I’m an artist and designer working across clothing, objects, and visual language. My work emerges through circling, translation, layering and not knowing—shaped by what reveals itself along the way rather than a fixed outcome.
I studied Mechanical Engineering at MIT and spent years working in Bay Area tech—environments built on logic, optimization, and performance. I learned how to make things work. I also learned how easy it is to lose creativity inside systems that reward output over process.
My work now sits both within and against that background.
I run a multidisciplinary design practice spanning product design, branding, and creative direction, while developing an ongoing art practice exploring intuition, process, and conscious making. Each informs the other. And the lines between engineering, art, and design are continuously blurred.
I’m drawn to early-stage ideas and unclear paths.
Surfing, traveling, and making things by hand are essential to me, shifting me towards more conscious, intuitive ways of creating (and living).
Currently available for freelance, collaborations, and residencies.
Email
zoebornhorst@icloud.com