Friday Five with Ayse Birsel
The multifaceted Ayse Birsel shares 5 people that inspire her, accompanied by a sketch she did of each one of them.
Born in Izmir along Turkey’s Aegean coastline, Ayse Birsel grew up soaking in all her homeland had to offer, which perfectly meshed age-old practices with modern ideas. From 1981 to 1985, she studied industrial design in Turkey’s capital of Ankara at Middle Eastern Technical University before being granted a Fulbright scholarship to attend Pratt Institute in New York City. Before long, Birsel co-founded Birsel+Seck, an award-winning design studio she set up with her husband, Bibi Seck, where they’ve worked with brands like Herman Miller, GE, Nissan, Tiffany & co., Colgate Palmolive, and Philips. Most notably, the New York-based designer worked with Herman Miller on Living Office, a concept that aims to enhance the workplace for people and aids in companies getting their goals met. Fast Company even chose her as one of the world’s most creative people! For this Friday Five, Birsel shared five people that inspire her, accompanied by a sketch she did of each one of them.
01. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. On being a woman. Her writing, fiction and non-fiction, is unparalleled. She inspires me on what it is to be a woman today. Her, ?We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you wo...
Born in Izmir along Turkey’s Aegean coastline, Ayse Birsel grew up soaking in all her homeland had to offer, which perfectly meshed age-old practices with modern ideas. From 1981 to 1985, she studied industrial design in Turkey’s capital of Ankara at Middle Eastern Technical University before being granted a Fulbright scholarship to attend Pratt Institute in New York City. Before long, Birsel co-founded Birsel+Seck, an award-winning design studio she set up with her husband, Bibi Seck, where they’ve worked with brands like Herman Miller, GE, Nissan, Tiffany & co., Colgate Palmolive, and Philips. Most notably, the New York-based designer worked with Herman Miller on Living Office, a concept that aims to enhance the workplace for people and aids in companies getting their goals met. Fast Company even chose her as one of the world’s most creative people! For this Friday Five, Birsel shared five people that inspire her, accompanied by a sketch she did of each one of them.
01. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. On being a woman. Her writing, fiction and non-fiction, is unparalleled. She inspires me on what it is to be a woman today. Her, ?We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you wo...
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