Mertcanisin

Mertcanisin is a one-person Turkish design studio that sells limited-edition silk-screened posters, art prints, enamel pins, stickers and small apparel drops. Prices run from €3 for a sticker to €90 for a large hand-pulled screen print, placing the brand in the affordable-to-mid segment. Everything is released in small numbered runs and sold exclusively through the Shopify web store; no wholesale or physical stockists are used. The work is instantly recognizable: bold, two- or three-color geometries inspired by Anatolian kilim motifs, brutalist architecture and 1960s op-art. Each poster is printed by the founder on 250-300 g recycled paper, signed and stamped on the back, then never reprinted once the edition sells out. This “forever sold-out” model has made early releases collectible and flipped on secondary markets for 3-4× retail. Buyers are 20-40 year-old creatives—graphic designers, architects, DJs—who want affordable, story-rich wall art that isn’t mass-market. They value independent craft, regional cultural references and the low-waste practice of tiny, made-to-order runs; many frame the prints in Scandinavian or mid-century interiors as a color accent. Mertcanisin competes with global online poster marketplaces and street-art print labels that churn out open-edition giclées. It differentiates by keeping the entire process in-house, using old-school screen printing rather than digital output, and tying every visual to a specific Turkish modernist reference, creating scarcity-driven demand without paid advertising.