Education

2017 Parsons: The New School for Design, New York, NY 
Master of Fine Arts in Industrial Design (MFA)

2003 Parsons: The New School for Design, New York, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Product Design (BFA)

Biography

Lisa Marks is an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech. She teaches studio courses in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Marks' research focuses on combining endangered and traditional handcraft with algorithmic modeling to create new production methods. She holds a Master of Industrial Design from Parsons School of Design, which she obtained from 2015 to 2017. Marks also earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Product Design from Parsons School of Design from 1999 to 2003. Prior to her academic career, Marks worked in New York, where her clients included Google, Nike, and Swarovski.

Statement of Teaching Interest

Marks' teaching bridges craft, computation, and socially conscious design, shaping future designers who work at the intersection of creativity and technology.

Statement of Research Interest

Lisa Marks is an industrial designer and educator whose work merges algorithmic design with traditional craft techniques to create innovative material systems and culturally grounded design solutions. Her award-winning project Algorithmic Lace, recipient of the 2019 Lexus Design Award Grand Prix, exemplifies her commitment to using computation as a tool for sustaining endangered craft traditions while expanding the possibilities of contemporary making.