Diana Eng

Diana Eng is a fashion designer who specializes in technology, math, and science. Her designs range from inflatable clothing to fashions inspired by the mechanical engineering of biomimetics. Her inflatable dress (a collaboration with Emily Albinski) made the cover of ID Magazine. In 2005, she appeared as a designer contestant on season 2 of the Emmy nominated hit TV show, Project Runway. She won Yahoo Hack Day in 2006 along with her two-team mates for designing and creating a blogging purse in less than 24 hours. She has worked as an assistant designer in research & development at Victoria's Secret. She is the author of Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech. Her work has been featured in exhibits both in the U.S. and internationally around the globe, and has graced the pages of such publications as Women's Wear Daily, Wired, and Craft Magazine. She is a founding member of Brooklyn based hacker group NYC Resistor. Diana currently designs in the NYC fashion industry creating tech inspired designs at www.FairytaleFashion.org .