영어로 읽는 《트렌드 코리아 2024》

해마다 출간 즉시 종합 베스트셀러 1위를 차지하는 최고의 트렌드서, <트렌드 코리아> 시리즈를 영어로 만난다. K-Pop과 K-Food, K-Contents에 전 세계가 주목하는 가운데, 이제 K-Trend에 세계를 리드한다. 국내외 대기업 및 다국적 기업의 외국인 임원, 국내에 주재하고 있는 외국인 비즈니스맨과 언론사 특파원, 해외 투자자에게는 물론이고, 국내외 비즈니스 현장에서 활용할 수 있는 트렌디한 영어 표현에 목말라 하는 국내 영어 학습자들에게도 반가운 책이 될 것이다.

시간이 돈만큼 혹은 돈보다 희소해진 사회에서 시간을 가성비있게 사용하는 것은 무엇보다도 중요한 능력이 되었고, 분초를 다투는 속도의 시대를 가속하는 인공지능은 인간의 자리를 위협하며 인간의 실존적 문제를 제기한다. 하지만 그럼에도 인공지능이 생성한 결과물을 평가하고 채택하는 것은 궁극적으로 인간의 몫이다. 아무리 환상적인 그림을 인공지능이 그릴지라도, 그 마지막 터치는 인간에게 남겨져 있다. 2024년 청룡의 해, 용의 눈에 점을 찍는(화룡점정) 인간의 역할과 역량 담아냈다.

인공지능 대중화의 시대를 맞아 올해 영문판은 특별히 AI 번역의 도움을 받았으며 마지막으로 원어민의 감수를 거쳐 만들어졌다. AI가 아무리 뛰어나도 결국 사람의 손길이 필요하다는 걸 다시 한번 확인하는 과정이었다. 2024 에디션의 키워드, '화룡점정'의 살아 있는 사례라고 할 수 있다.

Authors 4

Preface 8

Ten Keywords

Don’'t Waste a Single Second: Time-Efficient Society 25

Rise of ‘Homo Promptus’ 51

Aspiring to Be a Hexagonal Human 75

Getting the Price Right: Variable Pricing 105

On Dopamine Farming 135

Not Like Old Daddies, Millennial Hubbies 157

Expanding Your Horizons: Spin-off Projects 177

You Choose, I’'ll Follow: Ditto Consumption 199

ElastiCity: Liquidpolitan 225

Supporting One Another: ‘Care-based Economy’ 247

Rando Kim (김난도)

Rando Kim is a professor in the Dept. of Consumer Science (DCS), Seoul National University (SNU). As a specialist in consumer behavior and market trend analysis, he has written more than 20 books including Trend Korea series, Dining Business Trend series, Market Kurly Insight, The Hyundai Seoul Insight, Trend China, What Consumers Want, and Luxury Korea. He also wrote essay books, Amor Fati, Future and My Job, and Youth, It’s Painful which is sold three million copies in 17 countries. He has conducted research projects about consumer needs finding, new product planning, and market trend probing for Korea’s major companies like Samsung, LG, SK, CJ, Hyundai Motors, GS, LH, Amore Pacific, Lotte, Fursys, Nongshim, and Coway.

Miyoung Jeon (전미영)

Miyoung Jeon is a research fellow at the Consumer Trend Center (CTC) under Seoul National University. She holds BA, MA and PhD degrees in Consumer Science. Since 2009, she has co-authored numerous books including the annually published and top-ranked book series Trend Korea series, as well as Trend China , Dining Business Trend series, and Breakthrough Power. Miyoung worked as a research analyst at Samsung Economic Research Institute, served as a research professor at SNU, and is currently a columnist for Dong-A Ilbo’s ‘Trend Now’ section. Additionally, she holds positions as the chair for Lotte Shopping’s ESG Committee and serves as an advisor for multiple organizations including LG U+, Hana Bank and the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Currently, she collaborates with various companies, focusing on new trend-based product development and strategic planning.

Jihye Choi (최지혜) 

Jihye Choi, PhD in Consumer Science from DCS, SNU, works as a research fellow at CTC. She has participated in many consulting projects with Korea’s leading companies such as Samsung and LG, and gives public lectures on consumer trends. She currently teaches consumer behavior and qualitative research methodology at SNU. She contributes many articles and columns to major Korean newspapers and media. 

Soojin Lee (이수진) 

Soojin Lee earned a doctorate degree in Consumer Science from SNU and currently works as a research fellow at CTC. Prior to joining the center, she was a stock market reporter on Maeil Economic TV . As a contributing researcher, she is conducting a number of consulting projects with Korea’s major companies such as Samsung and LG, and received ‘The Best Publication Award’ from the Korean Academic Society of Financial Planning in 2018. Also, as a lecturer she teaches consumer culture and consumer psychology at SNU. 

Jung Yoon Kwon (권정윤) 

Jung Yoon Kwon currently works as a research fellow at CTC, SNU. She obtained her BA, MA, and PhD degrees in Consumer Science, SNU. She explored the intergenerational transmission of consumption styles in her PhD dissertation. Her interests include rapidly changing modern society, its impact on consumer culture, and various research methodologies to capture them.

Dahye Han (한다혜) 

Dahye Han currently works as a research fellow at CTC, SNU. She received a BA in Psychology, SNU and obtained MA and PhD degrees in Consumer Science, SNU. Her PhD dissertation focused on the structure and measurement of consumption emotions. As a researcher, she received a paper award from the Korean Consumption Culture Association in 2022. Also, she is conducting a number of consulting projects with major Korean companies, such as Samsung and LG. 

June Young Lee (이준영) 

June Young Lee currently works as an associate professor at Sangmyung University. He received a doctorate degree in Consumer Science, SNU. He received ‘The Best Paper Award’ in the International Journal of Consumer Studies . He worked as a senior researcher at Life Soft Research lab at LG Electronics. He is a laboratory chief at the Consumer Research Center in Sangmyung University. 

Hyang Eun Lee (이향은) 

Hyang Eun Lee is a Vice President of LG Electronics, H&A Customer eXperience (CX) Division, and an associate professor in the Dept. of Service Design Engineering at Sungshin Women’s University. While being a corporate professional and a professor, she co-authored numerous trend insight books and is a renowned columnist for JoongAng Ilbo . She received a PhD in Design from the Graduate School of Arts, SNU, and a master’s degree in Design Management from Central Saint Martins in London, England.

Hyewon Lee (이혜원) 

Hyewon Lee, a PhD candidate in Consumer Science, SNU and is currently a senior researcher at CTC. She is interested in generation theory and changes in consumer behavior due to technological advances, based on insights gained while working at the Korea Publishing Culture Association, Dasan Books, Reader’s Book, and Kakao Page. Recently, she has been conducting research on expanded cultural capital to explore the drivers of consumption trends that cannot be explained by economic capital. 

Yelin Chu (추예린) 

Yelin Chu received an MA degree in Consumer Science, SNU. Currently, she is attending a PhD program and serves as a senior researcher at CTC. Her Master’s thesis was entitled “A Study of Consumer Experience on the Online Education Service with Conditional Tuition Refund.” She is interested in analyzing big data to distill insights from unstructured data, and in deriving further meaning from participant interviews through qualitative research. 

Dahyen Jeon (전다현) 

Dahyen Jeon is currently working on her PhD and is a senior researcher at CTC. She received a BA degree in Fashion Industry at Ewha Womans University and an MA degree in Consumer Science at SNU. She was awarded first place in the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (KSCT) contest in 2019. Her area of interest is consumer behavior in the digital retail environment. Her current research focuses on online visual cues and haptic imagery.