Member of GMK Turkish Graphic Designers Association
Graphic and Type Designer, Co-founder informal project. Currently pursuing his master’s degree at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Graphic Design Department.
He is interested in lettering, graffiti, type design and calligraphy.
His works has been exhibited and featured locally and internationally such as TDC (USA), Weltformat(Germany), Graphis Annual(USA) BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia, Poster Quadrennial Bardejov (Slovakia) Grafist (Turkey), GMK (Turkey).
He is often invited to events as a workshop leader and speaker.
Talks about typography wherever and whenever!
The designer is still working in İstanbul and mostly produces works for the cultural/social sector.
Koç University / Diploma Jury Turkey 2021
Çukurova Üniversitesi Turkey 2021
ISTYpe [locl] Turkey 2020
Kağıt Kesiği-Emre Karacan Turkey 2020
DesignGost Podcast NY,Turkey 2020
GMK Sunumlar #5: Afiş Tasarımı İstanbul, Turkey, 2020
Kristal Elma 2018 Jury Member İstanbul, Turkey, 2018
Jeff Talks Peş Peşe Salt Beyoğlu İstanbul, Turkey, 2018
Mural Izmir 2018 Jury Member Mural Izmir İzmir Metropolitan Municipality İzmir, Turkey, 2018
PechaKucha Eskişehir Dublin Cafe & Irish Pub Eskişehir, Turkey, 2018
Behance Portfolio Reviews M.O.N Light Art Gallery & Design Studio İzmir, Turkey, 2017
Design Talks Koç University Media and Visual Arts Department Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
Sistem Hatası / System Error with Sarp Sozdinler, Dokuz Eylul University Izmir, Turkey, 2016
Sistem Hatası / System Error | A Manifold event with Sarp Sozdinler Studio-x Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
Sözün imgesi, imgenin sözü Anadolu Calligraphy & Typography Event Anadolu University Eskişehir, Turkey, 2016
Solo Graffiti Performance Anadolu Calligraphy & Typography Event Anadolu University Eskişehir, Turkey, 2016
Sistem Hatası / System Error with Sarp Sozdinler , Ege University Izmir, Turkey, 2016
Sistem Hatası / System Error with Sarp Sozdinler , Ataturk University Erzurum, Turkey, 2016
Sistem Hatası / System Error with Sarp Sozdinler , Yasar University Izmir, Turkey, 2016
Kent Duvarlarının Yarım Yüzyılı: Burhan Doğançay Retrospektifi Solo Graffiti Performance, Istanbul Modern Istanbul, Turkey, 2012
Meeting Of Allstars Graffiti Festival Performance with Stilbaz Crew , Gezi Parkı, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012,2013,2014
BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia La Paz, Bolivia, 2021
39th Graphic Design Exhibition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) Istanbul, Turkey, 2020
Parallel Lines Hochschule Ausburg Augsburg, German, 2019
38th Graphic Design Exhibition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) Istanbul, Turkey, 2019
BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia La Paz, Bolivia, 2019
Fikra Graphic Design Biennial 01: Ministry of Graphic Design Jeff Talks/Antilop Poster Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2018
37th Graphic Design Exhibition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
Ecuador Poster Bienal Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión Quito, Ecuador, 2018
Jeff Talks Peş Peşe Salt Beyoğlu Istanbul,Turkey, 2018
TDC64, World’s Best Typography” exhibition Seoul, South Korea, May 12 – 2018 ————————— Type Directors Club 64th Annual Typography Exhibition 41 Cooper Square New York, USA, July 18 – 2018 ————————— TDC64 Exhibition in Warsaw Warsaw, Poland, July 9 – 2018 ————————— TDC64 Exhibition in Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium, September 12 – 2018
Starting Form Zero Research of the Possibilities on ”Moving Posters” studio-X istanbul. Istanbul,Turkey, 2018
INAD/International Art and Design Exhibition Selcuk University Konya,Turkey, 2018
The Seattle-Istanbul Poster Show Hemingway Center Boise State University Seattle,USA, 2017
Base Istanbul Galata Rum Okulu Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
Bak bana-Look at me Posters from Istanbul Augsburg University, Germany, 2017
Co2poster Biennial Colorado Mesa University, USA, 2017
36th Graphic Design Exhibition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
Design Week Turkey17 MSGSÜ Seçilmiş İşler İstanbul, Turkey, 2017
Weltformat 17 The moving poster 2 Luzern, Switzerland, 2017
International Poster Biennale Lublin Lublin, Poland 2017
TYPE + TEXT with Sarp Sözdinler, Muzeum Miasta Łodzi, Poland2017
13. JAZZ W RUINACH POSTER EXHIBITION / WYSTAWA PLAKATU Gliwice, Poland 2017
9th Yunus Emre Exhibition Anadolu Calligraphy & Typography Event Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2017
BICeBé | Biennial of Poster Bolivia La Paz, Bolivia, 2017
35th Graphic Design Exhibition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) Antalya, Turkey, 2017
Poster Quadrennial Bardejov Slovakia, 2017
35th Graphic Design Exhibition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) Istanbul, Turkey, 2016
Weltformat 16 with Blank Poster Luzern, Switzerland, 2016
8th Yunus Emre Exhibition Anadolu Calligraphy & Typography Event Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2016
Crossing Frontiers / Grafist20 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul, Turkey, 2016
Ege University Poster Exhibiton with Sarp Sözdinler İzmir, Turkey, 2016
The Seattle-Istanbul Poster Show Marmara University Gallery, Sultanahmet Square İstanbul, Turkey, 2016
Ataturk University Fine Arts Faculty Museum Erzurum, Turkey, 2016
Blank Poster x Kon Exhibition Einstein-Kultur, Munich, Germany, 2015
Urban Aesthetic Poster Exhibition Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey, 2016
34th Graphic Design Exhibition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
Page-online Konzeptionell arbeitet auch die Informal Type Foundry aus Istanbul, die als zweite eigene Schrift, die Anafor herausbrachte, die sich auf den Konstruktivismus des russischen Künstlers Kasimir Malewitsch bezieht. Ganz auf die Winkel konzentriert, öffnet sich der Font zur Abstraktion.
Luc.Devroye Istanbul, Turkey-based designer of the sticky tape typeface Anafor (2018).
Etapes: “A beautiful posters series by Erman Yılmaz that explores typography. It’s always fascinating to see how it’s possible to be creative with letters.”
ual: “Erman Yilmaz is a graphic designer and graffiti artist based in Istanbul, whose work focuses mainly on the arts, social and cultural sector. He uses shape and pattern to embed words into his work.”
Columbia University Visualizing Information from the Ottoman Era to the Republic.
Gallery no:39 Full scale poster for “Mural İstanbul” in 39 issue of the Chois gallery.
GMK Afişlerden Kartpostallar
Typographicposters “Erman yilmaz (1985,turkey) is a graphic designer and graffiti artist based in i̇stanbul, whose work focuses mainly on the arts, social and cultural sector.”
Grainedit “Erman Yilmaz’s passion for street art highly influences his digital work. Like graffiti, his typographic arrangements intertwine with illustrations in an elaborate and colorful fashion. As the elements converge, he inserts hidden details that add extra significance to the message of each poster.”
aigaeyeondesign “A spider’s web of type in Istanbul designer Erman Yılmaz’s Köken İçerisinde Notlar poster for FOL.”
mestudio “I stumbled across these really nice type-based posters from turkish graphic designer Erman Yilmaz.”
Anadolu Calligraphy & Typography Event Erman Yilmaz info
2020 Graphic Design Competition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) * Poster Design Achievement Award – “Bauhaus Imaginista – Uzaklarda İstanbul”
Graphics Poster Annual 2021 * Silver Award – “GMK Kırk yaşında” * Silver Award – “Boş Bir Oda Kendi Fonksiyonunu Yaratır”
Graphics Poster Annual 2020 * Gold Award – “Muralistanbul 2018” * Silver Award – “Alex”
2018 Graphic Design Competition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) * Best Poster Design Award (Cultural/Social) – “Mural Festivali 2018″ * Best Typeface Design Award – “Oddee Typeface” * Poster Design Achievement Award – “Perşembe Sineması” * Poster Design Achievement Award – “Muralistanbul Sariyer” * Poster Design Achievement Award – “Sinemanın Sesi” * Bikem Özsunay Faundation Poster Special Award – “Alex” * Bikem Özsunay Faundation Poster Special Award – “Mural Festival 2018″ * Ihap Hulusi Poster Special Award – “Muralistanbul” * GMK Best Typeface Design Award – “Oddee Typeface”
2018 Graphic Design Competition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) * Bikem Özsunay Faundation Poster Special Award (Cultural/Social) – “Osmanlı Topraklarında Yaşamlar” * Typography Achievement Award – “GMK Kırk Yaşında” * Best Typography Design Award – “Bağlantılar” * Poster Design Achievement Award – “Book of Taswir” * Poster Design Achievement Award – “Tomasz Bierkowskii” * Best Typeface Design Award – “Gaslamp Typeface” * Best Typography Award – “Studio-X Istanbul” * Best Direct Mail/Flyer – “Studio-X Istanbul” * Book Design Achievement Award/strong> – “Grafist21″
64th TDC, Type Directors Club Communication Design * Typography Excellence Award – “Anafor Typeface specimen poster”
2017 Graphic Design Competition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) * Best Typography Design Award – “Crossing Frontiers” * GMK Best Typography Design Award – “Crossing Frontiers” * Exhibiton Design Award – “Grafist 20” * Typeface Design Achievement Award – “Anafor Typeface” * Catalogue Design Achievement Award – “Crossing Frontiers” * Exhibiton Design Achievement Award – “Speak to the Eyes” * Typography Design Achievement Award – “The Dialogues”
Finalist at Taiwan International Graphic Design Award Taiwan, Republic of China
2016 Graphic Design Competition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) * Best Poster Design (Cultural/Social) – “Mural İstanbul” (Poster) * Best Typography – “Köken İçerisinde Notlar” (Poster) * Sait Maden Typography Special Award – “Köken İçerisinde Notlar” (Poster) * İhap Hulusi Poster Design Special Award – “Mural İstanbul” (Poster) * Bikem Özsunay Poster Design Special Award – “Köken İçerisinde Notlar” (Poster) * Poster Design Success Award(Cultural/Social) – “Köken İçerisinde Notlar” (Poster) * Typography Success Award – “The Death of Cities/Kentlerin Ölümü” (Poster)
2016 Urban Aesthetic Competition Organized by Ondokuz Mayıs University * Best 100 Poster – “The Death of Cities”
27th Festival of Culture and Tourism “Bird’s Paradise” in Bandirma Poster Compitetion * First prize winner poster
2015 Graphic Design Competition Organized by Turkish Graphic Designer Association (GMK) * Poster Design Success Award(Cultural/Social) – “Mural Istanbul”(Poster)