* by Elvira Glänte
ABOUT
PAI is based in Stockholm, Sweden. She considers herself
a craft investigator and learner. Her work engages curiosity of everyday life, diversity of culture and the story behind the lives we lead.
Her experience is varied, from textile design, and product design through research, problem-solving, textile mass production process and diverse management with broad knowledge of Asian craftsmanship and materials.
CV
2022 - recently Home Textile Design project
Designers Trust by Timothy Jacob Jensen Studios
2016 - recently Founder and Aesthetic Director
2010 - recently P . A . I Design Studio
2015 Design intern
Front Design AB Stockholm, Sweden
2010 - 2013 Freelance
Textile product design, brand identity and uniform design
2010 - 2012 Designer of Home textile product
Ginger Co., Ltd., Chiang Mai, Thailand
(former partner of Rice A/S, Denmark)
+ Textile Journey and Collaboration in hand printing technique
New Delhi & Jaipur, India
2009 - 2010 Textile product and print Designer in the Hotel department
BeHouse Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
EDUCATION
2023 Spring Textile Innovation Course 7,5 credits/hp
Textile Overview - Assembly Techniques Course 3,0 credits/hp
Textile Overview - Fibre and yarn technology Course 3,0 credits/hp
University of Borås, The Swedish School of Textiles
2013 - 2015 Konstfack - University College of Arts, Crafts and Design
Stockholm, Sweden
MFA Textile in the Expanded Field
- granted Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Stipendiestiftelse 2014
- granted Konstfack's International students scholarship 2013
2004 - 2009 King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)
Bangkok, Thailand
BA Industrial Design, Human-centred design (English Program)
2008 University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland - HGK
Academic exchange student, Institute of Industrial Design
RELEVANT TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
2023 Introduction to Colour, Material and Finish Design
Central Saint Martins, UAL Short Courses
University of the Arts London, UK
2014 ‘Interconnected Design Thinking: Material Journeys’
collaboration course between Konstfack and
Textiles Environment Design (TED)
University of the Arts London, UK
2006 Basic sewing techniques and pattern design course
Alliance Française Bangkok, Thailand
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2018 AIKA Atelier collections launch, Formex January 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
2017 AIKA Atelier first collection launch, Formex August 2017
Stockholm, Sweden
2015 ‘Knitting with The Fisherman’ Konstfack degree exhibition 2015
2015 ‘Pleasant Slowness’ Stockholm Furniture Fair 2015 (Greenhouse)
Stockholm, Sweden
2014 ‘Why Are You so Distant?’ Rossana Orlandi Gallery,
Milan Furniture Fair 2014
2012 ‘Hemp, Tribal treasure’ Talent Thai 2012 exhibition
Bangkok, Thailand
2012 ‘My Secret Garden‘ Chiang Mai Design Award 2012 exhibition
Chiang Mai, Thailand
2009 ‘The Kindergarten Uniform’ 16th-anniversary exhibition of
School of Architecture and Design Bangkok, Thailand