History

Our history

Since 1983

Sitdesign began with a single sewing machine in the Netherlands. This is what that became.

Bristol sofa, studio detail on a dark background (3 of 3)
1983
The Netherlands

One sewing machine.

Our founder is eighteen when she starts making upholstered furniture in the Netherlands, with a single sewing machine. Within ten years the business is counted among the country's twenty-five largest furniture makers.

Cambridge sofa, studio detail on a dark background (2 of 3)
1993
Istanbul

Production moves to Türkiye.

Production moves to Istanbul and Sitdesign is founded. Our founder becomes the first woman to export leather sofas from Türkiye.

Charles sofa photographed against a dark background, wide view
Today
Büyükçekmece, Istanbul

From single pieces to complete interiors.

The same workshop now makes bespoke furniture for villas, offices and hotels, and the loose furniture for superyachts of 50 and 80 metres. Every piece is still cut, sewn and upholstered by hand under one roof.

Al Reem main saloon — Sitdesign sofas and armchairs across the full beam of the yacht