Giseok Ryan Jang

Ryan is an artist, designer, and art director based in New York and Seoul. Currently working as a brand creative intern at A24, he is a BFA student at The Cooper Union, specializing in graphic design with a minor in History and Theory of Art.

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Previously

A24 Brand Creative Intern

SLIITDesigner (Co-founder)

MAC Cosmetics Freelance Fabricator Assistant

Republic of Korea Marine CorpsSergeant

Select Clients

The Cooper Union
School of Architecture
Seoul Museum of Art
Suwon Museum of Art

Honors & Awards

ICFF 2026 Launch Pad

NYC Design Festival 2025 - Selected Design in Souvenir Category

The Cooper Union Merit Scholarship

Giseok Ryan Jang

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Emojitionary (Collaborative project)

(Client)
Self-initated

(Date)
Spring 2020

(Details)
Experimental / Editorial Design / Exhibition Design

Emojis transcend cultural and linguistic boundaries, their meanings shaped and reshaped by user interpretation. Embracing this fluidity, our team developed Emojian—a new language complete with its own grammar and vocabulary. By translating canonical texts, such as the Bible, literature, and poetry, we explored how emojis can evolve beyond imitation to convey meaning on their own terms. Rooted in the theory of simulacra, Emojian challenges the authority of traditional language systems. It asks: Can emojis surpass their symbolic origins to become the dominant medium of a new era of communication? This project marks the death of the origin—and the rise of a new form of expression.

Genesis, Bible

Demian, Herman Hesse

Dongju Yoon, Prologue(서시)