YEŞİM TOSUNER /
BACKYARD DESIGN
Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Yesim has been working as a graphic designer, illustrator, and a multimedia designer for close to 20 years. Before moving to Toronto in 1998, she has lived and worked in Istanbul, London (UK) and Halifax (NS). Her education in theatre, fashion and graphic design and years of experience in inter-disciplinary projects have shaped her unique style. She is best known for her unusual and elegant design work for CD packaging for which she won an Applied Arts Magazine Award in 2011. Yesim’s approach to design values a balance between simplicity and boldness, creativity and craftsmanship.
As a multimedia artist Yesim worked in collaboration with John Southworth, Jane Bunnett, Ensemble Meduse and David Buchbinder. Her work has been shown in festivals and venues such as MA Scène Nationale (Montbéliard, France), the Sound Symposium (Newfoundland), Festival of the Sound (Parry Sound), IdeaCity, AGO, the Music Gallery (Toronto) and McGill University (Montreal).