ABOUT
Siren Elise Wilhelmsen Studio is a small design business based in Bergen, Norway. Siren Elise Wilhelmsen is a designer and PhD researcher. She graduated from Universität der Künste Berlin in 2010 and founded her own design studio the same year. In 2024, she completed her PhD in artistic research/design at the University of Bergen, where she now works as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design – Department of Design.
Through her work, Siren explores how design can foster new ways of seeing, living, and engaging with our material culture and local environments. Her practice spans from product design and installations to long-term, research-based projects developed in dialogue with nature, place, and community. Central to her approach is a curiosity for how design can shape narratives and relationships that connect the human and more-than-human world.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Milan Furniture Fair, London Design Week, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, the National Museum in Beijing, and ICFF in New York. She has received several recognitions, including Newcomer of the Year by the Foundation for Design and Architecture in Norway and the German Design Award, and was nominated for the Formex Nova – Nordic Designer of the Year Award in 2012.
Research Platform: www.oddnewspring.com
