identityLESS“identityLESS” Are they propositions to monoBlok plastic chair or is it anti design ? It is an identity issue that we’re trying to handle…The plastic chair has been placed the life we’re living..We have stopped searching the reason and we haven’t found a requirement of force to change it…Like all those furnitures and objects that is in our life, we have made plastic chair a piece of our environment.. Next to furnitures full of emotions which called “animali domestici” by Branzi, we have tried to | Hidden faces of IstanbulIstanbul has many layers..from Byzantium times to until now the layers have changed to present the spirit of the city.
Today you can arrive to Manhattan emulated areas passing through the overnight constructed ones. In this variable panaroma of the city, it could appear very creative but on the other hand kitsch, sometimes the feeling is of an abandoned city
Between this mixed panoroma you could find; graffiti and mural pantings which you feel the sense of the people, creative shopwindows, hum | ‘Akaretler row houses’‘Akaretler row houses’ are situated in Besiktas district in Istanbul. The row houses have been ordered by Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz to architect Sarkis Balyan in 1874 and consist of 138 housing units. They were originally built for the accommodation of the workers of Dolmabahce Palace. ‘Akaretler row houses’ are one of the most important examples in Istanbul of this housing option.
The owner of the houses was General Directorate of Foundations. The houses have changed habitants many times. They |
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