make lab is a research group working in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with the objective of creating novel computationally augmented physical interactions. We are in the department of Industrial Design at KAIST (South Korea) and are a member of the KAIST HCI group. Our lab is a well-recognized and award-winning HCI lab in Korea working at the intersection of design and engineering. Please see our publications.
Rooted in user-centered experience design and with deep understanding and expertise in various engineering fields (computing, mechanical engineering, electronics), we explore emerging technologies in the areas of physical interaction with computers that require combinations of software and hardware.
Current research topics are related to novel tools for electronics, digital fabrication, mixed-reality (XR) interaction, and haptic or robotic interfaces.
Kongpyung Moon (2025)
Assistant professor at National University of Singapore
Myung Jin Kim (2025)
Postdoctoral Researcher at ETRI, Korea
Seungwoo Je (2022)
Assistant Professor at SUSTech, China
Joongi Shin (2021)
Postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Yoonji Kim (2020)
Assistant professor at Chung-Ang University, Korea
Jee Youn Kim (2026), Jungwoo Rhee (2025, Ph.D. at KAIST make::lab), Zofia Marciniak (2025, Samsung Electronics), Jiwon Kim (2025), Jaeseong Yi (2024), Haeun Lee (2024), Wooje Chang (2023, Ph.D. student at University of Maryland), Hye-Young Jo (2022, Ph.D. student at University of Colorado, Boulder), Neung Ryu (2021, NAVER), Daye Kang (2021, Ph.D. student at Cornell University), Myung Jin Kim (2021, Ph.D. at KAIST make::lab), Hyein Lee (2020, NEXPACE), Youngkyung Choi (2020), Okyu Choi (2019, Samsung Card), Minkyeong Lee (2019, McKinsey & Company), Seungwoo Je (2018, Ph.D. at KAIST make::lab).
Punn Lertjaturaphat (2023-25), Hyewon Lee (2024), Lwam Z. Araya (2024, Ph.D. at UC Davis), Yumin Jung (2024), Zhi Lin Yap (2023), Nargiz Askarbekkyzy (2022-23), Minseo Bang (2023), Jei Kong (2022), Nishant Nepal (2022, DEEPNOID), Yoosang Yoon (2021), Hyunseung Lim (2020), Edwin Truman (2019), WooJin Lee (2019), Ramkrishna Prasad (2019), Jihoon Suh (2015), Wooshik Kim (2015), Hoonjin Jung (Master on leave), Leila Hyelip Lee (Ph.D. alumna), Eunhee Jung (Master alumna).
Sylvain Malacria (2025, INRIA, France), Shana Smith (2025, National Taiwan University), Anusha Withana (2024, The University of Sydney), Atul Chaudhary (2025, University of Copenhagen), Nihar Sabnis (2024, Max Planck, Germany), Chris Bannon (2024, UC Berkeley), Takuya Takahashi (2022, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Laurenz Seidel (2021, HPI, Germany), Tram Tran (2019, The University of Sydney).
Our research was possible also thanks to numerous collaborators: Michel Pahud and Mike Sinclair (Microsoft Research), Ian Oakley and Sang Ho Yoon (KAIST), Daniel Ashbrook and Valkyrie Savage (University of Copenhagen), Anusha Withana (The University of Sydney), Eyal Ofek (University of Birmingham), Ryo Suzuki (University of Colorado, Boulder) Clement Zheng (National Universoity of Singapore), Kristina Höök (KTH), Yi Fei Cheng and David Lindlbauer (Carnegie Mellon University), Nihar Sabnis (Max Planck), Artem Dementyev (Google), Pedro Lopes (University of Chicago), Xing-Dong Yang (Simon Fraser University), Liwei Chan (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Aaron Quigley and Josh Andres (UNSW).
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