Visual Communication Design IUE

The final photography workshop of the semester started yesterday with our guest Mert Acar.

On the first day of the workshop titled “Landscape as an Encounter”, our students had the opportunity to meet Mert Acar and learn about his experiences. Afterwards, they received feedback on the landscape photos they took during the exercise session.

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We have hosted Barış Tanyıldızı, founder of Open Now Studio and Monday Kick, during our FFD 102 Design Studio II course last week. Mr. Tanyıldızı has shared his experiences on how he founded his studio and launched his own brand after he left his everyday job during Covid-19 pandemic. His story not only gave insights about his approach to design discipline itself but also about how he managed to turn his passion into a business model.

We would like to thank Instructor Dr. Seda Özen Tanyıldızı, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Özgül Kılınçarslan and Instructor Dr. Ayşegül Acar for their contributions in organizing this seminar.

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VCD Workshop Alert! 📷

The Department of Visual Communication Design is pleased to host Mert Acar from Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University on May 20–21–22, 2026. During this three-day workshop titled “Landscape as an Encounter,” our students will expand their comprehension of landscape photography and discover new ways of image-making.

Stay tuned for the exhibition on next Friday!

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Here’s the VCD members of Echoir 🎶

Congratulations for their performance in the music festival last week! 😎🌟

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Next Episode with Barış Tanyıldızı! ✍️✨

We’re hosting the Founder and Head Designer of Open Now Studio and Monday Kick for a deep dive into the creative industry. From brand identity to independent illustration, Barış Tanyıldızı will share how he navigates the space between design and art.

Save the date: 🗓 Thursday, 14.05.2026 ⏰ 15:00 📍 D324

See you there! ✌️

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Barış Tanyıldızı is an independent illustrator and the creator of Monday Kick. For approximately 16 years, he has been producing work within the fields of fashion, graphic design, and the creative industries. Throughout his career, he has worked with various brands both as a freelancer and as part of OpenNow Studio, focusing on illustration, apparel graphics, brand identity, and visual storytelling. Defining himself more as a storyteller than a designer, Barış develops a visual language at the intersection of art and design—one that is characterized by a strong analog sensibility, a focus on characters, and global references. Monday Kick, as an independent and experimental reflection of this approach, serves as a creative space where he freely expresses his personal visual world and narrative language.

You are kindly invited to the poster exhibition of VCD 340 Design Semiotics! 🙌🏻

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Today, during our MMD 498-Graduation Project course, we hosted HubX Studios. Ege Güzel Sezer, Sıla Özkan, Emir Deral, Sinem Kocabaş, Merve Aygün and Eylül Tuğaç have shared their experiences on UX/UI design processes and marketing strategies their teams have worked on throughout HubX’s growing success. Our fourth year students have had a chance to ask their questions and learn even more about professional practices.We would like to thank our guests from: ! ⭐

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{ VCD celebrates the International Design Day! }

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{ VCD Uluslararası Tasarım Günü’nü kutluyor! }

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Last week, we had the privilege of hosting Ebru Yetişkin — a pioneering media art curator, art critic, and researcher whose work sits at the crossroads of science, technology, politics, and art.

Her seminar took us on a journey through futurisms — from the radical provocations of the early avant-garde to today’s technofuturist practices — exploring how design and artistic methods don’t just reflect the future, but actively script it. How do aesthetic strategies and creative speculation shape the collective imaginaries we end up living in?

One of the highlights was a thought-provoking exchange with our colleague Daniele Savasta, who raised a powerful question after Yetişkin’s discussion of Afrofuturism: “Is there an Anatolian Futurism — or could there be?” A question that is still lingering in our minds. 

It was a wonderful gathering of students and faculty, and a reminder of why these conversations matter. Many thanks to Ebru Yetişkin for her generosity, her depth of thought, and for the ideas she left behind.

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