Opening Week Highlights
The press and professional preview of the 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial will be held on 30-31 October. The opening week will provide special opportunities to hear from a number of the participating designers as well as key experts from a variety of fields and occupations. Kicking off the biennial, Curator Zoë Ryan is joined by curators, designers and thinkers in an informal discussion on Designing Manifestos exploring the key themes of the biennial. Related panels explore the Future of Exhibitions with Paola Antonelli, Jan Boelen and Vasıf Kortun, and the Future of Publishing with biennial associate curator Meredith Carruthers and Adam Michaels (Project Projects). Also included in the opening week’s programme will be personal dialogues by designers such as Jürgen Meyer H., Mischer'Traxler; a new language created by Sissel Tolaas’ smell dictionary; a book launch by Rural Urban Framework; “paper electronics” workshops by Coralie Gourguechon and New Survivalism “Bug Out Bags” workshop with Jessica Charlesworth & Tim Parsons as well as many additional highlights from designers from all over the world.