DEFNE KOZ

2004

“In Turkey we don’t have many of these companies, small/medium companies that distribute hi-design products. Mrs. Cevikel, the woman behind Gaia&Gino, had years ago the leadership to invent this company, establish the brand, push distribution globally, and now you can find my products done for Gaia&Gino in Tokyo, New York, all over Europe. To me this is the best environment to do good design: a good relationship of respect and trust between a creative entrepreneur and a designer. It looks to me like the Italian companies in the 60s: Cassina, Zanotta, Kartell, they all where companies where the friendship between the owner and the designers was the core of the design drive.”