Studio DWAS

STUDIODWAS — “Design With A Story” — is a product design studio founded by industrial designers Begüm Tomruk and Mirko Goetzen. Tomruk, born in Istanbul in 1987, studied at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and worked for Arçelik and Grundig; Goetzen, born in Cologne in 1980, studied at the Folkwang University of Duisburg-Essen and the National University of Singapore before joining Nokia, Ziba Design and Sony.

The practice is built on the conviction that objects carrying a narrative create a stronger emotional bond with the people who use them. Its output runs from furniture and lighting — the Bent Chair, the Moon Cycle Lamp, Let There Be Light — to watches, clocks and accessories, complemented by identity work, curation, sketching and photography.