Studio

In Cihangir since 2014; a boutique interior design studio working around a sample library and a long table.

Interior design studio with a sample wall and material boards

Our story

Elif Demir founded FORMA in 2014 in a two-room flat in Cihangir. Our first project was a single wall in a friend’s 60-square-metre home; choosing its colour took two weeks.

Today we work with four interior designers and a library of hundreds of samples. In twelve years we have completed more than 120 spaces, each with its own palette: homes, boutique hotels, restaurants, offices, shops and a yacht.

Our method has not changed: first we listen, then we lay out samples on the table. A room starts to take shape the moment you touch its materials.

Function

What is beautiful must first work well: from the swing of a cupboard door to where the light switch sits.

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Sustainability

We repair what exists, choose long-lasting materials and work with local workshops.

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Originality

Not a space out of a catalogue, but an interior born from your own objects and story.

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Liveability

A room should be beautiful on a Monday morning, not just in photos: touched, used, ageing.

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A fanned paint swatch deck and fabric books in lavender, dusty rose and peach

Sample library

One wall of our studio is samples from end to end: more than 400 fabrics, 120 stones and woods, 60 paint cards. On Saturdays you can come by appointment and touch as much as you like.

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Team

Elif Demir — Founding interior designer

Elif Demir

Founding interior designer

46 projects · Residential and boutique hotels

Founded FORMA in 2014. A Mimar Sinan graduate who worked on hotel interiors in Milan. Designer of Lavender House and Rose Boutique Hotel.

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Deniz Aral — Senior interior designer

Deniz Aral

Senior interior designer

31 projects · Workplace and retail

Leads office and retail projects; specialist in acoustics and lighting. On the Orchid Office and Magnolia Showroom teams.

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Ece Yalın — Material and colour specialist

Ece Yalın

Material and colour specialist

24 projects · Textiles, paint, sample library

Runs the studio sample library and prepares the palette and material board for every project.

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Mert Kaya — Furniture designer

Mert Kaya

Furniture designer

18 projects · Bespoke furniture and yacht interiors

Draws bespoke furniture and follows workshop production; the furniture of Jasmine Yacht and Violet Bistro is his.

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Let’s choose your palette together.

Bring your room, your photos and an object you love; we will choose the first palette together. The first meeting is free.

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