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History

2024

  • Registered core buttoncover structure patent in the United States

2021

  • Certified as a T4 Excellent Technology Company by NICE Information Service
  • Registered core buttoncover structure patent in South Korea ( originally filed in 2018)

2020

  • Established a headquarters and flagship showroom in Samcheong, integrating previous brand spaces
  • Signed an MOU with the Seoul Jewelry Support Center

2019

  • Certified as a venture company
  • Opened the MIK Store in Hwadong
  • Created a custom collaboration with Jin Air for its 10th-anniversary accessories

2018

  • Custom Collaboration with SBS for Mr. Sunshine
  • Custom Collaboration with the Baekbeom Kim Koo Memorial Hall

2017

  • Incorporated as MIK Co., Ltd.
  • Entered MUSINSA
  • Custom Collaboration with Lotte World Tower Seoul Sky

2016

  • Entered Starfield Shinsegae Daiz
  • Participated in global retail and promotional programs (KOTRA, KBEE, etc.)

2015

  • Opened by MIK Custom Store in Bukchon
  • Entered A.LAND Hongdae

2014

  • Entered major A.LAND locations
  • Participated in the Art Zone at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
  • Joined a collaboration pop-up at Shinsegae Department Store Main Branch

2013

  • Signed exclusive distribution agreement with CODDE (Czech/Slo vakia)
  • Created buttoncover jewelry for Arumjigi’s exhibition Po: Wea ring the Spirit of a Scholar

2012
2011

  • Opened MIK Studio Heyriand MIK Studio Gyedong
  • Opened MIK Showroom Samcheong
  • Entered OPENING CEREMONY JAPAN
  • Entered Hyundai Department Store, W.CONCEPT, and FLOW

2008

  • Launched the MIK brand and established the company (May)
  • Selected as a designer for the Seoul Fashion Creative Studio (2nd cohort)