Laura Lebeau is an industrial designer working across objects, technology, and speculative design.
Her work focuses on imagining radical sustainability strategies to define the future of consumer electronics, as well as experimenting beyond the expected aesthetic codes of technology. Laura has gained experience in product manufacturing and design strategies working as a senior designer for Map Project Office, where she has collaborated with some of the most innovative and well-known companies in the world. She graduated with a master's in industrial design from the Strate, School of Design, Paris where she was selected as a James Dyson Award finalist with her diploma project Ecco, a study around the repairability of common house appliances.
Combining her experience in industrial design and manufacturing with research on obsolescence and waste, Laura is interested in experimenting with the apparent clash between synthetic and raw natural materials, especially in the context of mass-produced appliances and everyday objects. Confronted with the limits of recycling and repair of home appliances, she wants to push the boundaries of their materiality to imagine harmless devices and invite users to reflect on the cost of modern convenience in the context of the climate emergency.
