Ortak Yerde / Raum für ein Wir
Date: July 11, 2025
Location: Goethe-Institut, Istanbul
Type: Cultural Exhibition / 3D Installation
Theme: Intercultural dialogue, shared values, contemporary design
Designed by: Onaranlar Kulübü
Hosted by: Goethe-Institut Istanbul
 Core Team:
Creative Direction – Mervenaz Çiçekdiken

Project Management – Aytekin Gezici, Mervenaz Çiçekdiken, Ufuk Emin Akengin
Design – @allyceeeee, @kaandima

3D Printing – Berkay Okur

Production Coordination – Aytekin Gezici

Finishing & Post-Production – Burak Ayazoğlu

Communications – Mervenaz Çiçekdiken, Zeynep Hazal Tulgar
Photography – Buğra Sarıaltun



Where cultures collide, design connects.
Hosted by Goethe-Institut Istanbul, Ortak Yerde was our take on intercultural dialogue—reimagined through bold design, playful typography, and 3D-printed storytelling.

We turned cultural memory into tangible form using 21st-century tools like 3D printing and digital fabrication. Every shape and structure in the exhibition space symbolized the connections between Germany and Turkey, reinterpreted with a contemporary twist.

And at the center of it all?
Our oversized, typographic buddies: Der, Die, Das.
They wandered the space like friendly giants—playfully reminding us that language isn’t fixed, and culture is never static.

This wasn't just an exhibition. It was a meeting place. A physical conversation. A shared ground built out of design.


                                                                                    

hello@oklabs.com