Karyn Lim is an industrial designer based in Singapore. Experimenting across a variety of materials, the studio creates in collaboration with brands and craftspeople. Studio Karyn Lim has launched products ranging from objects, furniture, clothing, and accessories.

​CONNECT
email [email protected]
instagram @karyn.lim 

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WEBSTORE
shop.karynlim.com

INSTAGRAM SHOP for 'Lightness'
@shop.karynlim

STOCKISTS
Red Dot Design Museum Shop lightness accessories + vessels
In Good Company lightness bags
The Artling cloud . lightness vessels
​​Supermama Museum Store so plast!c table
Rooms by Sol Luminaire so plast!c tables

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RECENT PRESS
2025 12  Straits Times (Print)
2025 11  CNA Luxury
2025 09  Luxuo
2025 04  CNA​ (video)
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2024 11  The Edge
2024 09  Female
2024 08  Wallpaper*
2024 04  SG Magazine
2024 04  Tatler Homes
2024 04  Female
2024 04  Her World
2024 04  Business Times
2024 01  Peak (Print)
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2023 10  Home & Decor (Print)​
2023 10  FRAME​
2023 09  Dezeen​
2023 08  Tatler Homes
2023 08  Tatler Homes (Print)
2023 06  Tatler Homes (Print)
2023 06  Design Anthology
2023 04  Design Milk
2023 04  The Straits Times (Print)
2023 04  Home & Decor
2023 04  Feast & Form
2023 04  IFDM (Print)

2022 11  Female
2022 10  Design Anthology
2022 10  Wallpaper*
2022 09  Tatler Asia
2022 07  L'officiel
2022 07  Business Times
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2021 05  Esquire Singapore (Print)
2021 03  Channel News Asia Lifestyle
2020 11  Female
2020 10  The Straits Times
2020 08  Home & Decor

​Press kit available upon request.

EXHIBITIONS

2025 09  EMERGE Prelude Showcase, Singapore Design Week
Supermama,  Asian Civilisations Museum
'So Plast!c' tables

2025 09  Designers & Crafters Edition 02, Singapore Design Week
Industry+ x Rooms by Sol Luminaire
'So Plast!c' tables

​2025 09  EMERGE @ FIND, Singapore Design Week
11-13 September, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
'So Plast!c' Lamp

2025​ 11 Boutiques Fair, in collaboration with In Good Company
2025 09  In Good Company (Runway), National Gallery Singapore
'Lightness' accessories

2025 04-10  Singapore Pavilion, World Expo, Osaka, Japan
'Cloud' side tables   Watch the feature

​2024 09  EMERGE @ FIND DESIGN FAIR ASIA
' So Plast!c' vessels, polymailer edition

​2024 04  Boutique Fairs - Solo Exhibition
' So Plast!c' + 'Lightness'

2023 09 FIND Design Fair Asia, Singapore Design Week
EMERGE curated by Suzy Annetta, Design Anthology
' So Plast!c' 

2023 08 Designers and Crafters Edition 01, Industry+ x Sol Luminaire
2023 04  SaloneSatellite, Milan Design Week
' So Plast!c' vessels + small tables

​2023 11  Boutique Fairs​
2023 03  Boutique Fairs - Young Designers Showcase
2022 11  Boutique Fairs - Young Designers Showcase
' Lightness'

2022 10  Designart Tokyo, UNDER30, Hz Shibuya
'Transformation Bags'
'Transformation Bags Fine Flute edition'
'OMO' with Fani Atmanti

2022 09  FIND Design Fair Asia, Singapore Design Week
EMERGE, curated by Suzy Annetta, Design Anthology
'Lightness of Being'

2019 07  National Design Center, Singapore
2019 04  Zanotta Showroom, Milan Design Week
2018 11  W. Atelier Showroom, Singapore
 ‘Gen Sacco’ for Zanotta

2017 03  Singaplural, Singapore Design Week
‘The Printed Collection’ with Visual Mass

2016 11  Tokyo Design Week
 ‘OMO’ with Fani Atmanti

2016 03  Singaplural, Singapore Design Week
‘M-Mod Specs’

2015 11  Launch Pad Asia, Hong Kong Indesign 
2015 08  ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair, Jakarta 
2015 05  NUS DID Grad Show, National Design Center, Singapore
‘Transformation Bags’

2017 03  Singaplural, Singapore Design Week
2016 01  Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Art Week
2015 04  Triennale di Milano, Milan Design Week
‘Transformation Bags I’ with ‘The Alchemists’

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SPEAKING

​2025 01  Roundtable Discussion, Dept of Architecture, NUS
'Reimagining Creativity - From Human Intuition to Machine Intelligence'

2023 11 Hi Design Asia
Speaker: Design in a Digital Age

2022 10, Tokyo, Japan
DESIGNART TOKYO x PechaKucha Night