We See Istanbul

09/09/2019

Istanbul was selected as the Host City of the XV UNESCO Creative Cities Network’s Annual Conference in 2021 following an online vote by the 180 members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) present in 72 countries. Istanbul City of Design

Istanbul was selected as the Host City of the XV UNESCO Creative Cities Network’s Annual Conference in 2021 following an online vote by the UCCN.

06/09/2019

Delicately prepared unique mandala art on stones by Lina West

DesignDelicately prepared unique mandala art on stones by Lina WestPosted on 7 September 2019byezgi Have you ever heard about mandala art? Mandala art is made by configuring the symbols that have been used since eternity by various religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Shintoism and many o...

06/09/2019

Artificial intelligence artist Ben Snell investigates materialities and ecologies of computation. He uses contemporary techniques in dialogue with traditional motifs; he situates technology as a mirror to reveal the self as a computational being.

Design StoriesAI-Generated Sculpture From the Remains of Its Sculptor, Computer DioPosted on 6 September 2019byezgi New York-based artificial intelligence artist Ben Snell investigates materialities and ecologies of computation. He uses contemporary techniques in dialogue with traditional motifs; he...

06/09/2019

Vincent Leroy is a contemporary French artist.

05/09/2019

These windows are actually paintings by the Spanish street artist Pejac. He stopped in Istanbul in 2014, to create three new trompe-l’il pieces in the district of Uskudar.

Spanish street artist Pejac. He stopped in Istanbul in 2014, to create three new trompe-l’il pieces in the district of Uskudar.

05/09/2019

One of the most important cities in history, we see the depictions of Rome in many ancient works. However, the closest depiction of Rome's antiquity was made by Italo Gismondi.

Italian archaeologist Italo Gismondi, who lived between 1887-1974, made a model of the real scale of Ancient Rome as it was in the 4th century AD.

05/09/2019

Louise Bourgeois is a famous French-American sculptor: Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker.

04/09/2019

Photographer Alp Peker was commissioned to make a series of work for Siedentopf’s Ordinary Magazine based around the concept of the plastic straw.

04/09/2019

Turkish conceptual artist Zeren Badar combines photography, painting and collage to create 3D artworks using found objects, food and cheap painting reproductions in his “Accident” series.

Turkish conceptual artist Zeren Badar combines photography, painting and collage to create 3D artworks using found objects in his “Accident” series.

04/09/2019

Tracking is similar to kerning. Instead of focusing on the spacing between individual letters for kerning, tracking measures space between groups of letters.

03/09/2019

Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Van Herpen collaborated to design the extension to the natural history museum in Leiden, the Netherlands, which is the couture fashion designer’s first full-scale architectural project.

Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Van Herpen collaborated to design the extension to the natural history museum in Leiden, which is the couture fashion designer's first full-scale architectural project.

03/09/2019

Freelance motion artist Tim Gray creates absolutely amazing 3D animations that appear to jump out and break the “fourth wall” of individual Instagram posts.