Jinsop Lee believes in design. Turning mountains of discarded telephone handsets into coveted bluetooth speakers.
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Jinsop Lee
TED Speaker, Design Thinker & Multiple Award-Winning Designer
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Jinsop Lee believes in design. Turning mountains of discarded telephone handsets into coveted bluetooth speakers, designing a university course where students teach and learn from each other, creating an international market for a little-known lighting company within twelve months, these are all challenges that Lee has solved using design. As an acclaimed designer, entrepreneur and former professor, Lee has also created several new theories in his field.
As someone who began his TED talk with the line “Why is sex so damn good?” Lee designs his speaking events to be captivating, entertaining and thought provoking. He is now a recognized speaker on multi-sensory design, design thinking, the creative process and problem solving through design. Lee ensures that each talk has unique content that is specific to the event, the client and the audience. He has headlined public speaking events around the world for major companies including LG and Solidworks.
Lee was one of the winners of the TED Global Talent Search, which led to a TED talk on multi-sensory design with over 1.6 million views.
He has also won numerous design awards including the Red Dot Design Award, and the Good Design Award. His work has also been exhibited globally at CES Las Vegas, 100% Design London, Good Design exhibit in Tokyo and the Light + Building fair in Frankfurt.
Lee has made multiple television appearances on the Discovery Channel, as well as an advertising campaign for Jaguar Land Rover. He was also a national representative for the OECD Forum in Paris.
He is currently the founder and CEO of a product development company that focuses on beautifully designed goods that last a long time.
Lee has been described as “one of my evergreen favorites” by Yanko Design, “an incredible speaker, full of energy and ideas” by engineering.com and his work has been called “ingeniously simple… stylish” by the London Evening Standard. Lee studied industrial design at Syracuse University, received his MBA from Yonsei University. He has lived in six countries and is currently based in Seoul, South Korea.
