Emre Yıldız, graphic designer and academic. Born in Giessen, Germany in 1980, living in İzmir, Turkey, holding his MA in Graphic Design, currently working as a full-time lecturer, teaching Typography, Printmaking, and Graphic Design History, also pursuing his doctorate studies. Besides creating visual identities and communication tools for cultural projects and designing display fonts for his type foundry, Yıldız curates for and organizes national and international projects based on urban culture, design culture, and art, with the platform he co-founded in 2012.