Donwon Choi

Biography

Donwon Choi has built a diverse career working at multidisciplinary firms specializing in architecture, interior design, furniture design, 3D-printed food, and motion graphics. He earned his Master of Architecture from SCI-Arc and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture from George Washington University. Throughout his career, he has amassed a portfolio encompassing various types and scales of work with exclusive clientales.

Donwon has contributed to notable firms in South Korea, Japan, and U.S. Currently, he collaborates with Seemingly Virtual, an LA-based new media and production company, as the Lead 3D Modeler and Texture Artist for the Venice International Film Festival in Italy.

Current Projects

• “Echoes of Ash Valley” VR film for Venice International Film Festival in Italy

Publications

Exhibition

• Colored Food Series Exhibition (2023 / Design Museum Holon)
• Making and Meaning Summer Student Program Exhibition (2022 / Los Angeles)
• Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (2021 / Seoul)

Books

• CROSSROADS (2021 / ISBN 979-11-6599-405-1 Set)

Magazine

• 2022 DEZEEN Publication - Top Eight Graduate Architecture Thesis Projects
• 2020 - 2021 LEIBAL 
• 2018 NEXT Exhibition - Undergraduate Capstone Project

Distinction + Awards

2022 SCI-Arc Graduate Thesis Scholarship
2019 - 2020 SCI-Arc Continuing Student Scholarship

Education

BFA Interior Architecture, George Washington University

Master of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture (with distinction)