Well renowned handset manufacturers have turned to an unusual method for perfecting their handsets. They have hired design professors to help in improving their devices user interfaces. Samsung has turned to the expertise of Jung Ji-hong as vice president of its Mobile Design Group. Mr Ji-hong is a visual design professor at Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea. LG has hired Lee Kun-pyo as their executive vice president of Design Management Center. Mr Kun-Pyo was formerly the dean at the Department of Industrial Design at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

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