Portfolio of Zara Talat, independent designer in Istanbul working across identity, digital and image. A handful of projects a year.https://zarata.lathttps://zarata.lat/work/salt-print-no-4https://zarata.lat/work/salt-print-no-4Shot on film that expired in 2019 and kept in a drawer since. The colour shifts were left alone and the series is printed at the size the negatives were scanned.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/loop-study-012https://zarata.lat/work/loop-study-012Twelve seconds on loop. A study in weight, grain and repetition made between commissions.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/verse-quarterlyhttps://zarata.lat/work/verse-quarterlyArt direction and layout for an independent poetry quarterly. 128 pages, two papers, one spot colour.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/atlas-readerhttps://zarata.lat/work/atlas-readerA calm reading app for long-form field notes. Identity, web client and a small design system.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/low-tidehttps://zarata.lat/work/low-tideMorning mist, flat water and three figures on rocks. Shot over two dawns on Møn.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/asen-festivalhttps://zarata.lat/work/asen-festivalIdentity and programme for a two-day music festival in a former lumber yard.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/field-noteshttps://zarata.lat/work/field-notesA numbering and archiving system for a travelling research studio. Every note finds its place.Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/type-specimen-03https://zarata.lat/work/type-specimen-03Third in a series of self-published specimens. One grotesk, tested at every size it should never be used at.Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/paper-weighthttps://zarata.lat/work/paper-weightPackaging for a paper goods shop that sells by weight. Basketball not included.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/studio-indexhttps://zarata.lat/work/studio-indexAn index of everything a small studio has ever made. Searchable, sortable, deliberately plain.Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/night-shifthttps://zarata.lat/work/night-shiftPortraits shot after midnight in available light for a Copenhagen night-shift canteen.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/nordre-roomshttps://zarata.lat/work/nordre-roomsRoom numbers, door signs and a quiet wayfinding system for six guest rooms.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/kvist-atelierhttps://zarata.lat/work/kvist-atelierSite and identity for a Stockholm cabinetmaker. Slow pages for slow furniture.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/folded-matterhttps://zarata.lat/work/folded-matterCatalogue for an exhibition about paper as sculpture. Folds, tears and overprints.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/havn-coffeehttps://zarata.lat/work/havn-coffeeIdentity system for a harbour kiosk. Works at 2cm on a loyalty stamp and 2m on a sail.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/mon-ceramicshttps://zarata.lat/work/mon-ceramicsPackaging and still lifes for a small ceramics workshop. Off-white on off-white.Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/glass-indexhttps://zarata.lat/work/glass-indexAn index of 120 smoked-glass objects. Each one photographed the same way, every time.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://zarata.lat/work/drifthttps://zarata.lat/work/driftMotion-blurred runners, flowering grass and low cloud. Campaign for a running club that hates podiums.Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT