Siv Lier

Siv Lier (1978) is a Norwegian furniture designer living and working in Bergen. After finishing her MA in furniture and spatial design (2011) at Bergen Academy of Art and Design (now Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen), she has been working as an independent designer as well as in collaborations with other designers and artists on projects including design of exhibitions, products, interiors and furniture. Her work reflects a strong emphasis on sustainability, materiality and human-object-interaction, always with a playful, colourful, and intuitive approach. She is currently a research fellow at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen where she started her Ph.D. in October 2018 with the design research project titled The Human object. (Photo: Jane Sverdrupsen)