Topkapi is inspired by the arches, screens, tilework and mosaics of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. Where East meets West, the pattern derived has both a symmetrical, predictable flow, yet it is interrupted in a suspended oblique pattern, as the mosaics of the palace can be. Standing on a boat in the Bosphorus Strait with the view of Topkapi Palace is an awe-inspiring moment etched in my mind, but the palace itself stayed in my heart and inspired this design.