MERVE KAHRAMAN

The imaginative, sculptural quality of Turkish designer Merve Kahraman’s work is influenced by nature, mythology, and in the case of the ‘Cassini Floor Lamp’, outer space – it’s named for the Cassini-Huygens project, a joint mission to send a probe to Saturn. A curved marble base supports the main structure of the lamp, which cantilevers to hold a white glass sphere encased in a wooden disc clad in cane, evoking the planet’s ring. Kahraman came to design unexpectedly, having first studied molecular biology and genetics before enrolling on an interior design summer school in Milan.

MERVE’S WORK IS INFLUENCED BY NATURE, MYTHOLOGY, AND IN THE CASE OF THE ‘CASSINI FLOOR LAMP’, OUTER SPACE