Elaine Yan Ling Ng

Elaine Yan Ling Ng, nicknamed the ‘techno fairy’ by Elle Deco, is the founder of The Fabrick Lab, which brings together textiles, electronics, biomimicry, interiors and installations. A British Chinese materialologist, Ng graduated from Central Saint Martins in London, where she earned her MA Design in Textile Futures with distinction.

An alumna of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Management in Leadership, she is also a TED Fellow, and has been recognised globally by multiple design awards, including AD100 The Game Changer by AD Italia, The Influencer by INDE. Awards, as well as the Design Anthology Emerging Talent Award, GGEF’s Eco Innovator Award, Swarovski’s Designer of the Future Award, and Tatler’s Gen T Award. She has worked with Nissan Design Europe and Nokia Design Beijing, and is one of the top 50 brightest connectors, creative visionaries, influential innovators, and disruptive talents in Hong Kong.

In 2023, Elaine received a Harper’s BAZAAR Visionary Women Award. Ng’s magical approach towards materials is inspirational, and at Art Basel Hong Kong 2019 she was commissioned by UBS to create an original work designed to instigate conversations about sustainability with data, art, and design. Ng’s work has since been exhibited at Art Basel, Design Miami/Basel, the V&A and the Science Museum in London, The Triennale Design Museum, Milan, the Textiel Museum, Tilburg, the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, and the Espace EDF Art Foundation in Paris