logos, book covers
and print.
I co-founded Act Creative in 2012. As creative director, I worked on book covers, identities, advertising and print, alongside photography and films for businesses and musicians.
During my collaboration with Can Yayınları through Act Creative, I designed every book cover or directed the team that did. I also designed or directed the publisher’s advertising, catalogues and other print work.
can yayınları.
Albert Camus
Can Yayınları · Book covers · DesignI designed three covers for Albert Camus’s centenary, using a shared halftone portrait to connect the series. Each book has its own colour, with white brush-script titles across the image.
Can Dündar
Can Yayınları · Covers and advertising · Creative directionCreative direction for the covers and advertising of Can Dündar’s Yaveri Atatürk’ü Anlatıyor and Ergenekon. The memoir uses a photograph of Atatürk; Ergenekon takes its cue from a stamped official document.
Zeruya Shalev
Can Yayınları · Cover and advertising · Creative directionI directed the cover and advertising for Zeruya Shalev’s Ve Yeniden Başlar Hayat. The puppet figure carries across both, with the advertisement extending the image to reveal the hand holding the strings.
Boris Pasternak and Öykü Şenliği
Can Yayınları · Book advertising · Creative directionTwo advertising projects for Can Yayınları: Boris Pasternak’s Erken Trenlerde and Öykü Şenliği, a celebration of short stories. I led the creative direction for both.
Gilbert Sinoué
Can Yayınları · Newspaper advertisingI worked on this newspaper advertisement for Gilbert Sinoué’s historical novels, bringing three books together above an illustrated landscape of their settings.
2013–2014 catalogue
Can Yayınları · Catalogue concept · DesignA catalogue concept for Can Yayınları’s 2013 and 2014 titles. I built the year numbers from the names of its authors, including Alice Munro, Oscar Wilde, André Gide and Goethe.
The heart spread
Can Yayınları · Catalogue concept · Creative directionA spread from the same catalogue concept, pairing literary awards with a heart made from miniature book covers. I led the creative direction.
logos and identities.
I also designed the identities for my own projects, including Goya Blue, Ikigai Daily and Documni.
Akava
Logo and identity designI designed Akava’s café identity around a gold wordmark and geometric symbols drawn from playing cards. The theme carries through the stationery and a card of its own.
Karafırın
Logo and identity design · Act CreativeFor Karafırın, I drew a mountain grouse in loose, scribbled lines. It became the main mark in an identity that carried through packaging, menus and stationery.
gn International
Logo design · Act CreativeA connected lowercase lettermark for gn International, designed at Act Creative. The g and n share a line, with yellow, green and blue defining the different parts.
ERA LED Light
Logo design · Act CreativeLogo design for ERA LED Light, part of my work on the brand at Act Creative. I also developed a catalogue concept for its lighting products.
Promeka
Logo and identity design · Act CreativeI designed Promeka’s logo and visual identity. An arc runs through the wordmark, while a blue wave motif carries across the stationery and presentation materials.
Yapı Artı
Logo and identity design · Act CreativeArtı means “plus” in Turkish. I used a folded blue plus sign as the basis of Yapı Artı’s logo and identity at Act Creative.
Flats in İstanbul
Logo and identity design · Act CreativeI turned the initials of Flats in İstanbul into a house-shaped mark. The identity extends to guest materials, including minibar menus and door hangers.
posters and print.
MOC Coffee
Poster designA poster I designed for MOC at the Istanbul Coffee Festival. The distorted cup is a visual play on the Turkish headline, Kahveyi çekiştiriyoruz.
Karafırın menu
Menu · Act CreativeI worked on Karafırın’s menu at Act Creative, extending the identity into a clipboard format with a single-sheet layout.
Karafırın packaging
Karafırın · Packaging · Act CreativePackaging work for Karafırın at Act Creative, carrying the grouse illustration and hand-drawn graphics across bread bags, boxes and labels.
Karafırın chalkboard and stationery
Karafırın · Stationery and menus · Act CreativeChalkboard menus and stationery for Karafırın, made at Act Creative. The café’s black, white and red identity carries through the printed pieces.
Radisson Blu Cruise Lounge
Radisson Blu · Menu cover · Act CreativeA menu cover for the Cruise Lounge at Radisson Blu, created at Act Creative. It combines brush-script lettering with a geometric background.
Hyatt Concierge
Brochure designI designed this folded brochure for Hyatt Concierge, combining hospitality photography with text on dark panels.
ERA LED Light catalogue
Catalogue concept designA catalogue concept I designed for ERA LED Light, using light and shadow across white geometric forms.
I also design for my own films. At Act Creative I made Weekend Wonderland ↗, an educational adventure game for children with learning difficulties.