OTTOMAN CHIC
BY SERDAR GÜLGÜN
Standing at the crossroads of many cultures, Ottoman style is spiced with influences from Chinese and Indian to French and Italian. In this spectacular volume, Istanbul-born interior designer Serdar Gülgün narrates a tour of his beautiful home, a historic mansion on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. Constantly inspired by the atmosphere of his ancient city, Gülgün believes a successful interior design is a place of experience in which authentic elements of culture fuse and achieve alchemy, awakening all the senses and transporting its inhabitants to a place of fantasy.
Publisher:
Assouline
THE GRAND BAZAAR
BY SERDAR GÜLGÜN
Founded over half a millennium ago by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul has quite a story to tell, surviving fires and earthquakes over the centuries, each time rising renewed from its ashes like a phoenix. With thousands of stores, stalls, workshops, and storehouses, along with cafés, change offices, banks, and fountains—even a post office, a police station, and a mosque—the Grand Bazaar is a city unto itself. In this comprehensive overview of the history and legacy of luxury art crafts in Turkey, the vibrant spirit of the Grand Bazaar is revealed through stories by esteemed Ottoman art expert Serdar Gülgün.
Publisher:
Assouline