Bilge Nur Saltik is a Detroit-based designer, maker, and Associate Professor of Product Design at Lawrence Technological University. She holds an MFA in Design Products from the Royal College of Art, London. Her work explores the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary technologies, reinterpreting ceramics, glass, and 3D printing to create objects that are both functional and poetic.

Through collaborations with craftspeople and manufacturers, Saltik adapts age-old techniques with digital fabrication and modern processes, producing pieces that expand the role of design in daily life. This integration of making and material research directly informs her teaching, where she mentors future design leaders to explore the relationship between craft, technology, and innovation.

Her designs have been exhibited internationally at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Het Nieuwe Instituut, and Shanghai Glass Museum, and showcased at Milan, London, and Istanbul Design Weeks. Her work has been featured in Wired, ICON, and Frame and recognized by Dezeen, Crain’s Detroit Business, and the Isola Design Award.

Saltik is also the founder of Form&Seek, a women-led design studio based in Detroit, which develops new collections and collaborative projects that bring diverse design voices to international platforms.