Korean, Chinese, or Japanese titles are provided in English translation, with the original language added in brackets. Unless stated otherwise, a book’s place of publication is Seoul, South Korea. Periodicals are cited only by name, but for less familiar publications, the location or institution where they are published is included in parentheses after the title.
Books
2025
- Choi Sung Min. Protoform: Origins of Unsquared Hangeul. Workroom Specter. More info
2024
- Sulki and Min. Explained [in Chinese]. Translated by Zhao Wanqing. Workroom Spfecter / Shanghai: XYZ Labour / Hangzhou: Transtage. More info
2022
- Choi Sung Min and Choi Sulki. Who’s Afraid of the White Cube?: Strategies for Exhibiting Graphic Design [in Korean]. Workroom Specter. More info
2021
- Sulki and Min. Explained [in Japanese]. Translated by Goto Tetsuya. Osaka: 000 Press
2020
- Choi Sung Min. Material: Language – Kim Nui Yeon and Jeon Yong Wan, Literary Works and Walks. Seoul/Suwon: Workroom Specter. More info
2018
- Kim, Na, Chae Lee, and Choi Sulki, eds. Graphic, no. 41. Published in conjunction with the exhibition The W Show, SeMA Warehouse, Seoul, 2017–18
2017
- Sulki and Min. Explained. Suwon: Specter Press. More info
- Sulki and Min. Explained [in Korean]. Suwon: Specter Press. More info
2016
- Kim Hyungjin and Choi Sung Min. Graphic Design, 2005–2015, 299 Terms [in Korean]. Workroom Specter / Ilmin Cultural Foundation. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Graphic Design, 2005–2015, Seoul, Ilimin Museum, Seoul. More info
2014
- Sulki and Min. Off-White Paper: On the Brno Biennial and Education / O Bienále Brno a o vzdelávání. Moravian Gallery in Brno. Published in conjunction with the 26th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno. More info
2013
- Choi Sung Min, ed. Typojanchi 2013: Supertext. Ahn Graphics. Published in conjunction with Typojanchi 2013: The Third Seoul International Typography Biennale. More info
2008
- Choi Sung Min and Choi Sulki. Unbalanced and Incomplete Design Tour in the Netherlands [in Korean]. Paju: Ahn Graphics. More info
Translations
2024
- Choi Sung Min and Choi Sulki, trans. Inventing the Alphabet: The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Johanna Drucker. Paju: Arte. More info
2021
- Choi Sung Min, trans. Richard Hollis Designs for the Whitechapel [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Christopher Wilson. Seoul/Suwon: Workroom Specter. More info
2019
- Choi Sulki, trans. Diagrammatic Writing [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Johanna Drucker. Seoul/Suwon: Workroom Specter. More info
- Choi Sung Min and Choi Sulki, trans. Multiple Signatures [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Michael Rock et al. Paju: Ahn Graphics. More info
2018
- Choi Sung Min, trans. Unjustified Texts [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Robin Kinross. Workroom Press. More info
2014
- Choi Sung Min, trans. Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Simon Reynolds. Workroom Specter. More info
2013
- Choi Sulki, trans. The Transformer: Principles of Making Isotype Charts [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Marie Neurath and Robin Kinross. Workroom Specter. More info
2011
- Choi Sung Min, trans. Paul Renner: The Art of Typography [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Christopher Burke. Workroom Press. More info
2009
- Choi Sung Min, trans. Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Robin Kinross. Yongin: Specter Press. Revised edition, Seoul/Suwon: Workroom Specter, 2020. More info
2008
- Choi Sung Min, trans. What Is a Designer: Things, Places, Messages [in Korean]. Original English edition written by Norman Potter. Yongin: Specter Press. Revised edition, Workroom Specter, 2015. 3rd edition, Seoul/Suwon: Workroom Specter, 2020. More info
Selected essays and articles
2025
- Choi Sung Min. “‘I am sending my regards in my handwriting to convey my sincerity’” [in Korean]. LetterSeed (Korean Society of Typography), no. 28: 125–34
- Choi Sung Min. “If You Put All the Tens of Thousands of Copies of ‘S, M, L, XL’ in the World Together, How Much Would They Weigh? (Unrelated to the Text)” [in Korean]. Miro (Junglim Foundation), no. 3: 101–14
2024
- Sulki and Min. “Fully Unjustified?: Note on Typography of the Japan Typography Annual 1985.” In Japan Typography Annual 2024, edited by Goto Tetsuya. Tokyo: Japan Typography Association
2023
- Choi Sung Min. “Everyday, Practice” [in Korean]. In Everyday Practice [in Korean]. Everyday Practice
- Choi Sung Min. “The Museum Enters Graphic Design” [in Korean]. In Notes for the Museum [in Korean]. Gwacheon: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea / Paju: Ahn Graphics
2022
- Choi Sung Min. “After Doldori: Typojanchi 2021’s Achievements and Remaining Questions.” LetterSeed (Korean Society of Typography), no. 21: 83–87
- Choi Sung Min. “Before, after, and beside New Order.” In Project Hashtag 2021, edited by Lee Sooyon. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
- Sulki and Min. “Dear _____.” Graphic, no. 47
- Sulki and Min. “K’s Education.” In After the Bauhaus, Before the Internet, edited by Geoff Kaplan. New York: No Place Press
2021
- Sulki and Min. “From Korean Literature to the Literature of Our Times.” In 1,527 Overseas Publications Supported by LTI Korea, 1570–78. Literature Translation Institute of Korea
2020
- Kim, Na, Chae Lee, and Choi Sulki. “The W Show.” Idea (Japan), no. 389
- Sulki and Min. “Naturalism for Artificial Life: Review of the aespa Logo.” ESP (Japan), no. 2
- Sulki and Min, and Goto Tetsuya. “Common Interests: For a Conversation of Young Asian Graphic Designers.” In Solidarity Spores. Gwangju: Asia Culture Center. Exhibition catalog
2019
- Choi Sulki and Choi Sung Min. “Our Microtypography” [in Korean]. The T, no. 13
- Sulki and Min. “On the Materiality of an Unpublished Book.” In Open Recent Graphic Design 2019. Press Room. Exhibition catalog. More info
- Sulki and Min. “The Secret of the Black Dragon River.” In Is the Internet Down?. New Haven: Draw Down
2018
- Choi Sung Min. “Automation, or Standards Manual as a Genre Fiction.” In Open Recent Graphic Design 2018. Press Room. Exhibition catalog. More info
- Sulki and Min. “Strategies for Exhibiting Graphic Design.” Idea (Japan), no. 382
2016
- Choi Sung Min and Choi Sulki. “From Representation to Participation: Graphic Identity of the BMW Guggenheim Lab.” The Design Journal 19, no. 5. DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2016.1200283. More info
2013
- Choi Sung Min and Choi Sulki. “Flexible Identity System Based on Public Participation: The BMW Guggenheim Lab.” Archives of Design Research 26, no. 2: 321–41. DOI: 10.15187/adr.2013.05.26.2.321. More info
2011
- Choi Sung Min. “Modes and Effects of Appropriation in Typeface Design Since the 1990s.” Archives of Design Research 24, no. 2: 105–16
2010–12
- Sulki and Min. Listomania [in Korean]. Biweekly column in The Hankyoreh