Index
DHO YEE CHUNG
EXHIBITIONS
HASTAC 2023: “Critical Making and Social Justice,” Pratt Institute, NY
Group Exhibition2023
“Outside Work” Faculty Exhibition, Oakland University Art Gallery, MI
Group Exhibition2023
“Today a Reader” Graphic Design MFA Thesis Show, Yale School of Art, CT
Group Exhibition2019

ARTICLES / JOURNALS / CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Cacophony.” New Media Art 2025, CICA Press, South Korea
Chapter in BookForthcoming
"Things You and I Met." Graphis Poster 2025 Annual: The World's Best Poster Design
Chapter in BookForthcoming
“The Volatile Bodies.” Body of Work: Yale School of Art MFA 2019, New Haven, CT
Chapter in Book2020
“Point Zero.” Yale Palimpsest, Volume IX: TRANS [ ], New Haven, CT
Megazine2019
“Chee Tea.” Art of Package and Structure, China Formes De Luxe, France
Chapter in Book2013
“Le The, Un Bouillon De Culture Tea: Culture Bubbling Up.” Formes De Luxe, France
Megazine2013

TALKS / LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / INTERVIEWS
“Learning Through Design Thinking,” Teaching & Learning Symposium, Oakland University, MI
Talk2023
“Senior Thesis in Graphic Design,” Oakland University Black and Gold Loyalty Society, MI
Talk2023
Design Career Lecture, Oakland Schools Technical Campuses, MI
Lecture2023
“The Digitalization of the Creative Market: Design Practice in Platform Economy,” (IN)TANGIBLE HERITAGE(S): A conference on art, design, culture and technology, Architecture Media Politics Society, University of Kent, U.K.Presentation2022
Lawrence Technological University, ART4513 Graphic Design, MI
Lecture2021
Site Projects in New Haven, CT
Lecture2019

FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS / AWARDS
2025 Graphis Poster Competition, Gold Award
Award2024
URC Research Grant, Oakland University, $2,000
Grant2023
HASTAC 2023: Creative Futures
Fellowship2023
Design Writing Fellowship, Writing Space Design Fellowship
Fellowship2022
Visual Essay Fellowship, American Institute of Graphic Arts
Fellowship2022
Yale Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking Summer Fellowship, Semi-Finalist
Fellowship2019
The Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship, Yale University, $5,000
Fellowship2018

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Design Incubation Colloquium 11.1: Boston University, MA
Peer Reviewer2024
Teaching Beyond the Curriculum, Louisiana State University, LA
Conference  Chair2023
AMPS Editorial Committee (Architecture, Media, Politics, Society International Research Organization) Conference: Heritages Past and Present - Built and Social, Prague
Peer Reviewer2023
Applying Education Teaching and Learning Conference, Sheridan College, Toronto, Canada
Conference Chair2023
Yale Alumni Schools Committee
Yale College Interviewer2021—

SELECTED CLIENT-BASED PROJECTS
GemQ, New York, NY
TopLeft2022
Graphic Design Conference: “After the Bauhaus, Before the Internet: A History of a Design Pedagogy Event Time,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
Freelance2019
Citizens Union, New York, NY
Zago2015
Amigos de las Américas, Austin, TX
Zago 2015
All Out, New York, NY
Zago 2015
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, Vienna, Austria
Zago 2014
InPrint App, American Media Inc., New York, NY
Zago 2014
Hotel Ipanema Inn & Restaurant Quitéria, Brazil
Zago 2014
PechaKucha NYC, Vol.14, Brooklyn, NY
Zago 2014
Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Pentagram Design2013

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Dialogue, 2024
American Institute of Graphic Arts DEC Community







The Digitalization of the Creative Market, 2023
Visual Essay, Mixed Media While the digital transformation of labor has opened up new possibilities to the market, it also caused various problems. In particular, my research focuses on the working system of crowdsourcing platforms that provide an unconventional way of connecting workers and jobs. While crowdsourcing platforms often involve collaborative brainstorming from a large group of workers, their corporations often misuse the efforts that online workers contribute. In my research, I mainly investigate a creative crowdsourcing marketplace called Fiverr, to address designers degraded into the organs of capitalism.

In my prospective writing, I will discuss Fiverr’s unethical systems of control imposed on designers’ creativity and authorship over their work. Its cheap pricing model is threatening the autonomy of the graphic design industry; its market system values quantity and speed over quality and originality. It undermines the ethos of numerous graphic designers who dedicate their time, knowledge, and passion for well-thought-out design. Furthermore, its platform doesn’t support building trustworthy communication between designers and clients that is essential in the design process. I intend to elaborate my arguments by examining Fiverr's systematic structure and works created by its freelance designers.

The digital transformation of the graphic design market is reshaping its infrastructure. According to the study of a global business intelligence company, IBISWorld, a rising number of graphic designers are going freelance following the pandemic. In order to prepare designers for the digital future, it is crucial to evaluate the current working condition and implement changes to improve the welfare and the market system of new platforms. Furthermore, a partial backbone of Fiverr’s workforce is young novice designers who just stepped out of college. It causes devaluation of graphic design education and loss of motivation when they face the horrifying reality of competing with untrained practitioners and technicians for limited compensation. I expect my writing to open up opportunities for a proper debate on the digital transformation of the graphic design market and suggest possible solutions to secure sustainable growth of the industry.








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