©Lilika Strezoska
Much of what I know about design has been learned through making.
Based in Berlin and currently studying for my Master’s in Product Design at FH Potsdam, I work between conceptual thinking and the physical experience of making.
Design, for me, begins with touch - with observing how materials behave when they are pressed, broken, or transformed. I don’t try to force them into perfection. Instead, I listen to their irregularities, letting accidents and textures become part of the outcome. This process turns making into a dialogue, where material and maker shape each other.
Along the way, I’ve learned that design is not only about function, but also about presence and memory. Encounters with craft, experiments in the studio, and the quiet patience of working with different materials have been the most influential to me. What stays with me are those discoveries that happen in process - when something cracks, resists, or surprises me, and a new form emerges.