Merve Güngör is a multidisciplinary designer and artist, and the founder of Studio Solvia, a design studio focused on sculptural objects that exist at the intersection of art, architecture, and contemporary craftsmanship. Her work explores form as a narrative tool, treating everyday objects as carriers of memory, emotion, and cultural resonance.

Drawing inspiration from ancient civilizations, mythology, and natural structures, Güngör creates objects that balance minimalism with symbolic depth. Her designs often reference timeless archetypes—vessels, columns, and organic systems—reinterpreted through modern technologies such as digital modeling and additive manufacturing. This dialogue between the ancient and the contemporary is central to her artistic language.

Through Studio Solvia, she approaches design as a contemplative practice, where form is not merely functional but expressive and reflective. Each piece is conceived as a quiet yet powerful presence within space, inviting the viewer to slow down and engage with subtle details and proportions.

Güngör’s work emphasizes sustainability, intentional production, and emotional durability, aiming to create objects that transcend trends and foster long-term connections between people and their environments.

Merve Güngör’s artistic practice explores form as a quiet yet powerful language beyond function. Working at the intersection of art, design, and architecture, she creates sculptural objects that carry memory, symbolism, and emotional presence. Inspired by ancient civilizations, natural systems, and archetypal structures, Güngör reinterprets timeless forms through contemporary design processes and digital fabrication.

Her work focuses on balance—between solidity and fragility, stillness and movement, past and present—resulting in objects that feel both grounded and speculative. Rather than prioritizing utility alone, she emphasizes emotional resonance and spatial dialogue, inviting slower engagement and contemplation. Through intentional production and material awareness, Güngör aims to create enduring works that resist disposability and celebrate the poetic potential of form in everyday life.

Merve Güngör holds a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design from Üsküdar University, Faculty of Communication. Her artistic journey is shaped by the ancient stories of Anatolia and the cyclical rhythms of nature. For her, each creation is a way of reconnecting with her roots while giving them new life in the digital age.

As the founder of Sólvia, Güngör works with 3D printing technologies, producing designs with recyclable PLA materials. Her practice weaves sustainability together with the innovative possibilities of digital art. Each form becomes a poetic dialogue between traces carried from nature and the abstract language of technology.

Her works have gained visibility on both national and international platforms; some of her designs were showcased on the giant screens of Times Square in New York. Today, she continues to dedicate her practice to exploring new forms that carry the profound stories of Anatolia into the future.

Merve Güngör’s practice lies at the intersection of ancient cultural narratives and contemporary production techniques. Inspired by Anatolia’s mythologies and architectural remnants, she translates historical traces into sculptural objects that inhabit everyday life. PLA and 3D printing function not merely as material and method, but as conceptual tools to reflect on permanence, fragility, and the potential of digital craft to reframe heritage.

Her works evoke archaeological fragments while simultaneously engaging with today’s aesthetic codes, creating a bridge between continuity and reinterpretation. Within Code & Craft, Güngör highlights the capacity of technology to both preserve and reinvent tradition, presenting making itself as an act of storytelling.