Post Form is a creative practice directed by Alper Turan.
Post Form works across architecture, graphic design, exhibitions, objects, and research. The practice approaches each project through form, using drawing, making, and representation as tools to develop ideas across scales and media. By moving fluidly between disciplines, Post Form creates identities, images, spaces, and objects that connect cultural, spatial, and visual thinking.
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Post Form works across architecture, graphic design, exhibitions, objects, and research. The practice approaches each project through form, using drawing, making, and representation as tools to develop ideas across scales and media. By moving fluidly between disciplines, Post Form creates identities, images, spaces, and objects that connect cultural, spatial, and visual thinking.
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Alper Turan
Alper holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Istanbul Technical University and a post-professional M.Arch II degree from Yale University School of Architecture.
He works in the fields of architecture, representation, and graphic design. Throughout his career, Alper has worked in award winning design studios in Istanbul and New York. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane University and works with Paula Scher at Pentagram Design on environmental graphics projects for clients such as the Public Theater, Memphis Art Museum, and High Line.
Alper’s teaching and research bridge architecture, graphic design, and digital media: investigating how various tools shape the way we design, draw, and build. His design work has been published in various publications including New York Times, Archinect, Pan Scroll Zoom, Retrospecta, and KoozArch, and has been exhibited at prestigious venues such as the V&A Museum in London and Studio X in Istanbul. Alper remains actively engaged in his independent research and design pursuits through Post-Form and holds a license to practice architecture in Turkey.
Alper holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Istanbul Technical University and a post-professional M.Arch II degree from Yale University School of Architecture.
He works in the fields of architecture, representation, and graphic design. Throughout his career, Alper has worked in award winning design studios in Istanbul and New York. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane University and works with Paula Scher at Pentagram Design on environmental graphics projects for clients such as the Public Theater, Memphis Art Museum, and High Line.
Alper’s teaching and research bridge architecture, graphic design, and digital media: investigating how various tools shape the way we design, draw, and build. His design work has been published in various publications including New York Times, Archinect, Pan Scroll Zoom, Retrospecta, and KoozArch, and has been exhibited at prestigious venues such as the V&A Museum in London and Studio X in Istanbul. Alper remains actively engaged in his independent research and design pursuits through Post-Form and holds a license to practice architecture in Turkey.
Projects and ideas presented here are the outcome of past or ongoing collaborations with many talented colleagues, including:
Guillermo Acosta
Daniella Calma
Bobby Cheng
Doruk Kayali
Mari Kroin
Max Anton Lambrecht
Austin Lightle
Pentagram team (past and current members)Paula Scher
Kirstin Rocke-Huber
Bruno Bergallo
Aleks Dawson
Olivia Ray
JungIn You
Billie Rene
Yansong Yang
Guillermo Acosta
Daniella Calma
Bobby Cheng
Doruk Kayali
Mari Kroin
Max Anton Lambrecht
Austin Lightle
Pentagram team (past and current members)Paula Scher
Kirstin Rocke-Huber
Bruno Bergallo
Aleks Dawson
Olivia Ray
JungIn You
Billie Rene
Yansong Yang
Awards
NonA: Re-Draw #04: Centre Pompidou Drawing Competition
Ronesans Surdurulebilir Gelecegi Tasarla
1st Place: Winner
Jury Special Award
2023
2018
Press and Recognition
“Inside the $85 Million Renovation of Central Park’s Home for Shakespeare”
“Pentagram utilizes architectural forms to create a new visual identity for
Memphis Art Museum”
“Underwater”
New York Times
Archinect
Yale Paprika!
Volume 6, Issue 03: A field: to seed, or not to seed
2025
2023
2020
Mediums
Editorial Design
Branding
Motion Graphics
Public Artwork
Web Design
Installations
Art Direction
Digital Experiences
Creative Direction
Architectural Drawing