Architecture
Yont Studio
19 October 2026
Architecture
Yont Studio
19 October 2026
Image: Fabian Landwehr
Q: How did the idea for YONT Studio come about, and what was the main impulse behind starting it?
A: It started as a passion to create a practice that is not only an interior design studio or furniture design, but something in between. At the intersection of art, design, and contemporary culture. And having a fresh perspective on those things as architects of Turkish origin living in Berlin, with a queer perspective—that's what YONT aims for.
Q: Your projects often have a sense of rawness or incompleteness. What draws you to this particular aesthetic?
A: There's more meaning and potential in something unfinished, not trying to be perfect. That incompleteness carries tension, contradiction. There’s room for personal interpretation. That's where we find beauty, and our practice is inspired by that idea.
"There's more meaning and potential in something unfinished, not trying to be perfect."
Image: Juan Camilo Roa
Q: Which places or spaces in Berlin have shaped your visual thinking?
A: Berlin has a rich, layered modern heritage. The urban fabric is completely fragmented, not unified like other European capitals. That fragmentation has its own charm. Post-war brutalist architecture definitely shaped us. Places like Berghain or Boros, with their rawness and alternative ways of use of space—whether as a fetish club, art space, or even a house. Voostore or Murkudis as retail & event spaces. And lots of museums, galleries, or public buildings from different eras.
Q: Is there an object that best represents or explains the philosophy of YONT?
A: The Brutalist Pink universe represents YONT's philosophy best. It's contradictory yet refined, sculptural yet architectural, colorful yet brutalist. It opens up discussions we love thinking about creatively.
Image: Eva Luise Hoppe
Image: Fabian Landwehr
Q: What do you think is overrated in contemporary design?
A: Hot 'trend' styles.
Q: Is there a project you would love to create purely for the pleasure of it, without any limitations?
A: Maybe a spatial concept for a fashion show that's also a performance space: a modern ritualistic gathering. Something between installation, theatre, and consumption.
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