LAURENE LEON BOYM was born in 1964. She earned a BFA from School of Visual Arts in 1984 and a MID from Pratt Institute in 1993. Since 1995 she has been a part of Boym Partners Inc. She was the Designer in Residence at Cooper-Hewitt in 1993. In 1993, her work was the subject of the groundbreaking exhibition Mechanical Brides at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Lauren Leon Boym was a founder of Association of Women Industrial Designers (AWID) in 1992, co-curating Goddess In the Details in 1995 and running the organization between 1995/97. She has taught at Parsons School of Design and presently teaches in MFA design program at School of Visual Arts in New York City. Her studio’s designs include tableware for Alessi and Authentics, watches for Swatch, lighting for Flos, showrooms and retail displays for Vitra and exhibition installations for many American museums, including Museum of the City of New York and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Objects designed by Boym Partners are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.