8th UNIGRAPH Design and Creativity Festival Begins!

Date : 07 May 2026-08 May 2026
Clock : 11:00 AM-5:30 PM
Place : Conference Hall

Explanation :

The traditional event of İzmir University of Economics Vocational School, the UNIGRAPH Design and Creativity Festival, is meeting participants for the 8th time this year. The festival will take place on May 7–8, 2026, in the Block A Conference Hall.

Bringing together students and design enthusiasts interested in communication, design, cinema, and creative production, the event will feature talks by industry professionals, hands-on workshops led by experts in the field, inspiring exhibitions, and special film screenings with director participation.

Throughout the festival, participants will have the opportunity to discover the energy of design, the transformative power of creativity, and production practices nourished by different disciplines. They will also have the chance to learn new techniques, build professional connections, and expand their creative networks.

We invite all our students and design enthusiasts who wish to push the boundaries of design, share inspiring moments, and engage with different fields of creative production to the 8th UNIGRAPH Design and Creativity Festival.

Event Program

May 7, 2026 – Block A Conference Hall

11:00–12:00 – Agency Talk – İzmir Association of Advertisers

Can Zibil — Fikirfikir, Founder
Cankut Kaya — Caka Workshop Strategist, Agency President
Ece Yar — Bermuda Agency, Founder
Serkan Yıldırım — 3S Advertising Agency, Agency President

12:00 – Exhibition Opening

12:30–13:30 – Lunch Break

13:30–14:30 – Batuhan Türkay
Images Became Cheaper, Ideas Became More Valuable

15:00–17:30 – Workshops

Ahmet Bircan Oğuz — Bringing Posters into the 3D Dimension (D 206)
Ilgım Ezgi Boztaş — 3D Character Design (MB 160)

14:45–15:45 – Universal Science Fiction and Fantastic Film Festival İzmir Screening (US3F’26)
Block A Conference Hall

The Galactic Plectrum, Semih Ellialtı, 17’36’’
Your Body My Mind, Louis Günther Götz, 17’50’’
Strive, Jussi Rautaniemi, 14’50’’
Unsharable, Furkan Akarsu, 8’30’’

16:00–17:00 – Special Screening with Directors in Attendance
Block A Conference Hall

Gukla — Special Screening and Talk, Emine Uysal Berger, Özgür Ceylan, 22’00’’

May 8, 2026 – Block A Conference Hall

10:00–10:45 – Volkan Ölmez & Neslihan Günaydın Ölmez
Fol Studio

11:00–11:45 – İhsan Canıtez
Storytelling and Cartoon Workshop

12:00–13:30 – Lunch Break

13:30–17:30 – Workshops

Emre Duygu — Plastic Sensibility and Originality in Poster Design (MB 160)
Sevda Kaçtı — Liberating the Form: Experimental Stylization Exercises in Illustration (D 211)
Semih Özanık — Frame by Frame Stop Motion by Name (D 002)