A BRIEF HISTORY
1972 Designer Faruk Malhan founds Koleksiyon in a small metal workshop at the OSTIM Industrial Estate in Ankara.
1976 Adding to its metal production, Koleksiyon begins producing wood and upholstery, the core elements of furnishings, with the founding of the Mastaş Wood Production Facilities in Ankara and the Panda Upholstery Production Facilities in Istanbul.
1981 In stores in Ankara (Kavaklıdere) and Istanbul (Nişantaşı), Koleksiyon introduces high-quality products with a unique aesthetic design. These original concepts find an appreciative audience in 1980s Turkey, and many individuals and institutions begin furnishing their homes and offices with Koleksiyon products. Parallel to modern thinking, interest in design furniture increases and concepts like user-friendliness, comfortability and originality gain importance.
1988 With a wide product range and growing demand, Koleksiyon centralises all production facilities. Envisaging the needs of the 21st century, Koleksiyon makes greater investments to incorporate more technology, with 15,000 m² of new indoor facilities on an 86,000 m² plot in Tekirdağ. Investments line up with advancing information technologies, providing employment for 400 people in Tekirdağ and making a significant contribution to Turkey's economy.
1994 In addition to its stores in central Ankara and Istanbul, Koleksiyon aims to set up integrated display stores to present a wider range of products and to increase the quality of services. For this purpose, Koleksiyon buys a 40,000 m² area in Büyükdere, Istanbul, at the site of an old and decrepit crane factory. Koleksiyon undertakes extensive projects to turn the factory into a sales center. To distinguish both the interior and exterior environments of the sales center, a small forest of pine, spruce, fir, walnut and oak trees is planted. Koleksiyon begins displaying products from famous international designers, along with its own original designs in the center, with architectural solutions sometimes adapted from older structures. The first large store concept brings an integrated approach to decoration.
Koleksiyon attends Orgatec 1994, one of the globe's largest furniture trade fairs. Koleksiyon introduces one of its classics: Dama, a quiet design, proudly competent.
1995 Koleksiyon presents Homer, a symbol of heritage, with details taken from traditional furniture.
1996 Longa, a new design concept in office furniture, brings a breath of fresh air to the modern workplace.
1997 Kitchens, reflecting aesthetic culture, and Doors, combining craftsmanship with technology, are manufactured.
1998 The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry rewards Koleksiyon with the "Environment Certificate."
1999 More affordable prices and sales terms by credit for top quality home furniture begins.
2000s At the beginning of the 21st century, Koleksiyon builds a design company to synthesize modern concepts, new standards, and contemporary designs to create imaginative rather than industrial products in top quality furniture
2006 Koleksiyon expands the factory's indoor facility from 13,000 m²to 34,000 m², located on an area covering 86,000 m² in Tekirdağ.
2009 The expanding Koleksiyon product series offers various brands within Koleksiyon Holding. Koleksiyon focuses on the new working culture and office employees, with the brand Koleksiyon Contract & Office, along with a new home living design, Koleksiyon Home.
Today Koleksiyon integrates design and industry, producing furniture and products for cultural and business centers, residential and recreational facilities, and home or office environments, with an ever-widening design capacity in its production facilities. Koleksiyon, combining design, technology, technical quality, and skilled workmanship, is among the leading furniture companies in Turkey, with an annual production capacity of 400,000 m² of wooden furniture and 54,000 pieces of upholstered furniture.
Koleksiyon has stores and retail kiosks in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Bursa and Eskişehir, along with three showrooms in its sales centers in Büyükdere, Istanbul, where home and office products are displayed.
Koleksiyon Home
A myriad of designs are available in Koleksiyon's accessories series, from vases in collections of the world's leading modern art museums to table accessories created by the most prestigious designers, to silk and linen bathrobes, to bed coverings and blankets.
Koleksiyon's accessories series are created by effectively integrating various cultural styles from around the world. The designs are carefully selected to make your home liveable, with products from famous designers from different countries worldwide. Among the products are furnishings that accommodate the needs of everyday life, along with special pieces displayed in renowned modern art museums.
Koleksiyon Contract & Office
Koleksiyon Contract & Office represents every step of business life, adding a thematic integrity by gathering creative solutions to free up the working environment under the Atelier theme. With an exclusive product range including the designs of Studio Kairos, Faruk Malhan, Koray Malhan, Gernot Oberfell, and Jan Wertel, Koleksiyon finds solutions with project partners consisting of designers, experts, contractors, and investors.
Moreover, Koleksiyon creates environments where people are free to express their ideas, whether in offices, administrative buildings, business centers, banks, hospitals, hotels, or recreational facilities, from senior management conference rooms to waiting, welcoming, and service areas, to archives and libraries. Koleksiyon Contract & Office includes an array of advanced design, production, and commercial facilities, with global operations in exports, imports, and joint ventures.