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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
The Association of the Registered Trade Marks (TMD) was contacted by Italian fashion houses Giorgio Armani and Gianfranco Ferré who wanted to use traditional Turkish and Ottoman patterns in their latest collections. Some sort of novelty for brands that used to take inspiration from Indian, African or Chinese cultures. The TMD recommended them 5 recently graduated Turkish fashion designers ' whose creativity is not restricted to certain models or patterns, and
who are able to reflect Turkey's connection with its Ottoman
past through their designs'.
According to Tuna Kılıboz (TMD - Istanbul Bijuteri), instead of focusing on ' narrow areas like jeans, scarves or T-shirt design', Turkey ought to ' present the world not imitations but authentic Turkish and Ottoman styles' and prepare collections so as to develop brands. The luxury market in Turkey seems indeed rather flourishing: development of shops in luxury hotels, growing demand for mono-brands stores...
Source: Turkish Daily News May 7th 2008
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
Since 2001, Feyza Açikgöz has been working with felt in home design. She has soon privileged Anatolian producers for their high-quality felt which she embroiders with glass beads, wire, silk, leather, wool or linen.
She has become famous internationally for notice boards, curtains, pillows and accessories for houses and offices, counting among her clients film star Demi Moore and representatives from the Italian State. She also ' designed special collection pillows for Roche-Bobois in Paris, Sarlas in Athens and designed bags for Danca in the Netherlands for their international promotions and events'.
Sources: Turkish Daily News April 11th 2008, Today's Zaman April 10th 2008
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Friday, 29 February 2008 |
Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM) and Marmara University have designed the first Turkish export technopark, gathering on a same place training centres, laboratories and industries, so as to create high added value products, for instance smart textiles and innovative fabrics.
7000 square meters of textile R&D should indeed be implemented on the technopark by the end of 2008, ' the world's most developed infrastructure'. This project lead by the ITKIB and Marmara University Textile Department should cost about € 15-16 million, expected to be partly financed by European funds. The European Union had indeed participated in the design of the project which lasted 4 years.
Source: Turkish Daily Feb. 28th 2008
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