Aslıhan Kazancı Studio aspires to create curious, emotional, and transformative stories, experiences, and spaces
AKS is an independent creative practice focusing on design and art projects.
Its design practice spans creative direction, museum, exhibition, and experience design,
while its art practice focuses on installation-based works, musical explorations, and writing.
AKS is based between İstanbul and New York.
SELECTED WORKS
Henry "Hank" Cosby: Tribute to an Original Funk Brother, Motown Museum | Detroit, MI, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–DD–CD) | AKS, 2025
UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures | San Antonio, TX, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–DD–CD) | G&A Strategy and Design, 2025
The National WWII Museum | New Orleans, LA, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (SD) | G&A Strategy and Design, 2025
Arizona Science Center | Phoenix, AZ, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (VEP) | G&A Strategy and Design, 2025
The Legislative Plaza | Nashville, TN, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (DD) | G&A Strategy and Design, 2025
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum | Canyon, TX, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design) | G&A Strategy and Design, 2024
Presidio La Bahía | Goliad, TX, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (VEP) | G&A Strategy and Design, 2024
National Medal of Honor Museum | Arlington, TX, USA — Exhibition & Experience Designer (Design Assist) | G&A Strategy and Design, 2024
Carnegie Science Center | Pittsburgh, PA, USA — Associate Creative Director (Concept Design) | Local Projects, 2023
Turkish Airlines Headquarters Brand Experience Project | İstanbul, Türkiye — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–DD) | AKS, 2023
Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Museum | Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye — Creative Director (Concept Design) | AKS, 2023
Kahramanmaraş Castle Experience | Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–DD) | AKS, 2022
3 2 1! Experience | Travelling Exhibit — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–CD) | AKS, 2022
Türkiye Section at Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo | Mexico City, Mexico — Design Consultancy | AKS, 2022
MUKO Design Museum | Meta-space — Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design) | Salon, 2022
American Ottomans Exhibition | New York, NY, USA — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–CD) | Alart Culture & Design, 2021
Adnan Menderes Museum | Aydın, Türkiye — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–CD) | Alart Culture & Design, 2021
Heritage İstanbul Pavillion | İstanbul, Türkiye — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (SD–CD) | Alart Culture & Design, 2021
Sirkeci Railway Station Experience | İstanbul, Türkiye — Creative Director (Concept Design) | Alart Culture & Design, 2021
One Point to Other Experience | Digital Experience — Creative Director (All Design Phases) | Alart Culture & Design, 2020
Memoirs in My Suitcase Exhibition at Pitt Rivers Museum | Oxford, UK — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–CD) | Alart Culture & Design, 2019
Yağıbasan Medresesi History of Education and Science Museum | Tokat, Türkiye — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD–DD–CD) | Alart Culture & Design, 2019
Kariye Museum Experience | İstanbul, Türkiye — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design–SD) | Alart Culture & Design, 2019
Archive of Anatolia Project — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design) | Alart Culture & Design, 2019
Sel – İstanbul Project — Creative Director + Exhibition & Experience Designer (Concept Design) | AKS, 2018