Studio MAM is founded and led by Marlyse Alexandra Mertz, a textile and surface pattern designer originally from the USA, and based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since graduating from Philadelphia University with a degree in Textile Design, Marlyse has been working as a freelance textile designer, for both the fashion and interior industries. Her work is a mixture of many different disciplines and techniques. She creates both simple and bold patterns with the mixture of graphic and hand drawn motifs, characterized by the use of playful and unexpected color combinations and patterning throughout.