I attended Blickfang Vienna some weeks back and through the host of great designers that were there, I came to the stand of Riella. Riella D Baruh is a textile designer based in Istanbul where she works with her concept of her lines on paper that she calls her Therapy. She works for a design firm herself and to finance her own passion.
With her design 'therapy' she has already designed and produced fabric, furniture, clothing (even a wedding dress). While painting her lines, she found that she became thirsty. Apon drinking, she decided her bottle of water was Therapy for her. She contacted the producers and had a soda water produced. She paints on chocolate boxes and calls it 'love therapy', on lights and calls it 'light therapy'.
She also has a compilation CD called therapy - of which I recieved purely as a gift - and listen to constantly.
Riella is inspiring. She offered a gift of a bag to all passers by at blickfang - good marketing, and also - she is a genuinely lovely person.
She is currently working on concepts with more well known firms. She hinted that she would love to work on international projects.
If you have an idea for a product and are looking for an inspiring person with which to work or wish to produce a certain line for, well anything, I suggest you contact Riella.
Start by checking out her website - http://www.riellabaruh.com
riellabaruh@hotmail.com +90 532 282 68 36