We often remember a material through touch before we remember its colour. A worn stone step, a carved timber surface, the cool edge of marble—texture carries traces of making, use and time. What happens when those memories are translated into contemporary design?

Stone cannot fold, glass cannot drape, and marble cannot inflate. Yet when hard materials appear soft, the contradiction changes how we perceive material and form. / Kemal Sayli

Ottoman birdhouses transformed architectural façades into small habitats. This article explores their cultural significance and their contemporary reinterpretation through Mercy.

The past offers more than forms to reproduce. It holds materials, rituals, techniques, and ideas that can be translated into new design languages.