About Me

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Diana Lin is a fashion designer, T-shirt designer and an illustrator who lives in Brooklyn, NY. Using humorous and eccentric style through her works. Born and raised in New York City majority of Diana's childhood memories were obsessively drawing. At the age 10 after living in the big city she moved to the south of Taiwan, Ping Tung. The cultural transition made a huge influence in her life and works. She took her first step in Fashion Design by Enrolling into Mingsheng High, where she won twice 1st place in both Fashion Design competition and illustration competition, 10th in the National Fashion Design Contest and won a Honor Award in Fashion Design. After spending her teen years in Taiwan, She headed back home to NY, carrying on her studies in Fashion Institute of Technology, where her works have been held in displays and exhibitions. Diana aside has exhibited and collaborated her works in other various fields and events from urban tees to performance. Diana studied her final year abroad in Milan (FIT in Politecnico di Milano). Diana perspective towards designing is to utilize different ranges of medium and technique with a dose of unconventional humor

Exhibit & Awards

*Pie- Art Display, Union Square, NYC. September 2009
*POLIMI Fashion Show in Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy June 2008
*Publishing in UK Fashion Illustration 2008
*Everybody! Let`s Make Some Noise @ White Room Group Exhibit, Brooklyn, NYC March 2007
*WONKAVISION MAGAZINE PRESENTS: "Long In The Tooth Group Exhibit, Philadelphia March 2007
°Metropolis Gallery April 2007
°The Lizard Lounge Group Exhibit April 2007
°Fashion Art Display in Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan NYC May 2006
*Body Conture Display in Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan NYC May 2006-Present
*Fashion Art Display at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan NYC May 2004-2006'
°Fashion Design Achivement Award 2002
*10th Place National High School Fashion Design Competition 2002
*1st Place Mingsheing High Fashion Design Competition 2002
*1st Place Mingsheing High Illurstration Competition 2002
*1st Place Mingsheing High Fashion Design Competition 2001
*1st Place Anti-Drugs Illurstration Competition 2001
*3rd Place Mingsheing High Fashion Design Competition 2000
*1st Place Dancing Competition 1999
*3rd Place Native Taiwanese Dancing Competition 1999

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Candies




Jason did another Drink and Draw get together again
Mika had a ton of awesome wigs....which really spiced things up
Everybody who wore one looked like their names were Candy

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Tiger Toe




The Very Last project that I drew (about a couple months ago...should get back on my fingers soon")
Had to create a activewear brand
coz I don't have an awesome name
Came up with "Tiger Toe"....

Knitting Picasso




Design Sketches for a semester ago, mostly did knits that whole 4 months
named the project "Knitting Picasso".....inspiration of course Pablo Picasso

Swimwear Project






Drew a ton of Swimwear....which was hard to design
since it just covers a small portion of the body, don't have much to work with
did an inspiration of the bond girls Strong, Smart, High tech and bomb shell sexy like