Lydia Kok is a Malaysian textile designer and material researcher based in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. With expertise in printed textiles and bespoke knits, the studio brings a deep understanding of materials and their applications across fashion and spatial design. Textiles serve as a medium to spark curiosity, foster tactile engagement, and provoke conversations about sustainability and the interconnectedness of our ecosystem. Our work layers personal research, archival techniques, and speculative design to create textiles that feel both timeless and forward-thinking.
EDUCATION
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
Master of Arts - MA, Textiles · (2023 - 2024)
Textile Festival Show Lead
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles · (2019 - 2021)
First Class Honours
Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands
BA Man and Motion · (2020 - 2020)
Semester Exchange
WORK
JAN 2025- ONGOING Adjunct Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fashion Design & Textiles, University of the Arts, Singapore
JUL 2021 - MAY 2023 Textile Print Designer, Love, Bonito, Singapore
DEC 2019 - ONGOING Co-Founder | Designer, Peachier Studios, Singapore
JUN 2023 - AUG 2023 Fashion Designer, Purpur, Singapore
AWARDS
2024 Textile Society Postgraduate Award- Highly Commended
2024 RCA Terra Carta Design Lab- Top 20 of 120
2021 Takasago Innovation Prize, LASALLE College of the Arts
2019 Harper’s Bazaar NewGen Fashion Award- Top 12
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Growing Together, Not Too Soon, TEMU House, Kuala Lumpur
2024 RCA MA Textile Festival
2024 RCA Textile Panel Talk Series “Symbiotic Intimacies”
2023 Crossing Cultures: Made by Hand, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
2023 Fashion Playground: Weekend Festival, National Heritage Board, Singapore
2022 Objects of Affection, M Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2022 VOCO Hotel Orchard Road Pop-up Collaboration Peachier Studios
2021 Trans/Mission Research Conference, Panel 6: Public Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts
2020 DAZZLE Collective, Mixed-reality Costume Ball, Antwerp, Belgium
2019 Minimalism x Maximalism, Museum of Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
2019 Why Not? Collective Fashion Showcase, The Substation, Singapore
FEATURES
2022 Love, Bonito, A Day In The Life as Love, Bonito’s Print Designer
2022 The Honeycombers, VOCO Hotel Orchard Road Pop-up Collaboration Peachier Studios
2021 FEMALE, A Day In The Life Of Crochet Artist Lydia Kok
2021 Harper’s Bazaar Singapore, Singapore’s 2021 Graduating Class Of Fashion Designers Poised To Make Their Mark
2021 The Peak, Meet the next wave of Singapore’s fashion designers
2021 Her World, These LASALLE students show us how the future of fashion could look like
2020 DAZZLE Collective, Pierrot Jacket - Lydia Kok
2020 Her World, 6 Singapore creatives who are changing the game of crocheting
2019 Singapore 60s Music, Singapore Maximalism Creation Sent To MFIT New York: Lydia Kok.
2019 FEMALE, Why Not?: A New Collective Aiming To Disrupt Singapore’s Fashion Ecosystem
2019 Vice, These Singaporean Students Are Starting A Revolution
PRINT
L'OFFICIEL 'Hooking onto Comfort' November 2021 issue
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报 March 18 2022 issue