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It won't take you more than a quick glance at Doruk Kubilay's functional design and interior projects to realize that his practice is rooted in a firm appreciation of the past. His work, which ranges from retro-futuristic furniture pieces to immersively imaginative conceptual, retail, and residential spaces, takes shape from the encounter between bold geometrical lines, unexpected chromatic juxtapositions, and chrome or mirrored surfaces; characteristics that bring the creative closer to the radical masters of the modernist and post-modernist movements — think of names like Eileen Gray, Ettore Sottsass, and duo Garouste and Bonetti — than to the artistic sensibilities of his time.
