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Contemporary Turkish Design: Naiftasarim

by Janine Kohlman

naiftasarim is Efecan Gürbüz, Onur Besen, Dogukan Ulas Öncel and Alper Karagöz. Efecan Gürbüz was born in Kadikoy, 1986. He graduated from Yeditepe University Industrial Design department in 2009. He studied Plastics Product Design at London Metropolitan University, but returned to Istanbul to establish naiftasarim which aims to design with natural products instead of plastics. He designs products and spaces. Onur Besen was born in Istanbul, 1983. After he graduated from Yeditepe University Industrial Design department in 2009, he worked at the design departments of various firms. He established naiftasarim in 2010 and designs products and spaces. Dogukan Ulas Öncel was born in Istanbul, 1987. He graduated from Yeditepe University Interior Design department in 2009. After working in several project as a interior designer in Turkmenistan, he came back to Istanbul and joined to naiftasarim in 2011. He designs products and spaces. Alper Karagöz was born in Istanbul, 1986. After he graduated from Yeditepe University Industrial Design department in 2009, he established naiftasarim in 2010. Then he decided to study product service system design at Politecnico di Milano. After that, he experienced working in a design firm in Belgium. He designs products and user experience.