Lise Vester
Copenhagen based designer
B. 1991
Master of Arts in Design Products
Royal College of Art London
hello@lisevester.dk
+45 2829 8413
CVR 43001973
Copenhagen, DK
DESIGN IMPROVES LIFE QUALITY
Sensory and aesthetic design increase our wellbeing. This is something I experienced personally and worked with professionally when I collaborated with a Danish hospice during my studies, the same hospice where my aunt died in 2011. Here I experienced how design and architecture can create stimulating and caring atmospheres, and how design can support people in different life stages. This is why I strive to create design solutions with empathy for peoples' needs and to design aesthetic products, furniture, objects and lighting that support us on emotional levels.
My design is often with playful and sculptural elements that talk to our senses and mind, to encourage curiosity and engagement. Aesthetic design can highlight the beauty of the ordinary everyday life, make us feel comfortable and at home, but it can also challenge our perception of how we experience the world, by offering new perspectives and ways of thinking and behaving.
By elevating sensory and aesthetic experiences within design is how I hope to contribute with meaningful and prospering atmospheres for people to live in. To create design that enhances our wellbeing.
AWARDS
2023
Nominee - Rising Star of the Year Scandinavian Design Award (It is Media & Stockholm Furniture Fair)
2022
Winner - Designer of the Year at Design Awards (BoBedre)
2022
Nominee - Furniture of the Year at Design Awards (BoBedre)
2022
Finalist - Young Talent at Danish Design Award
2022
Nominee - Pure Talents Contest 2022 IMM Cologne
2021
Winner - Ruth Drew Prize - Awarded to a graduating student from Design Products, RCA
2021
Runner Up - Silhouette Cutlery - The Cutlers Company Design Competition, London
2019
Shortlisted - Young Talent at Danish Design Award
2018
Winner - Design Talent 2018 at Danish Entrepreneurship Award
2018
Finalist - FSC Design Award Winner - 2018 Talent of the Year “Årets Talent” Design Awards (BoBedre)
GRANTS
2023
Work grant - Danish Arts Foundation
2022
Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition was Awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation
2022
Work grant - Danish Arts Foundation
2022
Project Grant - Klint Fonden
2021
Project Grant - DDE, Den Danske Eksportskoles Fond
2020
Scholarship - STARK Fonden
2019
Scholarship - Nordea Fonden
2019
Scholarship - Augustinus Fonden
2019
Scholarship - Knud Højgaards Fond
2019
Scholarship - William Demant Fonden
2019
Talent Grant - Udvikling af Nye Talenter - Danish Arts Foundation
2017
Via Design exhibition at Milan Design Week was awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation
EXHIBITIONS / TALKS / EVENTS
2025
Guest at Art & Culture Ball hosted by the Danish Royal House
2024
Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling - Lighthouse
2024
Ejsing Church, Ejsing Culture Week - Reflections
2023
UIA session - Fritz Hansen moderated talk “How Design Impacts Body & Mind”
2023
Design Museum Danmark - Neon Chandelier
2023
3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub - Reflections
2022
Louis Poulsen Showroom CPH - Idea Generator
2022
Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling - Idea Generator sponsored by Louis Poulsen
2022
Design Museum Danmark, The Future is Present - Dream View Sphere
2022
3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub - New editions of the Dream View Sphere collection
2022
PEJ gallery - the Dream View Collection
2021
Velux “Build For Life” Conference, Future Panel Discussion
2021
London Design Festival, New Contracts Royal College of Art Design Products
2021
3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub - Dream View collection
2020
Skud på Stammen - Rakle pendant
2019
Designers Saturday, Oslo, Erik Jørgensen
2019
3 Days of Design, Erik Jørgensen
2019
Trends & Traditions, Farstrup Furniture
2019
Salone Del Mobile, Erik Jørgensen
2019
Formland Spring (FSC exhibition)
2018
Danish Entrepreneurship Award, Winner of DesignTalent
2018
FSC Design Award, Finalist
2018
PEJ gallery
2018
Trends & Traditions, Upcoming designer
2018
Stockholm Furniture & Lightfair, Greenhouse
2018
Formland Autumn
2017
Trends & Traditions, Via Design
2017
DokkX Aarhus, Interactive Exhibition of Modern Welfare Technology
2017
Formland Autumn
2017
Milan Design Week, Remedy Rush, Ventura Lambrate
2016
Trends & Traditions, Via Design
2016
Møbelseminar, Lifestyle & Design Cluster, Herning
2016
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator, TEKO design, Herning
2015
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator, TEKO Furnituredesign & Hautecouture, Herning
2015
Skive Festival, curator at ROLINU stage area
2015
Northmodern (FSC exhibition)
2015
FSC Design award
2014
Northmodern (FSC exhibition)
2014
FSC Design award
2014
Århundredets Festival 1800-tallet, Aarhus Godsbane (Krabbesholm)
2023
Nominee - Rising Star of the Year Scandinavian Design Award (It is Media & Stockholm Furniture Fair)
2022
Winner - Designer of the Year at Design Awards (BoBedre)
2022
Nominee - Furniture of the Year at Design Awards (BoBedre)
2022
Finalist - Young Talent at Danish Design Award
2022
Nominee - Pure Talents Contest 2022 IMM Cologne
2021
Winner - Ruth Drew Prize - Awarded to a graduating student from Design Products, RCA
2021
Runner Up - Silhouette Cutlery - The Cutlers Company Design Competition, London
2019
Shortlisted - Young Talent at Danish Design Award
2018
Winner - Design Talent 2018 at Danish Entrepreneurship Award
2018
Finalist - FSC Design Award Winner - 2018 Talent of the Year “Årets Talent” Design Awards (BoBedre)
GRANTS
2023
Work grant - Danish Arts Foundation
2022
Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition was Awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation
2022
Work grant - Danish Arts Foundation
2022
Project Grant - Klint Fonden
2021
Project Grant - DDE, Den Danske Eksportskoles Fond
2020
Scholarship - STARK Fonden
2019
Scholarship - Nordea Fonden
2019
Scholarship - Augustinus Fonden
2019
Scholarship - Knud Højgaards Fond
2019
Scholarship - William Demant Fonden
2019
Talent Grant - Udvikling af Nye Talenter - Danish Arts Foundation
2017
Via Design exhibition at Milan Design Week was awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation
EXHIBITIONS / TALKS / EVENTS
2025
Guest at Art & Culture Ball hosted by the Danish Royal House
2024
Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling - Lighthouse
2024
Ejsing Church, Ejsing Culture Week - Reflections
2023
UIA session - Fritz Hansen moderated talk “How Design Impacts Body & Mind”
2023
Design Museum Danmark - Neon Chandelier
2023
3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub - Reflections
2022
Louis Poulsen Showroom CPH - Idea Generator
2022
Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling - Idea Generator sponsored by Louis Poulsen
2022
Design Museum Danmark, The Future is Present - Dream View Sphere
2022
3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub - New editions of the Dream View Sphere collection
2022
PEJ gallery - the Dream View Collection
2021
Velux “Build For Life” Conference, Future Panel Discussion
2021
London Design Festival, New Contracts Royal College of Art Design Products
2021
3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub - Dream View collection
2020
Skud på Stammen - Rakle pendant
2019
Designers Saturday, Oslo, Erik Jørgensen
2019
3 Days of Design, Erik Jørgensen
2019
Trends & Traditions, Farstrup Furniture
2019
Salone Del Mobile, Erik Jørgensen
2019
Formland Spring (FSC exhibition)
2018
Danish Entrepreneurship Award, Winner of DesignTalent
2018
FSC Design Award, Finalist
2018
PEJ gallery
2018
Trends & Traditions, Upcoming designer
2018
Stockholm Furniture & Lightfair, Greenhouse
2018
Formland Autumn
2017
Trends & Traditions, Via Design
2017
DokkX Aarhus, Interactive Exhibition of Modern Welfare Technology
2017
Formland Autumn
2017
Milan Design Week, Remedy Rush, Ventura Lambrate
2016
Trends & Traditions, Via Design
2016
Møbelseminar, Lifestyle & Design Cluster, Herning
2016
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator, TEKO design, Herning
2015
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator, TEKO Furnituredesign & Hautecouture, Herning
2015
Skive Festival, curator at ROLINU stage area
2015
Northmodern (FSC exhibition)
2015
FSC Design award
2014
Northmodern (FSC exhibition)
2014
FSC Design award
2014
Århundredets Festival 1800-tallet, Aarhus Godsbane (Krabbesholm)
LISE VESTER STUDIO
+45 2829 8413
hello@lisevester.dk
www.lisevester.dk
hello@lisevester.dk
www.lisevester.dk
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