Motivi - Simon Boudvin logo design Turkey was a complex country

Turkey was a complex country long before the rise of its new sultan: born out of the ashes of a vast multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire

and everyday practices to imagine a future where we can all thrive

colour and form demands attention

personal and collective histories

Motivi - Simon Boudvin logo design Turkey was a complex countryMotivi is a collection of graphic compositions by artist Simon Boudvin, who created this during his residency at Villa Medici in Rome between 20202021. Drawing inspiration from famed Italian architectural and design magazines, Boudvin collected noteworthy pages from issues published in the 1980s. He then enlarged them by 400% to create 192 close ups of seemingly random shapes and patterns. These reproduced fragments present a chapter in the history of