NURUS
NURUS is a Turkish family company for office and contract furniture — founded in 1927 in Ankara as a carpentry workshop by Nurettin Kunurkaya (the brand name "Nurus" combines "Nurettin" + "Usta" — Turkish for master/craftsman). Second generation: Birten Gökyay (the first woman to register with the Ankara Chamber of Industry/ASO) and her husband Akın Gökyay inherited the company; they introduced mass production and modern functionalist design. Third generation: brothers Renan Gökyay (Executive Board Member, founder of the Nurus Design Lab) and Güran Gökyay (Managing Director/Partner) positioned Nurus as an international brand in the 1990s. CEO: Dinçer Sinici. 1983: founding of NURUS A.Ş. (limited company). Specialisation decision on office furniture from 1980. Technology base: 45,000 m². Photovoltaic system: 2.4 MW capacity — covering 70% of the factory's energy consumption. First certified R&D centre in the Turkish office furniture sector (Nurus Design Lab). First and only Turkish brand invited as a member of the German Design Council (173 global brands). Memberships: BIFMA, IBA, EcoVadis, FIRA, Be Original Americas. Orgatec and NeoCon participant since 2000. 50+ global locations, 40+ countries.
Design awards: 100+ awards — Red Dot (multiple), iF Product Design, Good Design Award, German Design Award, Universal Design Award, Design Management Europe, Big See Award. Nurus was the first Turkish company to win Red Dot and Design Management Europe; equally the first winner of iF Product Design and Good Design Award in the Turkish furniture sector. First ISO 9001 certification in the Turkish furniture sector. Nurus Digital Chain® (proprietary digital project management and logistics system, zero-error-tolerance). Product categories: office chairs, desks, workstations, conference tables, soft seating, storage, reception desks, acoustic cabins (Calma — modular acoustic cubicles for open-space environments, integrated ventilation and lighting). Sectors: office, education, hospitality, conference/congress, terminal/transport.
For architects and interior designers seeking for corporate headquarters, workplace design, educational facility, hospitality and demanding international office contract projects a Turkish office furniture company founded in 1927 by Nurettin Kunurkaya in Ankara as a carpentry workshop and today led in the third generation of the Gökyay family (Renan Gökyay/Design Lab + Güran Gökyay/CEO Dinçer Sinici) that as the first and only Turkish brand became a member of the German Design Council, with the first certified R&D centre in the Turkish office furniture sector (Nurus Design Lab), 100+ international design awards (Red Dot/iF/Good Design/German Design Award), the proprietary Nurus Digital Chain® project management system, a 2.4 MW photovoltaic system (70% energy supply), a 45,000 m² technology base and a presence in 40+ countries — NURUS is the first and only Turkish brand to become a member of the German Design Council: from a carpentry workshop of 1927 in Ankara to an internationally awarded office furniture company with 100+ awards and the first certified R&D centre in the Turkish furniture sector.
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NURUS
NURUS is a Turkish family company for office and contract furniture — founded in 1927 in Ankara as a carpentry workshop by Nurettin Kunurkaya (the brand name "Nurus" combines "Nurettin" + "Usta" — Turkish for master/craftsman). Second generation: Birten Gökyay (the first woman to register with the Ankara Chamber of Industry/ASO) and her husband Akın Gökyay inherited the company; they introduced mass production and modern functionalist design. Third generation: brothers Renan Gökyay (Executive Board Member, founder of the Nurus Design Lab) and Güran Gökyay (Managing Director/Partner) positioned Nurus as an international brand in the 1990s. CEO: Dinçer Sinici. 1983: founding of NURUS A.Ş. (limited company). Specialisation decision on office furniture from 1980. Technology base: 45,000 m². Photovoltaic system: 2.4 MW capacity — covering 70% of the factory's energy consumption. First certified R&D centre in the Turkish office furniture sector (Nurus Design Lab). First and only Turkish brand invited as a member of the German Design Council (173 global brands). Memberships: BIFMA, IBA, EcoVadis, FIRA, Be Original Americas. Orgatec and NeoCon participant since 2000. 50+ global locations, 40+ countries.
Design awards: 100+ awards — Red Dot (multiple), iF Product Design, Good Design Award, German Design Award, Universal Design Award, Design Management Europe, Big See Award. Nurus was the first Turkish company to win Red Dot and Design Management Europe; equally the first winner of iF Product Design and Good Design Award in the Turkish furniture sector. First ISO 9001 certification in the Turkish furniture sector. Nurus Digital Chain® (proprietary digital project management and logistics system, zero-error-tolerance). Product categories: office chairs, desks, workstations, conference tables, soft seating, storage, reception desks, acoustic cabins (Calma — modular acoustic cubicles for open-space environments, integrated ventilation and lighting). Sectors: office, education, hospitality, conference/congress, terminal/transport.
For architects and interior designers seeking for corporate headquarters, workplace design, educational facility, hospitality and demanding international office contract projects a Turkish office furniture company founded in 1927 by Nurettin Kunurkaya in Ankara as a carpentry workshop and today led in the third generation of the Gökyay family (Renan Gökyay/Design Lab + Güran Gökyay/CEO Dinçer Sinici) that as the first and only Turkish brand became a member of the German Design Council, with the first certified R&D centre in the Turkish office furniture sector (Nurus Design Lab), 100+ international design awards (Red Dot/iF/Good Design/German Design Award), the proprietary Nurus Digital Chain® project management system, a 2.4 MW photovoltaic system (70% energy supply), a 45,000 m² technology base and a presence in 40+ countries — NURUS is the first and only Turkish brand to become a member of the German Design Council: from a carpentry workshop of 1927 in Ankara to an internationally awarded office furniture company with 100+ awards and the first certified R&D centre in the Turkish furniture sector.