The Istanbul Design Biennial, curated by Jan Boelen, with Nadine Botha and Vera Sacchetti, announced the participants in its fourth edition, which will take place from 22 September to 4 November 2018.
Titled “A School of Schools”, the biennial will be distributed among six of the capital’s main cultural institutions. Education is the chosen point of view to reflect on the role of design, knowledge, and global connectedness in contemporary Istanbul and beyond.

At Akbank Sanat, the “Unmaking School” studies the human creative instinct and how this redefines contemporary work and our relationship with cities; at the Yapı Kredi cultural center, the “Currents School” explores connections and hierarchies of information, to critically analyse new technologies and systems. At the Pera Museum, the “Scales School” investigates standards, norms and taxonomies of learning. At the Arter gallery, the “Earth School” talks about nature, disasters and the conflictual relationship between man and nature.
At Salt Galata, the “Time School” speculates on possible futures and paradoxical perspectives; at Studio-X Istanbul, the “Digestion School” studies metabolic systems and consumption patterns, cultural rituals and food infrastructures.