Ranee Lee

Founder at DESIGNwith

Speaker

Ranee Lee 郭恩琳 is an industrial designer and an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at OCAD University. She is the founder of DESIGNwith, a design lab for the democratization of design learnings in environmental and social sustainability. The lab is a partnership between Cadillac Fairview, OCAD University and CCLD in Regent Park. Prior to design academia, Ranee operated a design business manufacturing home products in both Canada and the Philippines. She holds an MA in Education from University of Toronto on participatory design framework, focusing her work in research-creation. Ranee is currently working on a SSHRC funded project on alternative economies in marginalized Canadian communities.