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Gursan Ergil is an electrical engineer turned furniture designer &
artist based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ergil splits his time between lecturing and crafting furniture from
reclaimed wood. He uses traditional woodworking techniques and
joinery to create furniture that would look at peace in even the
most contemporary interior.
Handcrafted in Istanbul, Ergil’s pieces are true design statements,
which were sold worldwide including an auction in the Christie’s
NYC.
Walnut Chair,
sold for 3.200 USD at Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth,
Christie’s New York.

3 Furniture Designers with Envvironmental Impact
Boring, lifeless furniture be gone! Welcome a new kind of seating into your homes or commercial spaces with these unique,
organic designs.
Interior furniture design is a dynamic and vast industry, touting a plethora of options for every taste and need. In recent years, the
concept of eco-friendly furniture has begun to mix with highly interpretive art. The result? Exquisitely crafted, highly intriguing
objects that span the worlds of furniture, art and lifestyle. Such pieces become the much-talked about focal pieces of any room -
and rightfully so! Just take a look at the following few examples, and you’ll catch my drift. Here are three furniture designers
whose work has inspired us by building furniture that is not only beautiful, but also making a worthwhile environmental
statement:
Gursan Ergil - Ergil is particularly well known for blending traditional woodworking with modern, environmentally-friendly tactics.
A graduate of the prestigious Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University, he now works from a design studio in Istanbul to bring the
world unique, ethically-sourced furniture.
George Nakashima - A Japanese-American master woodworker, Nakashima spent more than four decades of his life exploring the
organic functionality of wood and manual woodwork. Like many of the great masters, Nakashima’s success came largely after his
death in 1990 and only now is he regarded as one of the leaders in modern 20th century furniture design. Over the last decade,
prices for his work have skyrocketed.
Hugo Franca - Senor Franca had dedicated a majority of his life to living harmoniously with nature and encouraging others to do
so through his “movable sculptures.” The Brazilian calls upon trees condemned by inclement weather or society to create
stunning, functional masterpieces. His works have gained international attention, particularly his 2011 exhibition of massive
furniture created from casulo trees.
Gone are the days of purchasing mass-produced furnishings made of harmful chemicals and environmentally-damaging processes.
Indeed, we recently wrote about Newlight Technologies, a company that is capturing greenhouse gases and making furniture from
thin air. And while LEED credits are currently only available for GREENGUARD Children and Schools certified furniture in school
designs, knowledge of such alternative choices will undoubtedly be seen as a value-add for residential and commercial plans alike.
Sarah Ward
Poplarnetwork.com (14th. Jan. 2014)
https://www.poplarnetwork.com/news/3-furniture-designers-environmental-impact

Gursan Ergil Works Wonders with Re-Claimed Wood
Sometimes as I attempt to navigate the expansive morass of polycarbonate, rigid foam, steel, and glass that serves as the multilayered
and hyper-colored palette of contemporary design, I long for the refined simplicity and textural allure of wood. Perhaps this
is owed to the purist in me--and my ongoing, if largely unsuccessful, flirtation with finish carpentry--but good work in wood has an
elegant, organic quality that can only come from natural elements. As seen, for instance, in the furniture of Istanbul -based Gursan
Ergil.
Ergil is another notable in the recent ascendance of Turkey upon the design scene (see also Autoban's Seyhan Ozdemir & Sefer
Caglar, and ERK's Onur Mustak Cobanli). But while the work of these recent forebears has a modern tinge that might be compared
with that of Karim Rashid or Zaha Hadid, Ergil's excellent craftsmanship has pronounced affinities with work by the boys from
America's favorite backyard of Brooklyn (see Daniel Moyer, Bruce MarsH, and Roger Benton). With Brooklyn Designs just around
the corner, then, Ergil's fine shaping and joining deserves a good, long look. Take, for instance, the Organic Lounge Chair.
Basically a "found" piece that nevertheless has been subject to Ergil's comprehensive method of "treating, re-treating, handcrafting,
and varnishing through ecological methods," the Organic Lounger has the distinctive look of a natural slab of over-sized
walnut. Indeed, one can picture this fortuitous find as it was pre-lightning strike, or pre-disease, or pre-attentions of an eager
grizzly. Ergil's re-contextualization (accomplished largely with the clever application of four simple peg legs) turns this former tree
into a striking centerpiece.
For a more refined take on reclamation, there's the 75 x 75 Table. As you might have guessed from the descriptive if understated
moniker, this piece is a simple square dining affair with the skillful incorporation of one of my favorite joinery techniques--the
keyhole joint. The technique eschews traditional dovetailing in favor of these four beautiful insets, giving the table the enhanced
aesthetic appeal of dark highlights against the top's lighter tones. The understructure is similarly appealing--beneath the table top
a perfectly-executed mitre cut on all four sides gives the piece a bit of modern flair. And the legs, which take the look of an inverted
fan, further this theme of old-world craftsmanship meets contemporary precision
3rings - April 22, 2010
Joseph Starr
http://media.designerpages.com/2010/04/gursan-ergil-works-wonders-with-re-claimed-wood/

Cocoon, 2010

Gnarled, 2015

Swan bench, 2014

Dante chair, 2016

Rumi chair, 2016

Ant chair, 2016

Yaba chair, 2014 (pair)

Pink crocodile, 2012

Giraffe, 2013

Gray mullet, 2014

Parrot, 2011

Anonymous, 2010

Bark bench, 2017

Golden chair & stool, 2017

Kybele, 2018

Face, 2018