Ilkyaz Sarimehmetoglu

Ilkyaz (she/her) is a ballet dancer, researcher and interdisciplinary designer interested in design technology, performing arts and personal fabrication.  

Her work navigates the symbiosis between tactililty and responsiveness questioning traditional paradigms with a focus on interactive material systems and collaborative making. She explores how human-machine collaboration can redefine sensory experiences in built environments engaging in projects that span from knitted textiles with pneumatic systems to human-robot interaction interfaces.