COOPERATIVE STUDIO WAS BORN IN ANKARA IN 2019 FROM AYÇA AND GENCO’S SHARED DREAM: TO ENSURE WOMEN’S WORK RECEIVES THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES AND TO REINTERPRET TRADITIONAL ANATOLIAN TEXTILES THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY, MINIMALIST LENS.

AS TWO CLOSE FRIENDS, WE BELIEVE IN THE CREATIVE POWER OF WOMEN ACROSS TÜRKİYE. BY KEEPING TIME-HONORED TECHNIQUES ALIVE, WE TRANSFORM TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS INTO DESIGNS THAT RESPECT THEIR ORIGINS AND MEET THE NEEDS OF MODERN LIFE.

OUR JOURNEY IS ROOTED IN CREATING AND GROWING TOGETHER. WE WORK WITH FRIENDS, LOCAL PRODUCERS, WOMEN’S COOPERATIVES AND THE ARTISANS WHO BRING EACH PIECE TO LIFE. SLOW FASHION, SUSTAINABILITY AND A ZERO-WASTE APPROACH GUIDE OUR DECISIONS, FROM MATERIAL SELECTION TO PRODUCTION.

FABRICS SOURCED FROM LOCAL PRODUCERS AND RECYCLED COTTON BECOME BAGS THAT ACCOMPANY EVERYDAY LIFE. HAND-KNITTING, CROCHET AND DELICATE LACEWORK FIND NEW EXPRESSION THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE. FROM BAGS AND ARTISANAL ACCESSORIES TO HAMMAM SETS AND BEACHWEAR, EVERY PIECE IS DESIGNED AS AN EFFORTLESS COMPANION FOR A MINDFUL, SIMPLE AND SOPHISTICATED LIFESTYLE.

EACH COLLECTION GROWS OVER TIME, TAKING ON NEW FORMS AND MEANINGS. THIS GROWTH CREATES SPACE FOR MORE WOMEN AND FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN PRODUCTION. WHEN YOU CHOOSE A COOPERATIVE STUDIO PRODUCT, YOU BRING A DESIGN INTO YOUR DAILY LIFE WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONTINUITY OF LOCAL PRODUCTION, WOMEN’S WORK AND TRADITIONAL CRAFTS WE WANT TO SEE ENDURE.

WE HOPE OUR DESIGNS, CREATED WITH RESPECT FOR NATURE, HUMAN BEINGS AND ALL LIVING CREATURES, REMAIN PART OF YOUR LIFE FOR MANY YEARS.