Contact
Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) / Istanbul 
2012

I was among designers invited by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Art to create an exclusive collection expressing the theme of its 40th anniversary celebration.

So began the story of my Contact necklace, earring and brooch collection.

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A small note for you who aren't familiar with this foundation (IKSV): it regularly organizes  the Istanbul Festival of Music, Film, Jazz and Theatre.

 

While I was searching for an icon that would represent the role of communication in globalization of culture, the image of the hard-working microphone kept presenting itself to me. We are all indebted to the microphone for being able to vocally communicate to the many or to those who are far from us, whether by phone or by personal computers, or through films or from the stage.

 

When I began to look more carefully at microphones, the diamond-shaped rectangles that constitute their surface began to abstract itself. With the notion of 'contact' in mind, I designed my pieces for the collection by repeating that form in various compositions.