We took a street down the hill off of the main pedestrian thruway Istiklal and ended up right in front of Istanbul Modern, so we decided to check it out, even though boring art museums were on Julia's "please let's skip it" list. It turned out to be a really cool exhibit we both liked a lot. One of the best was an interactive abstracted display of the city of Istanbul through a variety of stakeholders' eyes. They had camps like "Green" that put trees everywhere, "Political" that put ottoman styled, symbolic buildings everywhere, "Toki" the government developer company that puts up identical apartment blocks everywhere they can, "Starchitects" which put up interesting geometries and buildings from atypical materials, all about design and icons. "NGO's" which are about public space for demonstrations and fighting causes, being heard. It was a really cool breakdown of the city and its participants and their desires, and cleverly displayed on a white canvas 3d surface that came off the wall. We took a video clip of it, linked below.
In another part of the exhibits we found a variety of projects about 3d printing. Everything from making household objects to mobile 3d printing stations on bicycles to 3d printers that printed designs with nutella that you could then eat. Maybe those little guys will change the world.
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| Julia enjoying the chocolate 3d print we made |
There was a lot of material that was centered around open source, DIY, and getting things done for less $$ which I appreciated. Also, there was a whole room dedicated to the city of Izmir reimagining its connection to the waterfront, and improving the quality of life through a collaborative effort of designers getting involved with the community and the meanings and culture that's already there. Design by and for the people, I'm all about that. Amdong other things we saw a 3d printed music mixer for djs, a sensor that allows plants to send text messages to their owners when they need attention, and even a laser printer (especially exciting for architecture model fabrication).
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| Plant sensor/message sender |
There was a lot of material that was centered around open source, DIY, and getting things done for less $$ which I appreciated. Also, there was a whole room dedicated to the city of Izmir reimagining its connection to the waterfront, and improving the quality of life through a collaborative effort of designers getting involved with the community and the meanings and culture that's already there. Design by and for the people, I'm all about that. Amdong other things we saw a 3d printed music mixer for djs, a sensor that allows plants to send text messages to their owners when they need attention, and even a laser printer (especially exciting for architecture model fabrication). 
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