By way of

About You:

Frontman/Frontwoman: Oya Tekbulut

Location: Istanbul, New York

Mornings or evenings: Mornings

Chocolate or Vanille: Chocolate all the way

Your happy place: home or the feeling of it.

About Brand:

The name comes from: the idea of change. I am doing design by way of jewelry. In the future, the medium might change. The brand name acknowledges the constant change in life.

Inspired by: the material itself precisely silver and storytelling.

Why you started: My mom had a jewelry studio in Istanbul and I studied Industrial Design in New York so I combined both! I realized I love working on this scale. Also, the idea of making something that gets to be in people’s lives in such an intimate way is very precious and humbling.

Where you are heading: we are launching our first all-metal household object handmade in the Grand Bazaar.

Explain to your grandma what you do: my grandma if she was alive would have been my best customer.

About Life:

Bored if: there is nothing to do.

Feel like dancing if: I’m happy no matter where.

Hungry for: pasta

Excited when: I'm around inspiring people.

Quote: perfection is the enemy of the good ( attributed to Voltaire)

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