Sooshin Choi, IDSA

Education VP | Associate Professor & Coordinator, University of Cincinnati Sooshin Choi is an industrial designer, design educator, and design influencer. He is currently Chair & Professor of Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, USA. Choi has eighteen years of automotive design experience at General Motors Korea and Kia Motors, five years of system furniture design at Fursys, and a total of six years of innovative product design at DEKA Research and Development. He was Provost & Vice President at the College for Creative Studies for four years. Prior to his appointment at CCS, he taught at and served as School Director at the University of Cincinnati for ten years. He is an expert in innovation through design and inclusive design. He has led innovative design collaboration projects with Procter & Gamble, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Hyundai Motors, Crown Equipment, Boeing Company, and Mead Corporation. He speaks frequently at conferences, corporations, and universities around the world as a design influencer. Additionally, he has served as a judge and jury for numerous international design competitions, such as the Braun Prize and IDEA., He has served as chair of the International Integrated Design Camp, organized by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion, from 2018 to 2021. Choi served as the Vice President of Education for IDSA from 2012 to 2014 and as the Chair of the IDSA International Conference in 2016. He also founded Korean Designers in America in 2011. Among his many honors and awards is the IDSA Educator of the Year in 2014, the IF Hannover, IDEA, Good Design Award, and the National Merit Medal from the Korean Government in 2018.  

Activities for Sooshin

20/2X Recognitions | 2023

Sooshin was a key supporter of IDSA’s Academic Pilot Program.

Chair | International Design Conference | 2016
IDSA Award Winner | Education | 2014
IDEA Juror | 2015
Chapter Officer | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Conferences Committee | International Design Conference | 2016