“No Beauty Without a Flaw” Design Biennial Exhibition

No Beauty Without a Flaw

Visual identity, environmental graphics, book and poster design for 1st İstanbul Design Biennial, Special Project with Universities

This exhibition has been organized by Marmara University,
Faculty of Fine Arts, as part of Istanbul Design Biennial Academic Program.

From catalog “Under the theme “imperfection”, the students searched for the unique and exceptional in their designs by questioning “What’s imperfection? Could imperfect be beautiful? Is there a perfect design? Is there a need to find perfection in human nature? Is perfect ordinary and imperfect extraordinary or vice versa? Is there an imperfection in each beauty?”

Client: Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts

“Imperfection is the theme of the first Istanbul Design Biennial. And there is nowhere better to explore it than in Istanbul, a city of infinite layers, charged with the vitality that comes from engaging with rapid urban, social and cultural change.
Istanbul as a city, is far from perfect, yet it is one of the most exhilarating and dynamic centres in the world. Its special quality is that it makes so much from the imperfect, the inexact and the provisional. As a theme Imperfection will both celebrate Istanbul’s distinctive creative qualities, and encapsulate a wider discussion about the nature of design in the contemporary world. It will tell the world something about Istanbul, and offer the world a sharp insight into the nature of contemporary design.”

https://1tb.iksv.org/about/biennial-theme/