I'm Lily Ren, an industrial designer at ArtCenter College of Design.
Born in Beijing, raised in the Bay Area, now based in Pasadena. My work focuses on hard goods, CMF, and automotive interiors — with an emphasis on clarity, surface, and proportion. I'm drawn to design where aesthetics and function are resolved together rather than competing.
I design by reduction — understanding how something is made, then removing what doesn't need to be there.
I ski, bake, and read about historical disasters. I'm also a signed model, which has shaped how I think about form, presence, and proportion — perspectives I carry into the work.