LIM WOOTEK
Founder & Art Director of EGOSYSTEM and ADAO
Industrial Designer / Artist
Professional Experience:
EGOSYSTEM — Founder, Art Director (2023–Present)
ADAO — Founder, Art Director (2018–Present)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Mobile Division) — UX Designer (2013–2016) / Industrial Designer (2009–2013)
Samsung Design Membership — Industrial Designer (2006–2008)
Academic Experience:
Adjunct Professor & Lecturer, Seoul Women’s University, Hongik University, Konkuk University (2018–2025)
Selected Exhibitions:
Look Again, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul (2024)
Craft Trend Fair, Seoul (2023)
Seoul Design Festival (2018)
The Shape of Taste, Mart Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy (2013)
How to Use Life, Culture Station Seoul 284 (2012)
Selected Awards:
CES Innovation Award (2024, 2022)
IDEA Bronze Award (2008)
Red Dot Design Award (2007, 2008)
Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office Award, D2B Design Fair (2025)
Contact:
+82)1088868674
Hypebeast / Egosystem / Dip Series - My Studio
Hypebeast HongKong / Egosystem / Dip Series - My Studio
The Edit Magazine / Egosystem / Dip Series - My Studio
Designboom / Egosystem / Iceberg
Access by Yonsei Univ. / Egosystem / Look Again
Monthly Design / Egosystem & ADAO
Seoul Museum of Craft Art / Exhibitor
CES Innovation Awards 2024 / Winner
Craft Trend Fair 2023 / Exhibitor
Monthly Design / Commissioned work / Cosmetic package for a summer vacation design
Monthly Design / Selected for Korea Design Annual 2022
CES Innovation Awards 2022 / Winner
Monthly Design / Selected for Korea Design Annual 2021
Design Specialist 2019 / Selected Design Studio
Seoul Design Festival / Exhibitor
DEAR
Monthly Design / Selected for Korea Design Annual 2017
LEIBAL
ELLE DECOR ITALY
SIGHT UNSEEN
DESIGN MILK
DOMUS
PLAIN
MOCOLOCO
YANKO DESIGN
MART MUSEUM
DESIGN BOOM
SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System)
DESIGN MILK
WIRED
ENGADGET