Irem Arig
is a researcher specialising in new materials and living systems. She has a background in Textile Design, having graduated from Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design. After spending her formative years between Istanbul, Dusseldorf, Singapore and Shanghai, she studied and worked in London as a designer-maker, later joining one of Asia’s largest new material libraries, MateriO Shanghai, as a librarian, curator and Chief Researcher in the Department of Materials & Design.
Today, she works under her own research studio Re:mtr (short for rethink material), as well as part of Hyloh’s collaborator network.
She is driven by a curiosity in material stories, design processes, and regenerative development, and enjoys raising awareness, sharing knowledge, exploring systems and tools to aid more responsible and inspired material selection.


Research through partnerships and collaboration.





