Through My Old Microscope
I’ve recently found the microscope that I had when I was a kid. In a rush of…
Image of Science
Image of Science was a workshop that seeks to bring researchers and designers together in order to…
1984 as Doublethink
It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs…
Why I Don’t Buy a Smartphone
because I prefer to have the excuse of not being able to check my emails when I’m away…
Metallica on Stage
Winner of the Bronze Medal in Data Journalism and of the Community Award in the inaugural Information…
“Bugün Ne Giysem?” and Design Education
“Bugün Ne Giysem?” (“What Shall I Wear Today?”) is a TV show in Turkey where female contestants…
Dawkins vs Gould
Review of Dawkins vs Gould: Survival of the Fittest by Kim Sterelny I had low expectations for…
Freedom and Neurobiology
Review of Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power by John R. Searle…
Where Obama and Marx Meet
The Gotham epidemic has long hit Istanbul, and this is probably the best example to document it….
A Typographic Portrait of London
After the Trento version I made in 2009, here is my typographic impression of London (+ a…
Dennett’s Istanbul Talk Online!
Here it is, finally, Dan Dennett’s Istanbul talk titled “Darwin’s Strange Inversion of Reasoning” from last year….
Typography Is Important – An Introductory Practical Guide
After dealing with a variety of students from different classes such as Project Studio, Web Design and…
A Well-Disposed Memeticist’s Problems With the Meme Talk
It’s been some time since I finished reading Darwinizing Culture: the Status of Memetics as a Science…
Taking Memetics Seriously
I am currently reading Darwinizing Culture, edited by Robert Aunger. I just finished David Hull’s contribution titled…
Ads and News from the 1960s
Some photos I took while going through the archives of the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet (from the 1960s)…
Beautiful Typography From the 1960s
Last week I visited the Taksim Atatürk Library and went through the archives of Turkish newspapers (Hürriyet,…
Where to Use En and Em Dashes: Lupton vs Bringhurst
Do you think one must be a nutjob to care about the length of the dashes we…
The Story of a Clever Young Man
Since I watched Wittgenstein by Derek Jarman and fell in love with the story told by J….
A Typographic Portrait of Trento
I was in Rovereto, Trento (Italy) for a few days to present a poster in the COGEVO:…
Üçlü Sarmal: Gen, Organizma ve Çevre
Richard C. Lewontin eseri Üçlü Sarmal: Gen, Organizma ve Çevre incelemesi Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları’ndan Türkçesi yeni…
İlk Felsefe Üzerine Düşünmeler
René Descartes eseri İlk Felsefe Üzerine Düşünmeler (Meditationes de prima philosophia) incelemesi “Düşünüyorum, öyleyse varım” sözü, eleştirel…
