master of Tangible Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2015 May
Signal: Intuitive Hand Gestures for Granular Synthesis by Jeffery Concepcion Hidalgo
Master of Tangible Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University

2015 May
Competitive Togetherness: Encouraging Positive Health-Related Behaviors by Amy Friedman
Master of Tangible Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University

Teaching

2023 Fall
Cornell University, Department of Human Centered Design, Ithaca, NY, USA
Course Instructor: FSAD 1140: Principles of Design Computing (Human Centered Design Undergraduate Core Curriculum)

2023 Spring
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Course Instructor: 62275: Fundamentals of Computational Design (Second Year BArch Core Course)
Course Instructor: 48205C: Interface Architecture : Architecture Interface (Second Year BArch Option Studio)

2022 Fall
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Studio Coordinator: 48100: Poeisis Studio 1 (First Year BArch Core Design Studio)