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Retail & Showroom · Istanbul

LIVING GEOMETRY

A leather sofa, glass tables and a window with blinds beneath a tasselled pendant lamp
Type
Retail & Showroom
Location
Istanbul
Area
150m²
Year
2026

The true value of a space lies less in its form than in the feeling it leaves in people. Living Geometry softens the edges of form to build an inner world that changes along with life and creates a sense of calm, belonging and continuity.

A bamboo bench with a blue cushion and an arrangement of mossy branches in front of a mustard curtain
As form softens, a space begins to change along with the person who lives in it.
Gülen Ekim
A view of the room with its wall of books, leather sofa and patterned poufs
A corridor framed by pleated curtains; an open book on a music stand, frames on the wall
Materials

Mustard velvet curtains, dark wood and brass details. The warmth of the room comes from the light moving slowly across these surfaces.

A leather sofa, orange and red flowers on glass tables, a tasselled lamp above
A bamboo bench, a black cushion and a tall vase of dried branches in front of a mustard curtain
A textured ceramic lamp, a plant and books on the shelf in front of a window with blinds

The folds of the curtains become the room’s own geometry.

Living Geometry
A display shelf arranged with books, a hand mirror and small objects
An open book with orange pages on dragon-patterned fabric
Calm, belonging and continuity: three quiet measures of an inner world.
Gülen Ekim
An open book and a fruit bowl on a patterned pouf
A tasselled lamp, bookshelves and orange chrysanthemums
A view through the curtain to the book display; a bench, a pouf and eucalyptus
A steel sink, palm leaves and two rattan pendants in front of botanical wallpaper
Open books on the shelves and a trailing plant

The same light, two different corners.

Living Geometry
Close-up of a lamp with a textured ceramic base; a plant and cards behind
A space is complete only once it is lived in.
Gülen Ekim
Bookshelves, flowers and nesting glass tables beneath a tasselled lamp
A framed photograph between scissor-arm wall lights, with a ceramic cube below