DESIGNERS
Susanne Beskow & Pınar Akkurt
Susanne Beskow is a fashion designer transforming leftover cloths with pleating craft which is dating back to hundreds of years.
Pınar Akkurt is an artist and designer transforming daily life objects and leftovers with an authentic design language.
The common points of the designers are meeting on researching and producing about up-cycling and working on sustainable design processes.
ARTISAN
The quilt artisan Beşir Bostan has been producing handmade quilts, pillows and mattresses in his atelier for almost 30 years in Boğazkesen Street. His archive consisting of handmade quilt patterns is a valuable reference for design culture.
PROCESS & PRODUCTS
The Quilt Workshop Team designed wall quilts using leftover silk materials. The designers praised the extinct and endangered animals and plants by using their drawings and documenting the carbon foot print left by human.