Aykut Erol

"Design is not an object, it's a message."

This book is a compelling retrospective of Aykut Erol’s twenty-year creative journey, rooted in his 2004 “Be Sincere” manifesto — a radical call for honesty, minimalism, and meaning in design.

Internationally recognized for his Line collection, Erol redefined furniture as something light, fluid, and ephemeral — drawn in space like a gesture. His work challenges the materialism of contemporary design by proposing an aesthetic based on clarity, symbolism, and sincerity.

Written by Belgian curator and design theorist Max Borka, Be Sincere explores Erol’s experimental projects from Grass to Line 2.0, interweaving themes of nomadism, ritual, Arte Povera, post-industrial ethics, and artificial intelligence.

This book is not merely about objects — it's about ideas, systems, and social meaning. Erol’s design philosophy blends East and West, past and future, material and immaterial into a poetic and critical voice in global design.