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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 here was highlighting gender discrimination towards those defining themselves as transgender, as they're recognized as ''repaired and/or somebody to be adjusted'' in many societies. The paper and the color palette are chosen with the Guest House residents to involve them in their home's representation. Among several options, residents expressed a preference for a garish, flashy, and kitsch title, contrasted with a dark and modest background being an apt description for their way of living: hidden melancholia behind the glamour.

Inside the book, the text and the photographs are separated in order to divide the content for the viewer. This division is also derived from them being separated from their countries. Yet, the door of the Guest House is specifically picked to represent a welcoming visual to their new home, while the written component is designed to open up to another direction as alternating their hope for a contented life, as those found in fictional tales. 


 




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