erdem akan

Thonet Bench, 2003Erdem Akan, designs porcelain and glassware, lighting and furniture for the maybe design brand, a company he runs with 2 partners, Bora Akcay and Susannah Akcay, in Istanbul and Vienna. Akan was born in Turkey, and educated in Istanbul with a BSc. in mechanical engineering and in the UK with a masters in industrial design. He prefers the term 'product designer' to 'industrial