Contemporary Turkish Design exhibition ILK IN MILANO exhibited at the Salone del Mobile from April 18-23 2007 sponsored by Nurus

Ilk are a number of leading Turkish designers living in Turkey and internationally, noted for their professional accomplishments through the visibility of their works on the global design scene . ilk, which means ''first'' in Turkish, reflects the idea of these designers to take the initiative and collaborate for the first time to share their design approach with the international design community in this exhibition to take place at the Zona Tortona, Superstudio Piu during the Salone de Mobile 2007 from April 18-23, 2007.

Designers working in Turkey recently have been responding to new needs and requirements to produce work that is more individual yet at the same time contemporary, creating successful design solutions that have resonated internationally with their forward looking sensibility. The 'ilk in milano' exhibition will be one of the first opportunities for the global design community to see this recent creative development coming out of Turkey by Turkish designers from around the world. The products shown in 'ilk in milano' will show the harmonious synergies of local and universal forms as they transformed into contemporary design through leading-edge technologies and manufacturing processes. 'ilk in milano' exhibition will draw from the diverse experiences of contemporary Turkish designers by exhibiting their recent award winning and noteworthy design products in a collective setting. The qualities of this design exhibited will undoubtedly be a revelation to exhibition audiences who for the first time in Milan will see the unique vision produced by this community of designers based largely in Istanbul, Turkey.