About Elyne Legarnisson

As an experience designer, Legarnisson strives to create experiences sparking curiosity, exploration and movement. Her work sits at the intersection between humans and environments, physical and digital, textures and motions, sensuality and systems. She provokes interactions between people, places and/or brands.

A curious individual from La Réunion (french island in the Indian Ocean), she has seven years experience in design, intertwined with eight years of design studies. These were concluded by an M.Arch at the Interaction Architecture Lab (Design for Performance and Interaction) with distinction from the Bartlett, UCL, London.

Passionate about human’s perception, emotions, and individual and social behaviours, Legarnisson finds empathy and systemic thinking to be at the source of her creativity. Interaction and spatial design comprise the two intertwined pillars of her practice. On one hand, she explores interactions between people and environments through the design of physical and virtual immersive experiences. Her latest piece, (un)Balance, was exhibited at Ars Electronica festival, Austria. 

On the other hand, she designs spatial experiences for clients such as Microsoft, the NHS and Wembley Park. Through combinations of interiors and art installations, she infuses workplaces and healthcare environments with unique spatial identities and enhances staff and visitors experiences. Her latest role was Lead Designer at Acrylicize, London-based art and design studio. Motion plays a key role in her designs. Wether in the form of motion graphics, kinetics or programmed light installations, they enable her to induce movements, translate ideas and spark emotional responses.

Today, she is looking at channeling her practice to envision new everyday interactions with emotional health and social equity in mind.