Interview with Seda Kalac
Seda Kalac (1985) is a product and interior designer. She got her BArch in Interior Architecture & Environmental Design from Hacettepe University, Turkey in 2008.
Designer Interview
5 April 2022
My passion for design started at the age of 4 by drawing on the walls of the house.
sedakalac design studio is an innovative company that implements customer-oriented, functional spaces with aesthetic concerns and technological solutions.
Generally makes projects and applications in modern style.
Since I try to do a better job in each new project than the previous one, all projects have their place
An office project with floors, walls, ceilings and furniture
I prefer to combine various materials in my spaces and follow the innovations.
Early in the morning with coffee
The needs and wishes of the client and the users. The habits they want to maintain and the habits they want to quit.
Satisfaction of leaving a mark on people's lives while producing.
The satisfaction of feeling that you have a mission in life
Satisfaction of people using the venues
Is the function set up correctly and are the materials in place and used correctly..
With designs and material choices that respect nature, people and all living things.
Technology will affect our lives more
From nature, being alone and observing
We can say modern style, my education and tendency is in this direction.
I live in Turkey. While the empathy ability brought about by cultural factors affects the function in design, I have a modern style line since I lived in Italy for 3 years.
With harmony and understanding
References are very important and education
I listen to the customer very well, which habits they want to keep and which ones they want to quit, what their dreams and needs are, I carefully decipher them.
Lighting, armchair, wall unit, mirror and accessories
Coffee, construction site, coffee, supply shops, coffee, customer meeting, coffee, construction site, coffee, rest
Curiosity, research, following technology, customer analysis and construction site experience
The positive side is to leave a mark on the lives, the negative side is heavy responsibility.
Originality
Organizational ability and three-dimensional thinking and drawing
Hand drawings, computer drawings and material samples
With daily and weekly planning
Process varies according to design
How do you not mix up the details of ongoing projects at the same time?
To undertake the concept and details of the farmhouse project, which is self-sufficient in energy and production, on a 21-decare land, where housing and various structures are located in an artificial lake, agricultural and animal areas are determined.
Projects of clients who trust and surrender to me
Every new project is better than the previous one
I design it myself and implement it with a large team.
There are 3 ongoing projects
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