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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 Studio_www.defnekoz.com_info@defnekoz.com_ 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