Turkish Contemporary Design at ICFF 2013: WantedDesign
Products ranged from Pleat Box, a ceramic light by Hande Akcayli and Murat Kocyigit of Mashallah and the elegantly layered Extra Wine Set, a carafe with drinking glasses by Ali Bakova; Attractive, a magnetized mirror by Umut Demirel; Relax, porcelain tableware that whose irregular shape stack to form an unusual pattern, by Tamer Nakisci; Tulûat, a wool rug by Koray Ozgen; Novela Vessels, ceramic containers by Erin Turkoglu and Melodi Bozkurt of Müzz Design; and the Tearend Teacup and Saucer, a tipsy take on the Turkish tea set by Can Yalman. Turkish food artist Dilara Erbay made a centerpiece specifically for the exhibition, called Wishing Tree, which she decorated with fortunes made from the traditional Anatolian grape paste called pestil.
The jury included Turkish names worth knowing: Gaia&Gino founder, Gaye Cevikel; Ferda Kolatan, co-founder of New York’s su11 architecture+design; Defne Koz, the Chicago and Milan-based principal of Defne Koz Studio and co-founder of Koz-Susani Design; Ayse Birsel , Paris-based co-founder and creative director of Birsel + Seck; and Ali Tayar, founder of New York’s Parallel Design Partnership.
Trained in the fine arts in Turkey and having worked for some time in Milan at the Fiat Advanced Design Concept Lab, Tamer Nakışçı of Studio/Nakisci presented his Relax tableware that generates a textural pattern when stacked. He also works across a broad range of design types from product design, conceptual projects and interactive installations to interior design and has earned him the Red Dot and iF product design Awards.
The Tulûat rug by ENSCI-trained and Paris-based Koray Özgen for Dhoku earned him an award for the best floor covering design at the Elle Decoration International Design Awards 2013. His clients include the Centre Georges Pompidou, the City of Paris, Knoll International France and Lille3000 and his own Ozgen Design Collection.
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