{"id":66931,"date":"2011-05-04T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grapheine.com\/graphic-design-en\/graphisme-turc"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:37:48","slug":"turkish-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grapheine.com\/en\/graphic-design-en\/turkish-graphics","title":{"rendered":"Turkish graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"
Taking advantage of a stay in Istanbul, I got interested in local graphic design... Obviously, I stuffed myself with multi-millennial mosques, oriental palaces and spicy scents, but I'll save the \"tourist slideshow\" session for my in-laws. As for graphic design, I was initially disappointed. The public space is full of totally anarchic advertising images, but there's nothing really local about them. And as the Turkish alphabet is a derivative of the Latin alphabet, it's not exactly a change of scenery... ( By the way, this alphabet has an amazing history that I'll try to tell you about soon. )<\/p>\n
In short, apart from a few surprising pictograms, a few typographic signs and a Turkish \"DSK\" double<\/a>, there was nothing to satisfy my curiosity.<\/p>\n Fortunately, as I turned down an alleyway, I came across the \"Istanbul Design Center<\/a>\". It's a school of applied art, a venue for exhibitions, workshops and conferences, a publishing house... in short, just what I was looking for! The center's various activities are soberly organized around the lunar crescent (found at the top of every mosque). I will try to retrace the history of this crescent moon, the universal symbol of Islam, born on the banks of the Bosphorus when Istanbul was still called Byzantium!<\/p>\n So, here are the center's posters... still by Faruk Ak\u0131n! I think, as the center's founder, he's enjoying himself! In a minimalist and colorful spirit, his work revisits local symbols...<\/p>\n On his website, you can find some thirty other posters! Including a few political images...<\/p>\n And finally, the Art Islamic section, simply magnificent! A contemporary interpretation of the age-old calligraphic tradition! Exactly what my eye was looking for!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fortunately, as I turned down an alleyway, I came across the “Istanbul Design Center”. It’s a school of applied art, a venue for exhibitions, workshops and conferences, a publishing house… in short, just what I was looking for!<\/a><\/p>\n
\nA few posters have piqued my curiosity!
\nUnfortunately, I had to drop in outside opening hours... not a single student, just a calligraphy teacher who suggested I drop in again the following week... sniff... So, back in France, I find out more about this place and discover an amazing communication made by the founder of this place: Faruk Ak\u0131n ( with a \"\u0131\" without a dot ! like in our Graph\u00e9\u0131ne logo! :-) )<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>The man is prolific in every field: architecture, design, fashion, graphic design, painting, caricatures...<\/p>\n
\nA few posters have piqued my curiosity!
\nUnfortunately, I had to drop in outside opening hours… not a single student, just a calligraphy teacher who suggested I drop in again the following week… sniff… So it’s back in France that I find out more about this place and discover an amazing communication made by the founder of this place: Faruk\u00a0Ak\u0131n ( with a “\u0131” without a dot ! like in our Graph\u00e9\u0131ne logo! :-) )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":58279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[1063,10186,10635,1595,10636,10188,9714],"class_list":["post-66931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graphic-design-en","tag-affiches-en","tag-arabe-en","tag-center-en","tag-design-en","tag-istanbul-en","tag-turquie-en","tag-visite-en"],"yoast_head":"\n