Mono Earth

Mono Earth co-founder Çağlar İşbilir was invited to speak at Bir Tasarım Problemi , sharing the story behind the “İn” installation presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale . The talk began with a simple yet powerful idea: to understand earth not just as a surface we step on, but as a layered material shaped over millions of years. Drawing from the sedimentary landscapes of Cappadocia , the presentation unfolded as a journey—from the ground we inhabit, to the spaces we build. At Mono...

We were invited by Vitra to join Sustaindex Talks , a YouTube series that brings together different perspectives on sustainability. In this conversation, we spoke about our relationship with earth—not only as a material, but as a way of thinking, making, and relating. For us, sustainability cannot be reduced to a single definition. It is closely tied to how we live, how we produce, and how we engage with material, time, and energy. Working with earth introduces its own rhythm into the...

Mercado Design Days brought together different practices, disciplines, and ways of thinking under one roof. Throughout the days, the space shifted between being a display, a meeting point, and a conversation ground—where objects, people, and ideas moved in and out of each other. For the exhibition, we presented a modular version of Monolith. Instead of a fixed composition, it existed as a system—open to reconfiguration, responding to the space and the moment. As we installed it, different...