Decor Ağustos 2020

Guest Designer
Muhammed
Türk: “Carpets
reflecting the
self-concept of
our country are
very important
to us and it is our
primary duty to
keep this alive.”
Muhammed Türk is on the guest designer chair for
this issue of our magazine. When he was a child, he
discovered his design talent in the carpentry. Later,
after painting, calligraphy and ornamentation, he met
with the carpet. Saying “Carpet is a surface on which
I paint”, Muhammed expresses that his aim is to keep
the carpet, reflecting our individualism, and culture
alive. We listen to the rest of the interview from his
mouth.
Let’s know you a little…
I was born in Edirne in 1989. After completing my
primary education in Havsa, district of Edirne, I
continued my high school education in Edirne. After
studying in the painting department of Trakya University
Faculty of Fine Arts for a year, I decided to study
in the center of art in Istanbul. I have graduated from
Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Traditional
Turkish Arts department and continue my master’s
degree in the same department. I have been working
at Kirkit Rugs for 4 years as a designer. In this workshop,
I do not only make carpet designs but also continue
painting.
Nowadays art and design are growing together. I
believe that not only design, or just art, is enough, but
also somehow to use them together in this growth.
How did design begin in your life?
Design took place in my life because of my father. My
father is a carpenter and I received my first aesthetic
education from my father as a furniture design. In the
years after that, I was more interested in painting. Later,
I was interested in calligraphy and ornamentation
art. Now I see that design fields and environmental
factors played a determining role in my life.
How did the recent events affect the design to you?
The epidemic we have recently experienced has negatively
affected the field of design and art. People’s
primary priorities have changed. The most important
priority was to be protected from the virus, and the
subsequent one was to maintain its financial position.
Areas that would not affect vital functions such as art
and design were left behind.
So what does Carpet mean to you? How is the carpet
different from other design products?
That I entered the carpet sector occurred due to the
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