© 2017 – 2024 INFORMAL PROJECT / PEOPLE-PROCESS-PROJECT

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Informal Project, 2017 yılında grafik tasarımcı Erman Yılmaz ve Gökçe Genç tarafından kurulan İstanbul merkezli bağımsız bir grafik ve görsel iletişim tasarımı stüdyosudur. Stüdyo, anlam, değer etki ve görsel kültür yaratmak isteyen kişilerle ve kurumlarla yaratıcı işbirlikleri yapmayı amaçlar.

Stüdyo; Afiş tasarımı, kitap tasarımı, editöryal tasarım, sergi , festival ve etkinlik kimliği tasarımı, marka tasarımı, yazı tipi tasarımı, hareketli grafikler, tanıtım malzemesi ve grafikleri, jenerik tasarımı,  basılı ve dijital görsel tasarım gibi çeşitli alanlarda projeler üretmekten heyecan duyar.

Informal Project, görsel dil üretiminin merkezine tipografik araştırmaları yerleştirir ve görsel iletişimin yeni mecra, teknoloji ve deneyimler aracılığıyla nasıl evrildiğini takip eder.

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Informal Project is an independent graphic and visual communication design studio based in Istanbul, founded in 2017 by graphic designers Erman Yılmaz and Gökçe Genç. The studio aims to engage in creative collaborations with individuals and organizations interested in creating meaning, value, impact, and visual culture.

We are excited to work on projects in various areas such as poster design, book design, event, festival and exhibition identity, branding, typeface design, motion graphics, generics, promotional materials and graphics.

The Studio places typographic research at the core of its visual language production and closely follows how visual communication evolves through new media, technology, and experiences.

Erman Yılmaz / Co-Founder

Graphic Designer, Viusal Designer & Type Designer

Graphic and Type Designer, Co-founder. Currently pursuing his master’s degree at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Graphic Design Department. He is interested in lettering, graffiti, type design and calligraphy. His works has been exhibited and featured locally and internationally such as TDC (USA), Weltformat(Germany), Graphis Annual(USA) BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia, Poster Quadrennial Bardejov (Slovakia) Grafist (Turkey), GMK (Turkey). He is often invited to events as a workshop leader and speaker. Talks about typography wherever and whenever!

Gökçe Genç / Co-Founder

Graphic Designer / Creative Director

Graphic Designer and Co-founder. Studied Graphic Design at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in İstanbul. She focuses on editorial design and typography, mostly works with urban planners independently and within Informal Project. Her works has been exhibited locally and internationally such as Graphis Annual(USA), Werkwoche International Design Week (Germany), Design Week Turkey, Poster Quadrennial Bardejov (Slovakia) Grafist (Turkey), GMK (Turkey). She is also a member of the Turkish Society of Graphic Designers. She likes to categorize things in both her life and work!


2017 / Cihangir, Beyoğlu
2018–2019 / Kazancı Yokuşu, Beyoğlu (Esen Karol’s studio / Shared office)
2019-2020 / Gümüşsuyu, Beyoğlu (Burçak Madran’s studio / Shared office)
2020-2022 / Cihangir, Beyoğlu
2022-2023 / Karaköy, Beyoğlu (Studio in Voyvoda Han)
2023-2024 / Nişantaşı, Şişli (BEK – Bülent Erkmen’s studio / Shared office)

Clients

ARTS & CULTURE

Salt
Mercado
Art Unlimted
Eldem Sanat Alanı
Akbank Sanat
Das Experiment Studio
İstanbul Street Dance Carnival
Grafist
Mural İstanbul
Mural-East
Müze Gazhane
Nilüfer Kent Tiyatrosu
Superpool
X Media Art Museum
Ytong
Umo Mimarlık
Creative Collobration

ASSOCIATION/ INSTITUTIONS

Mimarlar Derneği 1927
Italian Cultural Institute of Istanbul
Bernard van Leer F.
Etkiniz
Hrant Dink Foundation
Şehir Dedektifi
Studio-X Istanbul
Türkiye Tasarım Vakfı
Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü
Pon.Collective
Root
İstanbul.B.B
İstanbul Kültür A.Ş
Nilüfer Belediyesi
Mimar Sinan G.S.Üniversitesi
Kadir Has Üniversitesi

PERSON

Bülent Erkmen
Ömer Durmaz
Bahar Türkay
Pelin Derviş
Selim Süme
Sabire Susuz
Serkan Taycan
Deniz Başar

COMMERCIAL

Apple Music
Sneaks Up
Mudo
Das Pieces
Havas
Ardi Farma
Liba

Work with Us

Please submit your portfolio, pdf or web links.

Awards

TDC69

Type Directors Club Communication Design  2023

Best Typography — “Sneaks Up – Coming Soon”

42nd GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2023

Best Outdoor Graphic Design — “Sneaks Up-Coming Soon”

Best Typography Award—“Sneaks Up-Coming Soon”

Logo Design Achievement Award—“Mural-East”

Best Merch Design Award—“Sneaks Up-Typographic Tshirt”

Book Design Achievement Award—“Deniz Başar-On the Edge of Language”

Sait Maden Typography Special Award—“Sneaks Up-Coming Soon”

Typography Achievement Award—“Selim Süme-Disobedient”

41th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2022

Post Design / Achievement Award — “Ten, Beden, Ben”

Post Design / Achievement Award — “Selim Süme-Transit”

 TDC68

Type Directors Club Communication Design  2022

 TDC68, World’s Best Typography—Typographic Excellence Award
“Stones Do Remember”

40th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2021

Poster Design / Achievement Award — “Stones Do Remember”

Graphis

Graphics Poster Annual 2021

Silver Award — “GMK Kırk yaşında”

Silver Award — “Boş Bir Oda Kendi Fonksiyonunu Yaratır”

Honorable Mention— “Osmanlı Topraklarında Kesişen Yaşamlar ve Matbaalar Anton Zellic ve Henry Cayol”

39th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2020

Poster Design / Achievement Award — “Bauhaus Imaginista / Uzaklarda İstanbul”

Graphics

Graphis Poster Annual 2020

Gold Award — “Muralistanbul 2018”

Silver Award — “Alex”

38th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2019

Bikem Özsunay Faundation Poster Special Award
 — “Osmanlı Topraklarında Yaşamlar”

Typography Achievement Award

 — “GMK Kırk Yaşında”

Best Typography Design Award — “Bağlantılar”

Poster Design Achievement Award

 — “Book of Taswir”

Poster Design Achievement Award

 — “Tomasz Bierkowski”

Best Typeface Design Award
 — “Gaslamp Typeface”

Best Typography Award
 — “Studio-X Istanbul”

Best Direct Mail/Flyer — “Studio-X Istanbul”

Book Design Achievement Award

 — “Grafist21”

37th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2018

Best Poster Design Award (Cultural/Social) — “Muralistanbul 2018”

Best Typeface Design Award
 — “Oddee Typeface”

Poster Design Achievement Award — “Perşembe Sineması”

Poster Design Achievement Award
 — “Muralistanbul Sariyer”

Poster Design Achievement Award
 — “Sinemanın Sesi”

Bikem Özsunay Faundation Poster Special Award — “Alex”

Bikem Özsunay Faundation Poster Special Award — “Mural Festival 2018”

İhap Hulusi Poster Special Award
 — “Mural Festival 2018”

GMK Best Typeface Design Award — “Oddee Typeface”

64th TDC

Type Directors Club Communication Design  2018

Typography Excellence Award — “Anafor Typeface specimen poster”

36th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2016

Best Typography Design Award — “Crossing Frontiers”

GMK Best Typography Design Award
 — “Crossing Frontiers”

Exhibiton Design Award — “Grafist 20”

Typeface Design Achievement Award
 — “Anafor Typeface”

Catalogue Design Achievement Award — “Crossing Frontiers”

Exhibiton Design Achievement Award
 — “Speak to the Eyes”

Typography Design Achievement Award — “The Dialogues”

35th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2015

Best Poster Design (Cultural/Social) — “Mural İstanbul”

Best Typography
 — “Köken İçerisinde Notlar”

Sait Maden Typography Special Award
 — “Köken İçerisinde Notlar”

İhap Hulusi Poster Design Special Award

 — “Mural İstanbul”

Bikem Özsunay Poster Design Special Award — “Köken İçerisinde Notlar”

Poster Design Success Award(Cultural/Social)
 — “Köken İçerisinde Notlar”

Typography Success Award

 — “ The Death of Cities/Kentlerin Ölümü”

34th GMK

Turkish Graphic Designers Ass. 2014

Poster Design Success Award(Cultural/Social) — “Mural İstanbul”

Exhibitions

42th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2023

TDC69, World’s Best Typography” exhibition

New York/USA 2023

41th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2022

Golden Bee 15

Golden Bee 15 Global Biennale of Graphic Design, 2022

TDC68, World’s Best Typography” Exhibition

New York/USA 2022

40th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2021

BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia

La Paz, Bolivia, 2021

39th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2020

BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia

La Paz, Bolivia, 2019

Parallel Lines

Hochschule Ausburg ,Augsburg, German, 2019

Fikra Graphic Design Biennial

Jeff Talks/Antilop Poster Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2018

38th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2019

Ecuador Poster Bienal

Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión Quito, Ecuador, 2018

37th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2018

Jeff Talks Peş Peşe

Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul,Turkey, 2018

TDC64, World’s Best Typography” exhibition

Seoul, South Korea,  2018

Starting Form Zero

Starting Form Zero Research of the Possibilities on ”Moving Posters”. Istanbul,Turkey, 2018

INAD/International Art and Design Exhibition

Selcuk University Konya,Turkey, 2018

Weltformat 17

The moving poster 2 Luzern, Switzerland, 2017

Design Week Turkey 17

MSGSÜ Seçilmiş İşler İstanbul, Turkey, 2017

International Poster Biennale Lublin

Lublin, Poland 2017

37th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2017

36th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2016

Bak Bana/Look at Me

Posters from Istanbul Augsburg University, Germany, 2017

The Seattle-Istanbul Poster Show

Hemingway Center Boise State University Seattle,USA, 2017

BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia

La Paz, Bolivia, 2017

Co2poster Biennial

Colorado Mesa University, USA, 2017

Type + Text

with Sarp Sözdinler, Muzeum Miasta Łodzi, Poland, 2017

13. Jazz W Ruinach Poster Exhibition

Gliwice, Poland, 2017

9th Yunus Emre Exhibition

Anadolu Calligraphy & Typography Event. Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2017

Poster Quadrennial Bardejov

Poster Exhibition, Slovakia, 2017

Crossing Frontiers / Grafist20

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016

Weltformat 16

with Blank Poster Luzern, Switzerland, 2016

8th Yunus Emre Exhibition

Anadolu Calligraphy & Typography Event. Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2016

35th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2015

Blank Poster x Kon Exhibition

Einstein-Kultur, Munich, Germany, 2015

34th Graphic Design Exhibition

Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association Istanbul, Turkey, 2014