NEPTUN OZIS STUDIO / karre-design
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the beginning /
the pıoneer:
SADI OZIS SCULPTOR, PAINTER, DESIGNER
Sadi Öziş was born in İstanbul in 1923. After finishing high school education in İstanbul Erkek Lisesi he continued his education in İstanbul Arts Academy, department of decoration and graduated from Kenan Temizan’s fashion atelier. In 1948, he received the state scholarship and went to Paris to study stage and costume design. He studied painting in André L’hote atelier, Academie Grande Chaumiere and Atelier de L’art Apstrait; stage and costume design in Ecole du Louvre, Academie Julian and Paul Colin atelier. It is around this time he started studying sculpture. He returned to Turkey in 1952 and was assigned to İstanbul Art Academy as a faculty member.
In 1962 he founded the Department of Stage and Costume Design with Erdoğan Aksel and continued to be a faculty member, later on professor and department head till he retired in 1990. During his retirement he lectured in the Department of Architecture. In 1986, Sadi Öziş and İlhan Koman founded Kare Metal, the metal atelier where Turkey’s first metal furniture was produced. In 1958, Şadi Çalık joined them and Kare Metal carried on production till 1967. Sadi Öziş continued working on his sculptures in Kare Metal and his sculpture-furniture creations attracted a lot of attention in the media both in Turkey and Europe. Sadi Öziş founded Galeri-T, one of Turkey’s leading decoration companies, with Gevher Bozkurt in 1962 and worked in this area together with Kare Metal till 1967. He participated in various local and international exhibitions with his works. He prepared 1:1 reliefs of Anıtkabir with Hadi Bara, Zühtü Müridoğlu, Şadi Çalık and İlhan Koman. He was awarded second-prize in 1970 in the 24th State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition and first-prize in 1971 in the 32nd State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition. Ozis has lost his life on January 16 2013 at the age of 89.
story of
kare metal atelier / In 1953, a metal atelier was opened in sculpture department of İstanbul Arts Academy (today; Mimar Sinan University). Sadi Öziş and İlhan Koman were very interested in the studies carried out within this atelier and in 1955, two artists established their own metal atelier in order to work on metal sculptures. Since there was not much interest in metal sculptures during those times, they began to look for additional income and started producing Turkey’s first metal furniture. This metal sculpture-furniture production where two artists reflected their creativity in design, became a milestone in Turkish art scenery. After a short while these furniture – even today may seem to be avangarde – attracted a lot of attention and orders started to increase. In 1956, with the financial support of Ozis’ father Tevfik and the artists’ friend Mazhar Süleymangil, Kare Metal was founded.
In 1957, a good friend and another sculpturist Şadi Çalık joined Kare Metal. Due to the lack of proper furniture raw material the artists experimented with various materials – which are originally not meant to be used for metal sculpture-furniture – such as hexagonal wires, sieves, water pipes etc. During that time their friend – founder of Borusan – Asım Kocabıyık, who started manufacturing pipes supported them in terms of raw material.
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Despite difficulties and various obstacles, the artists continued to produce authentic furniture which attracted the attention of international companies such as Knoll International. They invited Ozis to Paris and after a couple of meetings there he was invited to USA for a final meeting. Unfortunately due to certain difficulties – both financial and bureaucratic – that meeting never happened.
In 1958, first, Ilhan Koman – after joining the Brussels Exhibition -, then at the end of the year Sadi Calik left Kare Metal. Ozis continued to work on his own and in 1962 he established a decoration company; Galeri-T together with Gevher Bozkurt. They decorated most of the well-established family owned company offices – such as Koç, Süren family businesses – with the furniture built in Kare Metal. In 1966, just before he left for Paris, Ozis closed both companies. Presently, original works created by Kare Metal and Galeri-T still exist in some private collections and Ozis’ own collection.
[works] Sadi Ozis, an artist who was creating metal sculptures during 1950’s never intended the furniture he designed to be a product. All his creations were individual art pieces which could also be used as a furniture piece. All were made individually as single pieces by himself and most of them remained that way, have not been mass produced or even reproduced. He never worked on sketches. He always thought that a three dimensional creation should be worked directly on models or prototypes.
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The ergonomics of the design pieces have been tested by individuals of different size and height, in order to find the accurate dimensions. To find the right angles, those individuals have been seated on sand pools and the prints have been molded. The artist used these angles and forms to create his furniture designs.
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designs created at kare metal atelier have been
CIRCLE
identified
as a milestone in turkish design history.
HEXAGONAL
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[concept]
Kare Metal Designs were published in international magazines and media during that period, the lounge chair on the right was one of them. That piece was a collaborated work of Sadi Ozis with Ilhan Koman, Turkish sculptor, who moved to Sweden in late 50’s and continued his career there.
process & today /
After his graduation as an architect from Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, Ozis worked with interantionally well known designers and architects on different sizes of commercial and 5 star hotel projects. Being an offshore sailing racer, his passion for boats finally lead him to yacht industry in 1998, working as an interior designer, detailer and fit out manager on yachts between 20- 90 mt. Ozis lived in China between 2005 and 2008, then stayed in Italy and France for 91m classic mega yacht project NERO. He worked in this project as the senior interior detailer and project manager. In 2009 he lived in UK for several months for another world class project which was being built by the Neptun Ozis has been living and working in Istanbul recently on different sized international yachts, residential and commercial projects as well as custom designed one-off furniture and product designs.
follow覺ng the legacy
NEPTUN OZIS
YACHT STYLIST, ARCHITECT, PRODUCT DESIGNER
karre design Karre is a furniture and product design studio based in İstanbul, Turkey. Karre dates back to 1950’s when Sadi Ozis, Turkish designer, painter and sculptor started to design and produce the first metal furniture in Turkey in his metal atelier. Although 60 years passed since then, these timeless designs are above all interior trends with all their elegance and still fascinate appreciative eyes. Having internalised these principles, Karre studio continues creating custom and handcrafted products, furniture designs and applications.
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walterknoll In addition to designing worldwide known international megayacht projects, Neptun Ozis has been working lately on Kare Metal period timeless design pieces and updating these creations according to modern expectations. Few of these new creations attracted the attention of German luxury furniture brand Walter Knoll, and the collection is launched in 2016, after 60 years they have been originally designed.
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furniture design /
“ Designers never stop viewing the world with artist’s eyes. An apple skin form might be the inspiration for their next project while being peeled off. ” sadı ozıs
leather & wood Leather and wood are the main materials human kind use for making furniture since the early times. We are genetically familiar with these materials and feel comfortable when we sit on furniture made of them. For these reasons leather and wood are the most special materials we focus on our design projects.
/ LOOP CHAIR
A product looks always more elegant when it’s been created with sleek and thin lines. Thin floor light has been designed considering this fact.
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Being timeless makes a design iconic. Burgaz coffee table is inspired from Kare Metal period designs to create a midcentury look.
/ BURGAZ COFFEE TABLE
/ REMIER SOFA
/ UTCH CO. T Utch was and iron legged coffee table with a plywood table top when it was originally designed by Sadi Ozis during 60’s. The fine lines of that piece would be very suitable with modern interiors of hotel or office projects. With today’s demands the framework of the table top has been removed and top has been changed to marble to have a perfect contemporary look.
/ OTTOMAN CO.T The inspiration of an authentic Ottoman style coffee table has been used to create that modern looking, but authentic coffee table.
/ PEBBLE CO.T
/ CINAR ROCKING
/ el覺pt覺c Unique and extraordinary shapes make a design individual and those pieces are designed not for mass production but individual clients who love luxurious, unique items.
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/ CINAR ARMCHAIR
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Following and adapting the trends during the design process may be crucial in terms of marketing, however a creation should be timeless in order to be iconic. Internalizing this principle, applying the major elements of a trend and considering to have an attractive look even 20 years later are the foundation of our design philosophy.
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/ SLIDER
/ BIJU Biju has the lines of a midcentury furniture as much as a Japanese design or an authentic Scandinavian furniture, this is what it makes that piece trendy and timeless on the other hand.
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/ MUALLA
No matter which material we use, wood, metal, stone or textile, we prefer to create designs that are not exaggerated. A design piece should have plain and simple lines, but should never compromise on the quality or the luxurious look.
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Following this principle makes harder finishes with the acceptable result. To solve this problem we design every detail, use natural material, work with the manufacturer from start to end, to have a hi-end quality finish that has an outstanding and unique look.
We think ecological and sustainable design principles should be considered by every designer in order to achieve complete efficiency for modern interiors.
/ ALUTRAY BOOKCASE Over-consumption and pollution is one of the main problems of today’s world. Considering this problem, using recycled and natural materials with less polluted production techniques to produce long life products, helps us to minimize this problem, right from the beginning.
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We, the designers should increase awareness on this topic and focus consumers’ attention on this very basic and fact. This way we may have an effect on the choices made for a better world.
/ FRAME COFFEE TABLE
/ PLAIN FLOOR L.
/ OSAKA SOFA
Osaka is a seating element, made with natural timber, recycled metal legs and linen upholstery that has the lines of timeless design to be used for decades at a modern interior.
“Designing yacht is, creating an ultra-luxurious house that is actually a floating vehicle. Not only the aesthetics but also all the movements the yacht will make, all the technical equipment that will be integrated, all the extra weight should be considered.” neptun ozıs
yacht design/
a perfect gentleman’s yacht, designed applying
modern
NERO
technology.
Nero is one of the world’s largest private yachts. Our aim for that project was creating an outstanding classic looking boat from 1930’s with the latest technology and materials used on production to establish the maximum comfort of the owner. Inspired from J.P. Morgan’s iconic yacht Corsair, Nero features a master duplex suite with ensuite bath and shower rooms, three private living rooms and a cinema, a private sundeck and swimming pool. Guest accommodation includes two VIP suites and two cabins.
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the beautiful looking classic yacht has been a choice of many Hollywood residents.
Photo after the refit by Johnny Depp
DHOW70 Hi-end materials and a modern look on a traditional middle eastern classic yacht.
The 80m mega yacht interior project is for a VIP middle-eastern client. Although the yacht exterior has an Arabian Gulf traditional DHOW type boat look, we have designed the interior with extra ordinary modern and contemporary lines with very special materials that makes a perfect contrast between two spaces, for visitors.
contact /
address Duatepe Mah. Çobanoğlu sk. No:5 D:11 Feriköy - Şişli ISTANBUL / TURKEY
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phone + 90 532 746 4607 + 90 212 246 0609
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