For the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial – A School of Schools, conceptual designer and director Alexandre Humbert has directed a series of films that build upon the idea of Lifelong Learning, The last version of the video can be accessed here. Lifelong Learning, is a parallel project commissioned for the Biennial. During the Biennial, we documented the evolution of the outcomes and ourselves. The …
Design As Learning: A School Of Schools Reader
The article has been originally published as part of the book ‘Design As Learning: A School Of Schools Reader’, Published by Valiz and the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, 2019. ISBN: 978-9-49-209560-2 From the introduction of the book: Why do design? What is design for? In a world of dwindling natural resources, exhausted social and political systems, and an overload …
Docendo Discimus* Instrumantae
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.162, July 2018. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. We have been critical of the architectural education regarding digital fabrication for so long and it is time we offer our resolution on the subject. The theme of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial – …
designEducationFabrication
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.159, May 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. We are certain El Lissitzky would include our beloved “orange” if he were to compose his auto portrait in 2018. In an interview conducted by Demet Mutman, Derya Yorgancıoğlu and Mehmet Saner of the …
Corrupting Conscience
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.157, April 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. Let us be clear, we have no divine aim as to put an end to bullshit. There will always be people who does not care, nor take the task at hand seriously and will …
Pseudo Methods
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.156, February 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. Adnan Oktar, aka Harun Yahya the passionate advocate of biomimicry, and his “pussycat dolls” constructed with a Voronoi diagram. Our first, and last, use of Voronoi – developed specifically for the creation of this …