We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Kurt Orkun Aktas about their original and creative Lamp design work. Kurt Orkun Aktas is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original lamp works.
Kurt Orkun Aktas ("KOA") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Aktas Lamp. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
KOA : This design was among a series of interior details that I had produced for a corporate firm in 2017. At the time I was in search of an elegant light fixture and thought it best to design the piece instead of buying already built items.
KOA : I wanted and I think that I have achieved two goals during the design phase. first of all I wanted the lightsource to be centered 50cm away from the wall, secondly I wanted to achieve the lightest framework to support it. I had designed certain decorative elements on the wall so this fixture was aimed to look like a valuable jewelry on the already decorated wall.
KOA : This design has been produced and is in use in Turkey's biggest pastry shop in Ankara. This design has also been awarded by A' Design and has gained international recognition. The next step for this design would be to design the family of fixtures for this design pattern and to do this in various unit colors.
KOA : This design was prepared within an hours' time, within the duration of four months of site contract efforts.
KOA : The formation of the design had been totally intuitive. I had already prepared a language of design for the interior space and instead of selecting a readily made fixture, designing the unit and having it manufactured seemed to be the best choice.
KOA : The design rights of this product belong to me. I have registered the design rights of the product in Turkey.
KOA : No, the item was manufactured strictly according to my shop drawings
KOA : The target customer is A+ segment of restaurants, bakeries or other similar commercial enterprises.
KOA : The design is a mixture of humble but yet elegant materials and finishes in a similar manner to jewelry design.
KOA : I used a simple paper and a pen at the site and then prepared the manufacture drawings in AutoCAD.
KOA : After the design was finished the light fixtures were manufactured by a light fixture producing firm in İstanbul.
KOA : The linear design language in which the fixture was designed had been used in the design of walls, ceilings, furniture, refrigerated cabinet fronts and doors.
KOA : We had to hand-produce the glass cylinder as there were no existing parts that matched our requirements. This had its effects on both the price and the manufactury duration of the whole product.
KOA : I had put so much effort in the design of the facility that I thought it deserved better recognition. I chose A' Design solely and presented my works. I am content from the results of this almost year-long duration of the competition's meticulous efforts.
KOA : I would like to thank in special, the owner of the facility Mr. Reyhan Haciosmanoglu for his continuous support through all stages of the process, who has made possible all that has been built. My only deepest regret has been that unfortunately, Mr. Haciosmanoglu who had been a dear friend of mine, did not live long enough to see this significant achievement. He had passed away in February 2020. Undoubtedly, this award would have made him proud from all that we had achieved together.
