During the urban development of Istanbul, IDW is constituted on the role of design notion where the East and the West meets. IDW will be hosting designers and design exhibitions from around the world in Old Galata Bridge. Whole design world will be focused to Istanbul. With the participation of 25 countries, design based events in IDW will be followed by Europe and whole world.

Istanbul will reflect its design culture to the whole world through world media and international designers. today, what differentiate each product and service are; the urban development and the design notion, that provides interaction amongst cultures.

IDW 2010 is an event with the goal of bringing a new breath to design vision by relating Istanbul-the new design center-to Europe and other world cities. Istanbul’s energy of the youth, dynamic urban identity, culture that encourages creativity and variety regarding daily life will be the keywords to reflect Turkish design vision. This event will become Europe’s one of the most important urban projects.

Exhibitions

Human Cities Brussels-Istanbul 2010
Designing Public Space

“Human Cities Brussels-Istanbul 2010: Designing Public Space” a project implemented by lead partner Pro Materia (BE) in collaboration with ISTAV – ?stanbul Sanat Ve Tan?t?m Ara?t?rma Vakf? (TR) and Recyclart (BE). The EU supports this initiative with a grant scheme programme which is implemented under the coordination of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency and CFCU as the contracting authority, in order to promote Civil Society Dialogue between Turkey and the EU in culture and the arts.

The festival is held during Istanbul Design Week at the Old Galata Bridge. The project aims at encouraging an interdisciplinary exchange between Istanbul and Brussels, as well as the other cities participating in Human Cities projects concerned with urban design and culture and their interactions with public spaces. Building on the theme of ‘Designing Public Space’, the partners will explore the subject through various public events taking place at Old Galata Bridge. Highlights include celebrated designers and guest speakers Satyendra Pakhalé and Sanjit Manku, and sound artist Guy De Bièvre who, on behalf of Recyclart will be promoting Brussels with a joint interactive project ‘My Favorite Istanbul Sound’ with Alper Turkkan from Yildiz Technical University.

Japanese Design Today

“Japanese Design Today 100”, is a selection of approximately 100 of the finest examples of Japanese design created between the 1990s and the present , focusing on products used in everyday life. Another 13 objects of modern design are included from the early postwar years (mainly from the fifties) to show the origin of today’s design.

Good 50X70

We need to keep doing socially-engaged design, we need to express what is in our soul, our discontent with the world. That one small, honest voice will help change and that is the reason I wholeheartedly support and value the work of Good50×70.

Michael Young

Michael Young Studio was founded in London in 1994 and incorporated in Hong Kong January 2006 by Mr. Michael Young, the studio is considered to be the most formidable presently in Asia and is bold enough to state that it is responsible for designing icons for its clients that live a lifetime, have won awards and are presented in museums globally. The key objective and mission of the company is to provide exclusive and quality design services within furniture, product and interior design markets. A selection of Michael Young’s design works will be exhibited at Old Galata Bridge  as part of Istanbul Design Week.

Laurent Ney

In his quest for optimal form, Laurent Ney sees forces as the raw material out of which the engineer creates his structure, like a sculpture. Form and the interplay of forces are inseparably bound up with each other. Shaping Forces, Ney’s first monographic exhibition, presents an engineer reflecting on his own work in the light of themes like geometry, topology.

Kitchen Ecology

Spending hours slaving alone over dinner is a thing of the past. The kitchen has developed into a habitual hot spot for socializing with more integration into the living spaces of the house, and food storage and preparation is only part of the recipe for a well-designed space. As the new hub of the modern home, we expect more from our kitchen—convenience, comfort, cleanliness, the latest technology— while simultaneously demanding less—less energy consumption, water usage, and waste. It’s a delicate balance, and one that is in a constant state of development.

In this spirit of evolving the archetype, IDW 2010 presents European and American flavors to Kitchen Ecology: Recipes for Good Design, which has been composed by Designboom and Dwell. Featuring works from the freshest young and upcoming international designers, this curated exhibition will explore ways to tweak the basic ingredients that make up our kitchens to produce the most eco-friendly, energy efficient models possible.