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Kasie Lung is a Toronto Metropolitan University Fashion Design graduate and multidisciplinary creative specializing in apparel design, 3D / digital design, and wearable technology. Her work bridges design, research, and innovation, with a focus on human-centered design, adaptive fashion, and material exploration. Kasie’s experience in hospitality uniform design has allowed her to collaborate with numerous global clients—including acclaimed restaurants and five-star hotels and resorts across North America, Europe, and the Middle East—creating functional, head-to-toe uniforms worn daily by staff worldwide. In the 3D / digital design space, Kasie is professionally trained in Clo3D. She has received professional training from Clo3D specialists and has completed the Clo3D Virtual Fashion Design Certificate program through Parsons School of Design. Her most recent design research and wearable technology project, Folded Technologies, explores the intersection of fashion, technology, and kinetics, reimagining how modular and sustainable textile and apparel design can be applied to everyday wear. Her work has been recognized by various institutes and organizations such as Logistik Unicorp in the “Ready To Take Off” Uniform Design Student Contest 2021; Kent State University in the Fashion X Tech Hackathon 2020; Fashion Zone in the Ryerson Innovation Student Experience (RISE) Summer 2020 virtual incubation program; and the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) in the 2019 undergraduate student exhibition.