About
Phoebe Lewis is an internationally awarded industrial designer, now turned marine scientist. She focuses her practice on developing sustainable products that help restore marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Her most recent work involves extracting novel pigments from seaweed and problematic marine flora, which are then to be used in commercial applications such as textile dyes. This is the research area of her current MPhil in marine science at Newcastle University. Her pigment work has been exhibited multiple times in Europe and other areas of the world at both academic and design related events.
Sitting at the intersection of science, art and design, Phoebe has had the pleasure of working on many multidisciplinary projects at Notpla, the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment and other freelance roles. Phoebe is also pursuing methods to improve science communication amongst researchers, through the medium of storytelling, in the hope to engage wider audiences.
Phoebe’s ultimate goal with her pigment work, is to make sustainability as vibrant and inclusive as possible.
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Selected Exhibitions & Awards
Colour in Design Award, Winner - July 2021
GREEN GRADS, Samsung Coal Drops Yard, London - October 2021
Global Design Graduate Show, Shortlisted and judge’s favourite - October 2021
Surface Design Show, Business Design Centre, London - February 2022
Grand Designs Live with GREEN GRADS, ExCel Centre, London - May 2022
Milan Furniture Fair with GREEN GRADS, Milan - June 2022
Tallinn Design Festival, Estonia - September 2022
C-IDEA Award Exhibiton - Adelaide, Australia - December 2022
C-IDEA Industrial Design Award, New Star Award - 2022
Spotlight Live at Surface Design Show, Business Design Centre, London - February 2023
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Accelerators & Conferences
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Women in Sustainable Innovation - June/July 2022
CMG Colour Conference US, Exhibitor - November 2022
British Phycological Society Annual Conference, Speaker - January 2023