On a quest for creative inquiry, the role of the arts, and doing crafts.

Background

Jiyoo Jye [b. 1989 Seoul, KR] is one with a penchant for making disciplinary boundaries disappear. No matter the landscape, she sustains a track record for finding new ways to create. She works as the Program Designer and Coach at NuVu Innovation School, an award-winning learning space for young minds on a quest for creative inquiry. Here, students tackle real world challenges as a team with the help of computer aided design, coding, fabrication, electronics, and other emerging tools.

She was previously a Lead Editor at Area9 Learning, a physician-led software company specializing in adaptive learning technology. Working with primary source experts, she helped develop the JBJS Clinical Classroom on the New England Journal of Medicine's Knowledge+ Platform. This project transformed the most valued source of orthopaedic knowledge, archived for over 125 years, for surgeons and researchers.

She has a Masters in Design Studies from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art.

Hobbies

A certified open water scuba diver who loves the sea and all its inhabitants. Enjoys letterpress and bookbinding projects, silkscreening, darkroom processes, watercolor, molding and casting, hand embroidery and other perpetual pursuit of crafts. Fosters ongoing aspirations to become a better cook. Capable of snowboarding down gentle mountains before jumping into the hot tub. She also custom built this portfolio site using Bootstrap and can help you build one too.

For more, listen to a podcast interview from Getting Simple. To get in touch, contact: jiyoojye@gmail.com