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For more than 165 years

Learn more about Merel

Merel Witteman uses design-thinking to tackle today's biggest societal problem: climate change. After working in the creative industry for more than a decade, Merel studied how to use natural processes - such as bacteria and fungi - to clean up waste streams and create sustainable materials while completing her Masters in Environmental Sciences.

Today, she combines her creative expertise with her scientific knowledge in her one-woman agency, where she develops science-based sustainable concepts. To make sustainable solutions accessible and anything but boring. Next project on her list? Why not STABILO? With STABILO's ambitious sustainability goals, there's a lot of potential.
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"To start beginning, you sometimes have to stop with what you’re doing!"

STABILO Pen 68 MAX

Merel's favourite pen!

The STABILO Pen 68 MAX is a vibrant marker for bold and precise artworks – or, as in Merel's case, scientific tests.
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