Gülsah Cantas, having graduated from Bilkent University, Interior Architecture Department, had her Master’s Degree in NYSID. In 2009, In a protest and counter atitude towards copycat and relapsing works and design, she launched her own company “Kontra” as more than merely a firm; but as a manifesto to meticilously juxtapose the contrasts in design and architecture within hospitality, commercial, retail and residential contexts.
At Kontra, She, along with her team, realizes creative and sustainable ideas, which are completely different from one another in terms of concept. Not only does she create and promise an experience, which will be an asset to owner, consumer and the occupant of the place, but also she provides counselling for architectural design, application and follow-up.
In order for the works emerging from Kontra to live up to its name, the company conceptualizes spaces and environments by galvanizing the contrasts in an everflowing look and feel so that the creation can be timeless.
Founder & CEO
Design, like life; uses every interactive opposite to create movement from material to form, from style to method. Only with this movement, emotional balance and spatial integrity can be achieved. Istanbul, the city harboring the interaction of all the opposites; the old and the new, the good and the bad, and all the contradictory passions of the soul, possesses this magnificent harmony that ravishes the world. Kontra, deriving from this source of inspiration, seizes the essence and the spirit of this perfect harmony with every space and product it designs.
Kontra is an environment think tank where space and ideas are audited, researched, analyzed, created and revolutionized. Kontra provides consulting for creative ideas and design concepts exclusive to residential and commercial projects. Kontra designs and applies contemporary interiors together with a line of Kontra products to meetthe demands of life and space.