Art & Culture
Project engagementA connected digital ecosystem for culture, events and participation.
İKSV
Industry
Arts & Cultural Institutions
Sector
Art & Culture
Engagement
Project engagement
Client context
01İKSV runs a year-round cultural programme spanning the Istanbul Film, Music, Jazz and Theatre festivals, the Istanbul Biennial, Filmekimi, Salon İKSV and the Türkiye Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Lale Kart is its ongoing membership and support programme; its official site states more than 4,000 members and links privileges across the festivals, Salon, Filmekimi and Biennial tours.
Business challenge
02Supporting many distinct cultural programmes, each with its own audience and calendar, while holding a coherent institutional experience and making participation, membership and event discovery straightforward.
User problem
03Audiences move between programmes rather than staying inside one. They need to find what is on, understand how to take part, and manage membership without relearning a different interface for every brand.
MadeByCat role
04Ecosystem UX, multi-property experience design, event and content architecture, membership and support experience, and accessibility — across the institutional site and sub-brand properties including Salon İKSV and Lale Kart.
Transformation
05Individual sites were approached as one ecosystem: shared patterns for programme, event and participation content, with each brand keeping the character its audience expects.
We worked at ecosystem level first — defining how programmes, events, venues and membership relate — then designed each property against those shared structures, with accessibility treated as a baseline rather than a later pass.
Solution
06A set of connected digital properties covering institutional content, festival and event discovery, the Salon İKSV programme and the Lale Kart membership experience, built on shared content and event architecture.
Evidence & outcomes
The official İKSV site presents a year-round ecosystem of festivals, the Biennial, Filmekimi and Salon İKSV.
Qualitative · İKSV (official)
4,000+
Lale Kart members (client official)
Verified · Lale Kart (official)
Awards
3rd place — Event
Altın Örümcek · 2025 · Official record
2nd place — Entertainment
Altın Örümcek · 2024 · Official record
3rd place — Events & Culture/Arts
Altın Örümcek · 2024 · Official record
3rd place — Social Responsibility
Altın Örümcek · 2024 · Official record
People’s Favourite — Events & Culture/Arts — People’s Favourite (public vote)
Altın Örümcek · 2024 · Official record
Official award record
The official Altın Örümcek record lists MadeByCat as the agency for this project. Awards document recognition; they are not a scope, outcome or current-relationship claim.
2025 · Event — Category 3rd place
İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı · Altın Örümcek (23.) · Official source
2024 · Events & Culture/Arts — People’s Favourite (public vote)
IKSV · Altın Örümcek (22.) · Official source
2024 · Events & Culture/Arts — Category 3rd place
IKSV · Altın Örümcek (22.) · Official source
2024 · Entertainment — Category 2nd place
IKSV · Altın Örümcek (22.) · Official source
2024 · Social Responsibility — Category 3rd place
IKSV · Altın Örümcek (22.) · Official source
Related ecosystem project
Services & capabilities
Capabilities: Experience Strategy · Information Architecture · Interface Design · Accessible Design
Evidence & sources
- İKSV (official)Client official
- Lale Kart (official)Client official
- 16th Istanbul Biennial — Turkish acknowledgements credit “Web Sitesi Geliştirme” to Madebycat (website-development attribution only)Client official
- Altın Örümcek — MadeByCat agency record (official)Award source