JOHN GULBENKOGLU Currently the Creative Art Director of Paco Jaanson, John Gulbenkoglu designs products as well as travelling the world identifying trends in form and function in design and architecture and more specifically for the bathroom.  He has the thankless task of liasing with international product designers in order to adapt new products to the needs of the Australian market conditions. Born in Istanbul, John has a master of architecture degree from ITU; In his earlier carrier as an avant-garde architect, he has helped shape the fusion of eastern and western trends during the 70s.  Now based in Melbourne, as he identifies and adapts the latest trends in the bathware industry, he helps us all to celebrate what is now become synonymous with creativity for bathroom products: Paco Jaanson.