GAIA CERVIKEL

moje kamarádka je z Turecka , z Istanbulu a pravidelně dojíždí na rehabilitaci do Prahy mám ji moc ráda, aprotože děla home design vždy přiveze něco

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http://www.gaiagino.com/

  http://www.esensualliving.fr/gaia-gino-the-essence-of-design

Dynamic Turkish businesswoman Gaye Cevikel introduced contemporary design to her native country, fostered the nation’s design market and founded the first Turkish-based international luxury design company, GAIA&GINO. She established GAIA&GINO (a combination of her nickname, Gaia, and the name of her golden retriever, Gino) in 2004. GAIA&GINO infuses handcrafts with contemporary sensibility by asking design luminaries such as Karim Rashid, Arik Levy, Andree Putman, Jaime Hayon, Constantin Boym, Christian Ghion, Harry Allen, Sebastian Bergne,  Defne Koz  Nendo, David Adjaye, Yves Behar, Noe Duchaufour Lawrence, Annette Hinterwirth, Brad Ascalon, Pearson Lloyd, Juergen Mayer and Scholten & Baijings, to design innovative, witty and story telling products which typify the brand’s identity.  She acts as the creative director of GAIA&GINO and deeply involved in the design direction and management , product development and strategic marketing of the brand.

In 1996 Cevikel founded Decorum in Istanbul, the first store in Turkey to offer contemporary design. More than just a store, Deoorum also played an educational role, fostering the development of a contemporary design consciousness in the Turkish market. In support of this mission, she contributed a column on contemporary design to Sabah, one of Turkey’s major newspapers, from 2003 to 2006. Gaye Cevikel closed Decorum in 2006 to devote herself to her new brand’s growth in the world market and to continue its educational mission with GAIA&GINO In 2005 Cevikel sponsored industrial design students at the California College of Arts, under the direction of the prolific designer Yves Béhar, to develop products for a new line of “Gino the Dog” canine products.

 Gaye Cevikel also acted as a consultant to Turkish Clothing Manufacturer’s Assembly to encourage the establishment of Turkish fashion brands and wrote a book called “Who Is Your Brand?” between 2003 and 2005.