ZOE MIYAKO LEE
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Zoe Lee is a designer, entreprenuer, researcher, and filmmaker based in the United States. After receiving a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), she co-founded BEAM, a research-led creative studio and public imagination engine for people & planet.
She is also a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab’s Community Biotechnology Initiative and a member of NEW INC, the New Museum’s design, culture, and tech incubator, in the Year 12 Creative Science cohort.
Her work focuses on how climate technologies and interventions operate once they move into real places—shaped by ecological conditions, governance, culture, and lived relationships to land and water. Her practice blends research, design, and storytelling to make complex socio-ecological systems legible and negotiable.
Her work has been published and presented internationally, and has appeared in Vox, MIT Technology Review, ArtNews, The Today Show, O! Magazine, Stereo Saints, and Barley Field Magazine.
CV
INDIGO CLOTHING CO.
INDIGO CLOTHING CO.
Co-Founder & Creative Director
Team: Ali Lee, Mia Lietzke, Zoe Lee
Press: Vox, O! Magazine, The Today Show
Influencer Features: Emma Chamberlain, David Dobrik, Casey Frey, Haley Pham, and more.
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Indigo was a sustainable fashion venture exploring how environmental impact can scale through culture and design. By integrating natural dyeing into contemporary streetwear, the project translated a traditionally niche, low-impact craft into a commercially viable product with mainstream appeal.
Over its run, Indigo produced more than 1,000 garments, reduced water and chemical use, and generated six figures in sales with nearly 3 million social impressions. The project was featured in Vox, The Oprah Show, and The Today Show, demonstrating how ecological practices gain traction when aligned with aesthetics, branding, and cultural adoption.