Emre Sünter is a graduate of Galatasaray University, Department of Philosophy. He received his master’s degree from Paris Nanterre University, Department of Philosophy, where he went with a scholarship from the French Government. He successfully completed his doctorate in Communication Studies at the University of Montreal in 2021 with his thesis titled “For an Ecology of Microbe-Artworks: Thinking in between Art and Science”. With this work, he was entitled to be included in the Rector’s Honor List. Sünter’s academic studies have been published in prestigious journals such as NanoEthics, Theory, Culture Society, and Pulse: The Journal of Science and Culture. Sünter also translated Deleuze and Guattari’s groundbreaking book A Thousand Plateaus into Turkish, which will soon be published by Norgunk Publishing. Sünter’s research interests cover a wide range of topics such as the digitalization of society, new media, aesthetic theory, design and ethics, ecology, philosophy of science and technology. With his multifaceted research, Sünter aims to fill the gaps between disciplines and improve our understanding of the complex relationships between technology, culture and environment.
Zeynep Özüm Ak started her undergraduate education in Communication Design at Yıldız Technical University in 2008. After graduating, she continued her education in the Communication Design master’s program at ESAD Matosinhos University of Art and Design (Escola Superior de Arte e Design Matosinhos, Porto/Portugal) in 2014. The designer, who continued her doctorate in Design at Aveiro University between 2018-2019, worked as a part-time lecturer in the Communication Design department of Yıldız Technical University in 2023. In 2019, she participated in the International Design Council (Ico-D) meetings held in Porto as a panel speaker representing the Professional Organization of Graphic Designers (GMK). The designer, who has been producing mainly culture and arts projects since 2014, is the founding partner of Beautiful Problems Design Studio and a member of GMK.