Jasmin Özturkkan Menda

Jomenda is the practice of Jasmin Özturkkan Menda, a product designer from Istanbul who lives in Arnhem and studies at ArtEZ University of the Arts (BA Product Design, 2022-2026). Her work sits at the meeting point of food and design: objects and gestures that shape the way a dish is held, dipped or brought to the mouth, made mostly in glass and ceramic.

Projects follow that thread — Relish (2026), a collection of wearable eating pieces; Savour (2025), which slows the act to the scale of a single bite; Wannahave Food? (2024), tools for adults who want a more playful meal; and a napkin set that uses images to cross language barriers at the table. Earlier work includes coffee cups drawn from Peter Zumthor’s buildings and Rewoven (2023), which turns discarded citrus nets into wearables. She has interned with food designers Katja Gruijters and Marije Vogelzang.