Established by IMOS, Inegol Furniture Industrialists Association, and with the support of BEBKA, Bursa, Eskisehir, Bilecik development agency the first design center in Turkey, “Inegol workshop furniture design and competition center” was made operational.
The center and IMOS services building were inaugurated by the participations of Huseyin Sahin, Bursa MP, Abdulkadir Karlik, deputy mayor of Bursa, Ali Akca, Inegol governor, Alinur Aktas, Inegol mayor, Metin Anil, chairman of trade and industry chamber, Ahmet Gulec, MOSFED chairman, Hasan Cepni, president of BEBKA, representatives of political parties, chambers, associations, industrialists, furniture companies and other guests.
In the center, prospective designers will work to improve their design effectiveness through training programs and technical visits to design studios.
In line with the inauguration of the center the first event named “I’m Design” was also started. During the event, major Turkish designers and students of arts in several universities will meet and discuss about designing furniture.
Major young designers in Turkey have contributed in this important event including Sule Koc, Mehmet Altay, Esat Fisek, Yilmaz Zenger and Can Ozcan, of Izmir Economy University industrial design department and world famous designer Karim Rashid. He met with furniture producers and designers in Inegol.
Karim Rashid will build a mosque in Inegol
Expressed his impressive experience with world famous Sultanahmet mosque in Istanbul, known as Blue Mosque, Karim Rashid informed that he will design a great mosque in Inegol. “I happily accepted the offer to build a beautiful mosque here in Inegol. We will begin on this project soon.” he said.
“There is growing need for original designs in order to be a brand in the world. Analog era designers are becoming out of date, while the future is so bright for digital era designers. Having a great ability to produce furniture, Inegol is seemed running behind in designs as the product catalogues has shown. But, we should not be pessimists. This is a great step forward and we need more courageous efforts in this regard.” he concluded.
