Amy Chiao’s design practices revolve around the visceral, symbolic material notion of visual storytelling. Utilizing trend research and communication design strategies, her process investigates technological enhanced cultural phenomenas & psychological behaviors in relation to consumer goods & experiences.

Chiao lives and works in Los Angeles designs for product, narrative media, and haptic environments.

She is a recent graduate from California Instiute of the Arts for Masters of Fine Arts in Scene Design with a Integrated Media concentration.

Her work experience includes commercial materials design for NIKE in the Young Athletes silo. In 2014, Chiao was a MIT Open Style Lab Fellow collaborating with engineers and occupational therapists on accessibility clothing accessories. She was awarded Most Innovative Textile for FABRICUT’s Traditional Home Competition in 2013.

She is also a performer and video artist. Her personal practice can be viewed at www.amychiao.com