The studio · posted since 2020
Press & Post is a small collage-kit studio in Çukurcuma, İstanbul. We sort an archive of vintage cuttings by hand and mail themed boxes across Turkey — roughly six to eight a week, no more.
We started in 2020 with a single inherited box of magazines and a habit of posting clippings to friends. Five years on, the archive fills a wall of paper drawers and the kitchen table has become a proper studio bench — but the run is still deliberately tiny.
Everything about a Press & Post box is made by a person: the cuttings are sorted by eye, the papers cut to size, the brief written and printed here, and the box taped shut and stamped before it goes up the hill to the post office. We think you can feel the difference.
To 2026 we've posted 63 themes and made just over 2,140 boxes. We turn work away rather than grow the run, and we keep a short waiting list for the Season so every box gets the same attention as the first one did.
63 themes · 2,140+ boxes · 5 years
The people at the bench
A studio of three. We each have a corner of the archive and a job in the box.
Founded Press & Post in 2020 after ten years as a magazine picture researcher. Defne chooses each month's theme and does the final sort — she's the one who decides which odd neighbours go in a box. Studied visual communication at Marmara University.
Seven years as a bookbinder before joining in 2021. Kerem cuts and folds every paper stock, keeps the archive in order, and packs each box so nothing shifts in the post. If your bone folder is good, that's his doing.
Writer and printmaker, with the studio since 2022. Naz writes the four-page brief for each theme, runs the finished-wall, and answers your notes. She joined after making twelve boxes of her own as a subscriber.
If plans change
| When you tell us | What happens |
|---|---|
| Before assembly starts | Full refund, no questions |
| After assembly, before posting | 50% refund (materials used) |
| After it's posted | Deposit retained; return once received |
| Season, before next box | Remaining months refunded in full |
Force majeure — a postal strike, illness or weather closure — is never charged. We reschedule the box at no cost. Full terms live on the Terms of Use page.
On the record
small on purpose.
Come to the table
Whether you're after a first Starter kit or a full Season, we'd love to hear which theme is calling you.
