Lisa Lai is an industrial designer and artist specialized in product, sustainability, and identity currently based in Vancouver, BC
I am a multidisciplinary designer with 8+ years of experience in the eco-fashion industry with a focus on accessories and fully fashioned knit apparel. My belief is that designers have a responsibility to create work that takes note of its worldly context, thus design should be both a mixture of timeliness and timelessness. This means it is both relevant to our current time, beautiful, sensorial yet sustainable in material and form.
The two values that I have in design and art are creativity + empathy. This is embedded through themes of heirlooms and heritage portrayed in contemporary styles throughout my work…