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What constitutes seeing yourself seeing beyond what you see? The series called ''A visual presentation of a literary form'' aims to tackle our notion of perception and how perception shifts from written format to visual as well as how subjective it is. As one of the leading figures of modern philosophy, Kant asserted that all of our experiences and senses are filtered through a glass that refracts our interpretations through ourselves. From our manner of perception to the artworks that we relate to ourselves, this ‘’Glass of Kant’’ is not only the reference point of our experience but also the biggest factor behind the results of our interpretation. Ultimately, this glass is made of the social and cultural bases of human life and consists of a code that accompanies our habitat. On the other hand, the glass is the crux of experimentation, and everything must pass through this filter as well. Indeed, it is inevitable that these interpretations shape our perception as much...

  Trans Guest House Photobook Design, 2019 Converting words into visuals door guest immigration correction glamour separation The Guest* House Photobook is a combination of photography and a fictional tale, based on the Trans Guest House located in Dolapdere Istanbul. Since its establishment, the house welcomed homeless transgender individuals, mostly immigrants from Iran, Syria, and the eastern part of Turkey. The content of the book solidified the design approach to examine concepts such as gender discrimination, hospitality, and the status of immigrants, who are identified as guests, not emigrants according to Turkish law. Therefore, the minimalist cover design has started to draw lines, which function as a door above in order to invite the reader to the content as well as to visualize a welcoming house. The glyph '*' is inserted into the centre of the title in reference to emphasize a correction used to edit/reconsider the word choice in the written language. The concept he...

Why do I do? I do what I do in order to be able to communicate and interact with my surroundings. To be understood and understand as much as I can. I am obsessed with words. In visual or verbal versions of them. I use them as a tool formulating questions to be answered by myself or others. Does it matter who answers them? Maybe not. The try is everything, and here is my attempt to write the significance of the words to me. I am enthusiastic about words since I don't know any other way to express myself first. The question, for example, how many different variants of writing, pronouncing, and shaping a word, excites me. Therefore, I tend to learn more about them continually. Furthermore, I believe in their powers, the endless possibilities they contain as well as the messages they might convey. Through them, I discover what a person thinks, how an idea can be forwarded, and how masses can be navigated from one to another direction. While practicing a word, or its components, I see t...