Made in Sishane is in the First İstanbul Design Biennial by the invitation of Joseph Grima. “Crafting Neighbourhood” Project is developed by Made in Sishane and URBZ together for the biennale and shows Mumbai and Istanbul cases.

Crafting Neighbourhood: Unmediated Design in Istanbul

Made in Sishane

Project by Asli Kiyak Ingin

in collaboration with Sevgi Ortac, graphics by Hande Soydan 

The district of Sishane—located within walking distance of the Galata Greek School—has for decades been the epicentre of a network of designers, producers and retailers centred on lighting. Face to face interactions and unmediated design processes utilise the dense neighbourhood as their communication system: the clustering of activities facilitates the maintenance of old relationships allows for new creative practices to emerge.

URBZ Mashup Workshop 2010

Photos: Sytse de Maat & URBZ Archive
http://urbz.net/workshops/mashup/istanbul/output/taras-mashup-diary/
http://urbz.net/tag/istanbul/

The film of the Dutch Design Made in Şişhane Workshop

Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Frank Heemskerk and his committee visited the ateliers and lighting shops in Şişhane

Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Frank Heemskerk and his committee visited the ateliers and lighting shops in Şişhane. The Official opening of the Dutch Design Made in Şişhane Exhibition was performed by the Dutch minister in The Dutch Chapel.

Photographs by Mahmut Yıldırım

Dutch Design Made in Şişhane Exhibition in Dutch Chapel 2009

Photographs by Aslı Kıyak İngin

Made in Şişhane-Gerrit Rietveld Academie design Lab 2008

Shine on Sishane
http://vimeo.com/2453345

The film documents the results of one week of fieldwork by designLAB students in the oldest light district of Istanbul. Insights from the ongoing research 'Made in Sishane', by Asli Kyak and Teike Asselberg, formed the startingpoint of our brief: to explore the qualities of the Sishane network in order to understand if and how it can transform itself, in the light of current political and economical threats.

All students connected their findings back to the system on the last day. Some say that the intimate working place at Galata Perform perhaps influenced the project in a theatrical way... I think the district itself is one beautiful & complex back drop of narratives.

Shine on Sishane from sophie krier on Vimeo.

patterns istanbul workshop -şişhane 2007