Lise Vester
Copenhagen based designer
B. 1991
Master of Arts in Design Products
Royal College of Art London
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 spend her last days 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.
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
Nominee - Best in Outdoor, Dream View Bench / Muuto
Objectnominated by ELLE DECOR Japan for the ELLE DECOR INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2026 (EDIDA).
Winner - Best Outdoor, Dream View Bench for Muuto
ObjectBoBedre Awards
Nominee - Rising Star of the Year Scandinavian Design Award
PracticeIt is Media & Stockholm Furniture Fair
Winner - Designer of the Year at Design Awards
PracticeBoBedre Awards
Nominee - Furniture of the Year at Design Awards
ObjectBoBedre Awards
Finalist - Young Talent
PracticeDanish Design Award
Nominee - Pure Talents Contest 2022
PracticeIMM Cologne
Winner - Ruth Drew Prize - Awarded to a graduating student from Design Products
PracticeRCA
Runner Up - Silhouette Cutlery
ObjectThe Cutlers Company Design Competition, London
Shortlisted - Young Talent
PracticeDanish Design Award
Winner - Design Talent 2018
PracticeDanish Entrepreneurship Award
Finalist
PracticeFSC Design Award
Winner - Talent of the Year “Årets Talenter” Design Awards
PracticeBoBedre
Grants
Project grant “Lighthouse”
ProjectDanish Arts Foundation
Project grant “Light Lab”
ProjectDanish Arts Foundation
Work grant
PracticeDanish Arts Foundation
Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition was Awarded (contributing design, Neon chandelier)
ExhibitionThe Danish Arts Foundation
Work grant
PracticeDanish Arts Foundation
Project Grant
ProjectKlint Fonden
Project Grant
ProjectDDE, Den Danske Eksportskoles Fond
Scholarship
PracticeSTARK Fonden
Scholarship
PracticeNordea Fonden
Scholarship
PracticeAugustinus Fonden
Scholarship
PracticeKnud Højgaards Fond
Scholarship
PracticeWilliam Demant Fonden
Talent Grant - Udvikling af Nye Talenter
PracticeDanish Arts Foundation
Via Design exhibition at Milan Design Week was awarded
Projectthe Danish Arts Foundation
Exhibitions / Talks / Events
Part of Price-comittee at Biennale for Craft and Design 2025
JuryExhibition curated by Ukurant at museum Glas, Ebeltoft DK.
Neon chandelier exhibited
ExhibitionThoravej 29 (SNART)
Panel talk “Neuro aesthetics & Design”
Panel talkDesignmuseum Danmark, Morgenformat
Permanent installation of Dream View Benches (Muuto)
Exhibitionin the garden of Designmuseum Danmark
Poetic Perspectives, solo popup exhibition
ExhibitionDesignmuseum Danmark
Panel talk “In Tune with Nature”
Panel talkhosted by Muuto, 3 Days of Design
Panel talk “Form, Purpose and Materiality”
Panel talkhosted by Design Council, 3 Days of Design
Lighthouse exhibited
ExhibitionDesignmuseum Danmark
Guest at Art & Culture Ball
Guesthosted by the Danish Royal House
Lighthouse
ExhibitionSnedkernes Efterårsudstilling
Reflections
ExhibitionEjsing Church, Ejsing Culture Week
Panel talk “How Design Impacts Body & Mind”
Panel talkUIA session, Fritz Hansen moderated
Neon Chandelier Exhibited
ExhibitionDesign Museum Danmark
Reflections
Exhibition3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub
Idea Generator
ExhibitionLouis Poulsen Showroom CPH
Idea Generator sponsored by Louis Poulsen
ExhibitionSnedkernes Efterårsudstilling
Dream View Sphere
ExhibitionDesign Museum Danmark, The Future is Present
New editions of the Dream View Sphere collection
Exhibition3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub
the Dream View Collection
ExhibitionPEJ gallery
Future Panel Discussion
Panel talkVelux “Build For Life” Conference
New Contracts Royal College of Art Design Products
ExhibitionLondon Design Festival
Dream View collection
Exhibition3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub
Rakle pendant
ExhibitionSkud på Stammen
Erik Jørgensen
ExhibitionDesigners Saturday, Oslo
Erik Jørgensen Exhibition
Exhibition3 Days of Design
Farstrup Furniture
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Erik Jørgensen
ExhibitionSalone Del Mobile
Formland Spring
ExhibitionFSC exhibition
Winner of DesignTalent
GuestDanish Entrepreneurship Award
Finalist
GuestFSC Design Award
PEJ gallery
ExhibitionUpcoming designer
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Greenhouse
ExhibitionStockholm Furniture & Lightfair
Formland Autumn
ExhibitionVia Design
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Interactive Exhibition of Modern Welfare Technology
ExhibitionDokkX Aarhus
Formland Autumn
ExhibitionRemedy Rush, Ventura Lambrate
ExhibitionMilan Design Week
Via Design
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Møbelseminar
GuestLifestyle & Design Cluster, Herning
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator
GuestTEKO design, Herning
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator
GuestTEKO Furnituredesign & Hautecouture, Herning
curator at ROLINU stage area
GuestSkive Festival
Northmodern
ExhibitionFSC exhibition
FSC Design award
GuestNorthmodern
GuestFSC exhibition
FSC Design award
GuestÅrhundredets Festival 1800-tallet
ExhibitionAarhus Godsbane (Krabbesholm)
Lise Vester
Copenhagen based designer
B. 1991
Master of Arts in Design Products
Royal College of Art London
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 spend her last days 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.
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
Nominee - Best in Outdoor, Dream View Bench / Muuto
Objectnominated by ELLE DECOR Japan for the ELLE DECOR INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2026 (EDIDA).
Winner - Best Outdoor, Dream View Bench for Muuto
ObjectBoBedre Awards
Nominee - Rising Star of the Year Scandinavian Design Award
PracticeIt is Media & Stockholm Furniture Fair
Winner - Designer of the Year at Design Awards
PracticeBoBedre Awards
Nominee - Furniture of the Year at Design Awards
ObjectBoBedre Awards
Finalist - Young Talent
PracticeDanish Design Award
Nominee - Pure Talents Contest 2022
PracticeIMM Cologne
Winner - Ruth Drew Prize - Awarded to a graduating student from Design Products
PracticeRCA
Runner Up - Silhouette Cutlery
ObjectThe Cutlers Company Design Competition, London
Shortlisted - Young Talent
PracticeDanish Design Award
Winner - Design Talent 2018
PracticeDanish Entrepreneurship Award
Finalist
PracticeFSC Design Award
Winner - Talent of the Year “Årets Talenter” Design Awards
PracticeBoBedre
Grants
Project grant “Lighthouse”
ProjectDanish Arts Foundation
Project grant “Light Lab”
ProjectDanish Arts Foundation
Work grant
PracticeDanish Arts Foundation
Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition was Awarded (contributing design, Neon chandelier)
ExhibitionThe Danish Arts Foundation
Work grant
PracticeDanish Arts Foundation
Project Grant
ProjectKlint Fonden
Project Grant
ProjectDDE, Den Danske Eksportskoles Fond
Scholarship
PracticeSTARK Fonden
Scholarship
PracticeNordea Fonden
Scholarship
PracticeAugustinus Fonden
Scholarship
PracticeKnud Højgaards Fond
Scholarship
PracticeWilliam Demant Fonden
Talent Grant - Udvikling af Nye Talenter
PracticeDanish Arts Foundation
Via Design exhibition at Milan Design Week was awarded
Projectthe Danish Arts Foundation
Exhibitions / Talks / Events
Part of Price-comittee at Biennale for Craft and Design 2025
JuryExhibition curated by Ukurant at museum Glas, Ebeltoft DK.
Neon chandelier exhibited
ExhibitionThoravej 29 (SNART)
Panel talk “Neuro aesthetics & Design”
Panel talkDesignmuseum Danmark, Morgenformat
Permanent installation of Dream View Benches (Muuto)
Exhibitionin the garden of Designmuseum Danmark
Poetic Perspectives, solo popup exhibition
ExhibitionDesignmuseum Danmark
Panel talk “In Tune with Nature”
Panel talkhosted by Muuto, 3 Days of Design
Panel talk “Form, Purpose and Materiality”
Panel talkhosted by Design Council, 3 Days of Design
Lighthouse exhibited
ExhibitionDesignmuseum Danmark
Guest at Art & Culture Ball
Guesthosted by the Danish Royal House
Lighthouse
ExhibitionSnedkernes Efterårsudstilling
Reflections
ExhibitionEjsing Church, Ejsing Culture Week
Panel talk “How Design Impacts Body & Mind”
Panel talkUIA session, Fritz Hansen moderated
Neon Chandelier Exhibited
ExhibitionDesign Museum Danmark
Reflections
Exhibition3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub
Idea Generator
ExhibitionLouis Poulsen Showroom CPH
Idea Generator sponsored by Louis Poulsen
ExhibitionSnedkernes Efterårsudstilling
Dream View Sphere
ExhibitionDesign Museum Danmark, The Future is Present
New editions of the Dream View Sphere collection
Exhibition3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub
the Dream View Collection
ExhibitionPEJ gallery
Future Panel Discussion
Panel talkVelux “Build For Life” Conference
New Contracts Royal College of Art Design Products
ExhibitionLondon Design Festival
Dream View collection
Exhibition3 Days of Design DDcated Design Hub
Rakle pendant
ExhibitionSkud på Stammen
Erik Jørgensen
ExhibitionDesigners Saturday, Oslo
Erik Jørgensen Exhibition
Exhibition3 Days of Design
Farstrup Furniture
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Erik Jørgensen
ExhibitionSalone Del Mobile
Formland Spring
ExhibitionFSC exhibition
Winner of DesignTalent
GuestDanish Entrepreneurship Award
Finalist
GuestFSC Design Award
PEJ gallery
ExhibitionUpcoming designer
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Greenhouse
ExhibitionStockholm Furniture & Lightfair
Formland Autumn
ExhibitionVia Design
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Interactive Exhibition of Modern Welfare Technology
ExhibitionDokkX Aarhus
Formland Autumn
ExhibitionRemedy Rush, Ventura Lambrate
ExhibitionMilan Design Week
Via Design
ExhibitionTrends & Traditions
Møbelseminar
GuestLifestyle & Design Cluster, Herning
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator
GuestTEKO design, Herning
Det Hemmelige Galleri, curator
GuestTEKO Furnituredesign & Hautecouture, Herning
curator at ROLINU stage area
GuestSkive Festival
Northmodern
ExhibitionFSC exhibition
FSC Design award
GuestNorthmodern
GuestFSC exhibition
FSC Design award
GuestÅrhundredets Festival 1800-tallet
ExhibitionAarhus Godsbane (Krabbesholm)