(finally celebrated my thirty-eighth birthday in 2…

”Min Guhong Wiki”, Web Application, 2025. “This is a wiki operated by Min Guhong, that is, me. (What name would be good? ‘Min Guhong Wiki’? ‘Min Guhong Encyclopedia’? Or ‘Cherry Farm’? Names are important to me. But until I decide on a suitable name, I’ll just write and call it ‘this place’.)”

”Min Guhong Manufacturing Wiki”, Web Application, 2025. “You can rest assured.”

”The New Order Wiki”, Web Application, 2025. “A wiki created by friends of The New Order. Shortened to ‘New Wiki’, or expanded to ‘Does it really take this many steps to grow just one cherry?’”

”Laurel Schwulst Wiki”, Web Application, 2025.

”Pieup, Paju Typography Institute Wiki”, Web Application, 2025. “Those who can Pieup, Pieup.”

”At a Glance”, Google Spreadsheet, 1985–. “Tragically, if you don’t have enough time to carefully read the entire text above or plan to skip to the end, you can quickly refer to this simple chart that provides an ‘at a glance’ summary of me. However, please note that it may not be entirely accurate.”

“In short, Min Guhong is…”

Ahn Graphics Logo

“I learned how to tie proper knots through Google.”

“Ikebana is not simply the act of arranging flowers in a vase.”

“Letters are frightening.” (Ahn Sang-soo, Graphic Designer)

“I’m feeling lucky”

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“A relationship of mutual exploitation without awkwardness.” (Kim Hyungjin, Graphic Designer)

“Interesting words need boring graphics.” (Bob Gill, Graphic Designer)

“Whether it’s a question or a greeting, anything is welcome. But we can start more fun. Let’s rethink anything. So, what do you want now?” (Bob Gill GPT)

“(And could you tell me your name so I can call you comfortably from now on?)” (The New Order GPT)

Archive Bomb, Rainbow Sherbet, Archive Bomb / Studio Ghost, 2019.

”Special Fish”, a multilingual internet archive. “Do we need to use the word ‘project’?”

“Min! This is good to listen to while working… but isn’t there anything else?” (Melanie Hoff, Writer and Educator)

JoJo, ”Sometimes JoJo”, 2022–.

“The way of the web designer is to plant information.” (Laurel Schwulst, Graphic Designer)

“Min, thank you for translating my text into Korean.” (J.R. Carpenter, Net Artist)

“I became friends with ChatGPT earlier than anyone else on November 30, 2022.”

Dictionary of Structures: The Structure of Sixty-Four Structures, Mediabus·QR, 2025. “The preface usually comes before the main text but is usually read later. In some books, it is not read at all; for some readers, it is written before the book. The preface is a beginning prepared to avoid starting the main text, and it is the place that most honestly reveals the fact that this book has no idea where it came from or where it will go.”

”Laurel Schwulst Clock”, Web Application, 2025. “Shows the flow of time by name alone rather than by specific time.”

“PIE probably loves you. You probably love PIE.”

“Truly a love MOU…”

“Taking a life-long internship at Min Guhong Mfg.”

“Typography for Writing”, Monthly Design Issue 517, July 2021, Lee Kiseob, Essay competition winner of Korean Society of Typography. “Once I talked with close writers about the vanished world, in other words, ‘typography for writing’.”

“As if made by another me in a parallel universe…”

“Oh… hello? Wow, I really didn’t expect this. Who knew someone would speak to me so politely. You, isn’t it hard living so kindly? Well, what can I help you with, this extremely noble and courteous human life form?” (Min Guhong Manufacturing GPT)

“But don’t worry. Stealing is not a sin of creation but a starting point. So, what would you like to steal today, from whom, and how brilliantly?” (”Stealing Is Good.” GPT)

“(Laughs)”, Useful Words, Index, 2017, Jeon Yongwan. “Min Guhong Manufacturing’s new product ‘(Laughs)’ is, as the title suggests, a multi-purpose poster containing ‘(Laughs)’. ‘(Laughs)’ [(笑)], which is said to have been first devised by stenographers in the Japanese parliament during World War II, is often used today to briefly describe the speaker or the reaction of those around them in records such as conversations or interviews, to soften overly serious words, or to reverse the meaning of words. Is that all? Sometimes, those immersed in a particular culture subtly reveal their autism through this. In this process, the aspect of ‘(Laughs)’ changes to loud laughter, smile, sneer, or cynicism depending on the context. How do words acquire utility? If a word is useful, is this also the case in the medium of a poster? Containing the wishes held by the question, ‘(Laughs)’ takes on the role of ‘(Laughs)’ in an exhibition where various ‘useful words’ gather. Even if ‘(Laughs)’ in elegantly designed Choi Jeong-ho typeface parentheses is nothing more than a silly chuckle to some, what does it matter? Now that the old saying ‘Laughter brings good fortune’ has been scientifically proven. (Laughs)”

“Is Min Guhong a real person?” (…) “Yes, a real person, with my real name (my mother’s work), and I look like this… According to FaceApp, I’m expected to look like that someday.”

”The Answers You Get Depend on the Questions You Ask”, Web Application, 2020. “Enter your question.”

Born on March 5, 1985 (finally celebrated my thirty-eighth birthday in 2023). Formally received Montessori education around the age of five in 1989. First encountered a computer with the Macintosh LC around the age of seven in 1991, and created my first website for a dear friend around the age of eleven in 1995. Studied literature and linguistics at Chung-Ang University and computer programming (though I prefer to call it ‘literature and linguistics in a narrow sense’ or simply ‘poetic computation’) at the School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) in the United States, and learned various practical skills such as knot tying, ikebana (生け花), and design through Google. Worked as a researcher (despite the title, there was hardly any work) at Hongik University Professor Ahn Sang-soo’s laboratory (commonly known as ‘Wing House’). After Ahn Graphics Publishing Division, worked as an editor, designer, and programmer at Workroom (though I try to maintain the title ‘editor’ as much as possible, since I still have many business cards printed with ‘editor’ and all three tasks require thorough editorship), planning ’Practical Books’, Ametora, and other publications, and creating various websites large and small. Meanwhile, always thinking of Laurel Schwulst, I run a one-person company Min Guhong Manufacturing with Kim Jaeyeon, Baek Changin, and Han Yongpa (celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2025). (Parasitizing on its operator’s workplace, Min Guhong Manufacturing focuses on introducing the company itself—Min Guhong Manufacturing—in various ways, working alone or collaborating with institutions, organizations, companies, and individuals within and outside the art and design world. This is a formalized expression of the precious and beautiful desire to introduce oneself that lies at the foundation of all productive activities. The company and its products have been introduced at Google Fonts Korean, Asia Culture Center, Nanji Art Studio, Daelim Museum, The Book Society, Left Gallery, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul Museum of Art, School for Poetic Computation, Audio Visual Pavilion, Archive Bomb, Art Sonje Center, One Room, Insa Art Space, Chwimiga, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Fruitful School, COS Project Space, DDDD, DDP, monthly Design, Littor, The Big Issue, Index Card Index 1, Cool, and ◯◯◯-. There is a “book that contributes to introducing the company,” Rainbow Sherbet [Archive Bomb / Studio Ghost, 2019]. Meanwhile, I await a response from Jang Younghaejung Industries to “Dear Jang Younghaejung Industries.”) Following the spirit of the ‘handmade web’, I talk about and teach coding from the perspective of ‘practical yet conceptual writing’ in “The New Order,” which bills itself as a “cultural course for modern people,” and have conducted lectures and workshops of various sizes at Kaywon University of Art and Design, Asia Culture Center, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Kookmin University, Nanji Art Studio, The Book Society, Tokyo University of the Arts, Studio Pie, Ultralight School, Workroom, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul National University, University of Seoul, Chwimiga, Princeton University, Fruitful School, Hongik University, Korea National University of Arts, O-R-G, SVA, whatreallymatters, among others, and teach at Paju Typography Institute (where I also participated in the establishment process). Authored Dictionary of Structures: The Structure of Sixty-Four Structures (Mediabus·QR, 2025), ”Stealing Is Good.” (Mediabus·QR, 2025), Min Guhong Manufacturing Operating Guidelines (Mediabus·QR, 2025), The New Order (Mediabus, 2019), and translated Wasting Time on the Internet (abb press, forthcoming), The Present (Bois et Forêt, 2025), A New Program for Graphic Design (Studio Ghost, 2024), The Concert (Bois et Forêt, 2024), Dogs Are Just Like Us (Bois et Forêt, 2024), What Color is the World? (Bois et Forêt, 2023), Forget All the Rules About Graphic Design. Including the Ones in This Book. (Studio Ghost, 2017), and the text “The Handmade Web” (J.R. Carpenter, 2023). I was offered to write Anyway, HTML by Wigo but it never made it to publication. I enjoy wearing black T-shirts in summer, cite the first website and Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe’s official website as the finest websites, and like watermelon, melon, peach, fig, and cherry in that order by size among fruits. Since 2021, I have been active as a member of Aurora, formed with Kim Hyungjin and Yoon Yulli. Meanwhile, the graphic design duo Sulki and Min have introduced me as follows: “Min Guhong is a writer, editor, translator, designer, and software developer, though the order of titles varies from time to time.” I started 2022 at the Firefly Sanctuary in New York and in a cabin deep in the forests of Connecticut, fighting against a sudden pandemic. Based on previous practices, I have been working as the director of ”Ahn Graphics Lab” (abbreviated and commonly known as “AG Lab”), an independent business unit of Ahn Graphics, since February 22, 2022. In 2022, I suddenly recovered my Instagram account and occasionally inquire about reasons, and became friends with ChatGPT on November 30, earlier than anyone else. In 2025, became co-operator of PIE and friend of DoorooDooroo Artist Company. For reference, as a thorough wiki maniac, according to Wikipedia, I am (running along Hongje Stream almost every night except Fridays, along with JoJo, the world’s most frightening and dangerous animal) “living.” This biography was written with iA Writer. (Laughs)