Defne Gunel
Interior Designer & Artist
Defne Gunel
Interior Designer & Artist
DG COLLECTIVE
Interior Design & Art
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About me :)
Hi, I’m Defne, an interior design graduate from Pratt Institute with a passion for creating thoughtful, human-centered spaces. My work focuses on the relationship between concept, material, and spatial experience, treating design as both a narrative and an evolving process. Beyond interiors, I’m inspired by photography, collage, painting, architecture, and art history—fields that continuously shape and expand my creative perspective.
Socıals & contact
Visual Diary · @DGCollective
collaborative projects
MODULAR COLUMN DESIGN
CAT CAFÉ DESIGN
GOLDEN GAI HOSTEL PROJECT
A multi-functional subway column designed to integrate everyday urban needs within a compact structure. The project enhances usability through layered functions while maintaining clarity and efficiency.
This project focuses on developing technical drawing skills through the design of a cat adoption café. Working collaboratively under the name DZA Interior, the project explores spatial organization, construction detailing, and documentation.
Inspired by Golden Gai and the Showa period, this project transforms the district’s intimate bar culture into a nostalgic hostel experience.
This project was developed collaboratively by Defne Gunel, Jieqi Chen and Eric Kim.
This project was developed collaboratively by Defne Gunel, Anran Yin and Zoe Yan.
This project was developed collaboratively by Defne Gunel, Yiyang Feng and Kaung Zay Ya Lin.
IN THE MAKING
Details Shape The Process
Details Shape The Process
Details Shape The Process
Details Shape The Process
Details Shape The Process
The work lives in its making. Each step, each detail, carries the intention of the whole.For me, process is not separate from the outcome—it is the work itself.