Defne Koz
Defne Koz designed products for worldwide known, design oriented companies in different sectors; Furniture, Lighting, Tableware, Household, Sanitary fixtures, Fashion Accessories, Branding Consulting and Art Direction.
Recent clients include: Panasonic, Nestlé, Unilever - Lipton, Alessi, Foscarini, Leucos, FontanaArte, Sharp, Mobileffe, Liv'it, Pirelli, Cappellini, Slide, Durst, Egizia, Rapsel, Merati, Guzzini, WMF, VitrA, Authentics, Nissan, Casio, Gaia&Gino, MPD, OmniDecor, 888, Tuna, Megaron, Alparda, Nurus, Hamam, Delta, Arcelik, Sisecam...
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 techniques on glass, for Sisecam she created the iconic shape of the Turkish olive oil bottle, for Vitra she proposed hi-tech gel materials for the bathroom environment, and she helped reviving the tradition of Iznik ceramics in Turkey.
Her recent products for Megaron and VitrA received the Red Dot Awards, her lamps have been for the past 15 years among Foscarini's best sellers; her lamp Relax for Fontana Arte was awarded the "Best in Category" Prize by the ID Magazine Design Annual, her products has been selected into the ADI Preselection Index for Compasso d'Oro, her products "Liquids" for Gaia&Gino won the Good design Award, Chicago, while other products of her, has been selected by EDIDA International Awards and Design TurKey.
IMM KoelnMesse has invited her to be the Trend Board Member of 2011 and has dedicated her an area to expose her trend Surprising Emphaty during Koeln Furniture Fair.
She is in the Board of Istanbul Design Biennale 2012.
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, MARTa Herford, Ozone Gallery Tokyo, Les Atelier Gallery Paris, Abitare il Tempo Verona, Museo di Pietrarsa Napoli, Design Week Belgrade, Design Week Istanbul, MeDesign Genoa. She held seminars at UIC Chicago, Domus Academy, Milano; Fukui Prefecture, Japan; Architectural Association, London; Bilgi University, Istanbul; Centro Borges, Buenos Aires, Design Week Belgrade, Design Week Istanbul.
