Istanbul-born Merve, is an interdisciplinary designer, artist, and researcher at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. She holds a BA in Industrial Product Design from Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts and an MA in Eco-Social Design from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano with honours. Merve blends practice-based research and research-through-design methodologies, engaging with critical, speculative and multispecies design approaches. She addresses contemporary planetary challenges through collective efforts, that involve both humans and other-than-human beings. Her research examines multispecies relationships, materiality, and technologies for circular design production processes. Her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Bridderhaus LU, and presented during the Bolzano Art Weeks and Long Night of Sciences. Her current research project includes Feral Wool, and she leads the WOLB Wollelab project—funded through Young Researchers – iNEST at unibz.

🐑 🤖🧶 WOLB Wollelab is an ongoing project, exploring alternative possibilities of local wool production through design, technology, and crafts with a more-than-human approach. Situated in the mountainous region of South Tyrol, WOLB connects urban and rural contexts. 

WOLB is a research project awarded with funding within Young Researchers - iNEST of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. The external project collaborators are Bergauf, Salewa, Winterschule Ulten; the internal project collaborator is Smart Mini Factory - unibz.

www.woll-e-lab.com