EMRAH ALTINOK
Emrah Altinok was born in 1980. He is an academic member of Yildiz Technical University Faculty of Architecture. He is interested in various fields of art, such as poetry, music and photography. As a poet, he has 3 poetry awards and 3 published books. As a musician, he contributed to various albums by either doing...
FATİH ALKAN
Born in Zonguldak, Fatih finished school in Nazilli and went on to study Industrial Engineering followed by a Masters in Business Management at Maltepe University. In 2009 he became the owner of his first camera and hasn’t been able to stop since. After a short peried of using a digital camera, he sold it and...
MUHARREM ÇETİN
Muharrem was born in 1983, currently lives in Istanbul and works in Fashion Design. For the past two years he has been experimenting with collages, using mainly anatomical imagery which have lead to his work being featured on various design blogs and magazines. He is also working on a new project consisting of producing music...
CAN BOYAN
Can was born in 1990 in Adana and currently lives in Istanbul. He’s studying Industrial Product Design at Mimar Sinan University. In 2009 he joined the summer program in the Photography department at the University of Brighton in the UK. He’s got a thing for urban aesthetics and anonymous sculptures (especially subconciously produced compositions). He...
ERSİNHAN ERSİN
Ersinhan was born in Sakarya in 1984. He began studying Visual Communication Design at Gazi University in 2006. Whilst working professionally in various sectors of design, he also produces video, animation, visual placement and performance work on the side. Having won several awards both locally and internationally, Ersinhan’s work has also been exhibited in various...
PELİN KIRCA
Pelin Kirca was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and grew up in Turkey and Singapore. She studied graphic design at Bilkent University in Ankara, and returned to the US for her Masters in Design from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Pelin’s work includes animations for Zac Posen, Amnesty Turkey, Random House, the...
ROKKAS vs SUKKAS
Rokkas and Sukkas were both born in 1980, Rokkas in Wil, Switzerland and Sukkas in İstanbul. The Rokkas vs. Sukkas collaboration began 15 years ago along bumpy pavements over skateboards. Skating their teen years away together, they went on to study at Bilgi University’s VCD department. After graduating from Bilgi, they entered the job front...
MERT DERMAN
INTERVIEW BY: ÇAĞIN TÜRKER Your first camera and the first photograph you took: Canon EOS 1000F. A photo that I had taken in Beylerbeyi Palace when I was 10. Your favourite food? Stuffed vine leaves with meat. The advantages of being in Spain/Europe? I don’t have commercial concerns when I’m doing my job and Spanish...
ŞERİF KARASU
Şerif was born, grew up and studied in Istanbul. He’s been drawing ever since he can remember, and for four years he’s also been painting. He doesn’t get along too well with rules, he draws whatever he likes, and doesn’t like explaining it. Currently he continues his work at his studio in Kadıköy. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Şerif,...
EMRE ÜNAL
INTERVIEW BY : ÇAĞIN TÜRKER She was born in 1983. She’s only been a fashion photographer for three years but the shots she takes decorate the pages of magazines like Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and All. Her eight friends, who are also her colleagues, her mates, her allies, her partners and using her words...
ERSOY ALAP
While studying industrial & product design at METU, Ersoy realised he somehow wanted to design and capture fleeting moments. He specialised in visual and conceptual design, photography and cinema at the same university. He launched his filming and photography career with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s “Turkey” as an assistant director. Since then, he...
KARL GRANDIN
Here’s some more inspiration for all of you out there! Karl Grandin was born in Sweden on Christmas Day 1976. After working as the art director for the influential Swedish music magazine Pop for two years he joined forces with a fellow artist in Stockholm and founded the graphic design unit Vår. Grandin studied at...
