Lisa Hammett
Lisa is an Oslo-born artist and designer working at the intersection of imagination and material experience—creating objects and forms meant to be felt, inhabited, and remembered.
Raised in theater and dance, she developed an early sensitivity to movement, rhythm, and spatial presence that continues to shape her approach to form. Guided by her grandfather, a respected painter and craftsman, she began exploring art as both expression and construction—exhibiting a combined sculpture and painting series at a Norwegian museum while still in high school.
On scholarship, she studied industrial design and fine art at California College of the Arts, where her work centered on immersive, sensory-driven concepts—from responsive play environments to speculative experiences exploring how people engage physically and emotionally with designed spaces and products. A wearable music project born from that period was featured in trend publications across the U.S. and U.K., an early signal of a practice consistently ahead of its moment.
Her work has spanned product development, design, and illustration for clients including Mattel, developing a strong instinct for how objects carry narrative and how design creates emotional resonance through physical interaction.
Viking Hapa Studio is Lisa's solo practice — a name that reflects a dual cultural identity and a design sensibility that lives between disciplines.