defne koz overview may09
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Defne Koz, industrial designer, divides her time between her studios in Milan, Chicago and Istanbul. She designed numerous products for companies like Foscarini, Leucos, FontanaArte, Sharp, Alessi, Mobileffe, Pirelli, Slide, OmniDecor, Egizia, Rapsel-Nito, Gabbianelli, Merati, Cappellini, Guzzini, Steel, RSVP, WMF, Authentics, Nissan, Casio, Gaia&Gino, MPD, Alparda, Nurus, 888, Megaron, VitrA. Her recent products Dondola for Megaron have received the Red Dot Award 2009, while her bathroom products for Vitra had the Red Dot 2006; her lamps Dress and Circus have been for the past 10 years among Foscarini's best sellers; her lamp Relaxfor FonatanaARte was awarded the "Best in Category" Prize in the ID Magazine Design Annual. Her glasses "Liquids" for Gaia&Gino won the Good design Award, Chicago. Among her Architectural projects are the design of the executive headquarters for Eczacibasi in Istanbul, interiors for numerous private houses, various retail spaces, and more recently the renovation of an apartment in the Lake Shore Drive building by Mies Van Der Rohe in Chicago. Her idea of design is influenced by her training in Ettore Sottsass' studio, by the combination of her Turkish and Italian culture, and by her curiosity for very different product types. Her interests span from humanizing new technologies like digital audio systems to rediscovering the tradition of hand made ceramics. Common to all her projects are her distinctive design language and the research on the sensorial qualities of materials. For Alessi she reinterpreted the technique of metal wire frame, for Egizia she explored innovative decoration on glass, for Guzzini she worked on transferring the qualities of Murano glass into industrial injection molded plastics, for Vitra she proposed hi-tech gel materials for the bathroom environment, and she helped reviving the tradition of Iznik ceramics in Turkey. In the past she held seminars at Domus Academy, Milano; Fukui Prefecture, Japan; Architectural Association, London; Bilgi University, Istanbul; Centro Borges, Buenos Aires, Design Week Belgrade, Design Week Istanbul. Her designs have been exhibited at Triennale di Milano, Galleria Jannone, Galleria Posteria, Spazio Mudima, Ideabooks, Galleria Post Design, Spazio Vigentina in Milan, Biennale del Vetro Venezia, IDYB Koeln, Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Ubersee Museum Bremen, Ozone Gallery Tokyo, Abitare il Tempo Verona, Museo di Pietrarsa Napoli, Design Week Belgrade, Design Week Istanbul.
Defne Koz Design [email protected]_ USA +1 857 8915492
2005 and 2009
ELLE Deco Design AWARDBest of the Category for Furniture, Turkey, 2009
nest for ALESSI marlowe for LEUCOS dress for FOSCARINI
mono for MERATI relax for FONTANAARTE leaf for MOBILEFFE
su&ball for EGIZIA notte for ALESSI
vague for ALESSI diogene for FONTANAARTE noon for LIV’IT
circus for FOSCARINI
variations for MPD
liquids for GAIA&GINO
variations for MPDbarbaric cut
mile for ALPARDAtomo for ALPARDA variations for MPD
dress for FOSCARINI measure cup for WMF
medusa for PIRELLI
nuvola for SLIDE
container for CAPPELLINI aski for NESTEFORM
float for MOBILEFFE variations for MPD
collection DK for EGIZIA variations for MPD
variations for MPD
noon for LIV’IT
variations for MPD posa for RSVP
divan for NURUS
dondola for MEGARON, 2009
dondola for MEGARON
DK collection for OmniDecor
plano for MOBILEFFE
calm for VITRA
calm for VITRA diogene for FONTANAARTE
tem for ALPARDAvariations for MPD
utensilo for AUTHENTICS hamam for VALLI&VALLI lady k for RAPSEL
touch for VITRA
sight for VITRA
medusa for RSVP
mile for ALPARDA
variations for MPD
variations for MPDvariations for MPD
saturno for RSVP su for EGIZIA
variations for MPD
variations for MPD 7/24 for DERIN
iznik for VITRAiznik for VITRA
sense for VITRA
mezzodi for MERATI safa for VALLI&VALLI marlowe for LEUCOS
wish for RAPSEL
MD for SHARP lady k for RAPSELfor RAPSEL/NITO
for RAPSEL/NITO
coppa for GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT
wall for 888
plano for 888 patch for 888
loop for 888
otto for 888
illinois for 888
Moai for LEUCOS
Moai for LEUCOS
Float for TUNA
Float for TUNA
Float for TUNA
