Lisa Hammett
Lisa is an Oslo-born spatial experience designer whose work lives at the intersection of imagination and materiality—designed to be felt, touched, and inhabited.
Raised performing on stage in theater and dance, she was introduced to visual art early by her grandfather, an accomplished painter and craftsman. While still in performing arts high school, she exhibited a sculptural painting series at a Norwegian museum's youth culture showcase. A scholarship soon brought her from Norway to the United States, setting the course for a career defined by curiosity, range, and forward-looking vision.
After settling in California, Lisa studied industrial design, film, and fine art at California College of the Arts. Her work moved naturally toward immersive, sensory-driven concepts—not isolated objects, but complete environments and systems. She designed light-responsive play tunnels, cocoon-like multi-sensory "movie pods," and speculative experiences that felt futuristic then and are technically commonplace now. An early project—a wearable music "bomber" hat blending sound, fashion, and interaction—anticipated today's convergence of wearables and experience design, later featured in U.S. and U.K. trend publications.
Her professional work has moved fluidly across disciplines: illustration for the Beverly Hills Film Festival, surf-skate apparel graphics, art direction for independent film, and tactile play experiences for Mattel and Taco Bell. These projects sharpened her instincts for narrative, emotional pacing, and how people physically engage with stories. With experience spanning product design, development, and branding, Lisa brings concept-led thinking to every project—focusing on atmosphere and the experiential qualities that shape feeling, movement, and human connection.