For artificial intelligence artist Yoon Seok-kwan, who is better known as “Keepkwan,” the creative process begins away from the keyboard. He walks through Seoul Forest, takes photographs and sketches. Recently, he took up pottery and bonsai — the traditional Japanese art of growing, pruning and shaping miniature trees in small pots — to rediscover the joy of working with his hands. “These help me develop the experience and judgment that guide my work,” he said in a talk titled “Human Mode On” at
What AI saves in time, Yoon Seok-kwan invests in creativity [Herald Design Lounge 2026]