Oz Gultekin — Designer in Montreal. Notes on technology criticism, design ethics, and digital culture.

Hello. Bonjour. Merhaba. Hello.

I'm Oz, a designer of things...

This is my signal space for a noisy mind

It's May 3rd, 10:38am here in Montreal.

Clouds are drifting and we're 34% through the year.

Hope your day's going well, wherever you are.

Notes

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I write about the overlooked, the contradictory, and the quietly absurd.

Technology CriticismDigital CulturePhilosophy of WorkIdentity & SelfPolitics & Economics

Projects

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I build minimal tools and run small experiments.

Workshop

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I make spoofs of pop culture, catch life being itself, mix palettes by feel, and cross mediums freely.

Graphics

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Engraved illustration of Alfred Hitchcock in a suit with a cigar in his mouth, upon which the Twitter bird stands and chirps, rendered in detailed cross-hatching style on a textured beige background.
Street art style poster showing Karl Marx drinking from a Coca-Cola bottle, with graffiti-style text reading Les Enfants de Marx et du Coca-Cola in dripping black letters against a distressed red background.
Retro cartoon illustration of Skeletor with a muscular physique lifting a barbell loaded with yellow weight plates in a gym, rendered in purple, yellow, and blue with halftone dot shading against a textured blue background

Photos

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A small weathered cabin sitting alone in a wide autumn field of tall grass under a moody cloudy sky
A lone figure walking a dog across a vast snow-covered park during a blizzard, nearly swallowed by white
Two orange traffic cones standing next to a rounded green playground sculpture on a gravel surface
Two abstract stacked-figure sculptures reflected in a wet plaza surface under a dramatic cloudy sunset sky
Valentine's Day balloons floating out of an open cardboard box on a New York City sidewalk beside a delivery van
A commercial airplane ascending over a harbour of fishing vessels at golden hour in Reykjavik

Atelier

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A silhouetted figure in a long coat stands on a dark empty pitch before a lit goal frame, a hard floodlight sweeping from the left.
A cluster of faceted black geometric forms resembling an abstracted burger, lit from a single low source against a dark reflective floor.
A row of dark ribbed monoliths receding into fog, each with a glowing rectangular doorway casting light across a concrete floor.

Palettes

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