Turkish Delight: Design from Turkey

Turkish motifs and subject matters have inspired European art and craft for centuries.

Building on and diversifying this tradition, the exhibition presents a selection of 80 objects by internationally renowned designers from modern Turkey.

The eleven artists from different generations - Alev Ebuzziya Siesbye, Gonul Paksoy, Faruk Malhan, Oya Akman, Ela Cindoruk, Defne Koz, Koray Ozgen, Can Yalman, Erdem Akan, Gulname Turan and Joelle Hancerli - have one thing in common: their work contains echoes of the Ottoman-Turkish traditions of art which have been fused with forms determined by modern functionality.

As should be the case with any masterpiece, historic motifs and concepts are not interpreted in an importunate or "regionalist" fashion, but add extra appeal to the design objects.

Eleven Turkish designers will be exhibited with works linked to Turkish culture and tradition from 16 May - 29 June 2008 at Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin.