# Designing community and culture with Cihan Tamti. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861/designing-community-and-culture-with-cihan-tamti Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861/designing-community-and-culture-with-cihan-tamti.md Podcast: [Creative Characters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861) Published: 2025-09-23T17:36:18+00:00 Episode link: https://www.monotype.com/podcast Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/monotype/E516_-_Cihan_Tamti_FINAL_MIX_V3_CJO_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=2618777 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-characters-2638861/episodes/designing-community-and-culture-with-cihan-tamti Duration seconds: 2757 ## Resource Host Livia Halltari chats with Cihan Tamti , a graphic designer based in Bochum, Germany. Cihan designs for clients like Nike, Calvin Klein, and Ms. Lauryn Hill. Yet he's passionate about designing in his community, spending time each year on the identity for a local film festival called DOXS RUHR and on pro bono work for local coffee shops and restaurants. In this episode, Livia talks to Cihan about his creative process, his early interest in graffiti, the magic of having an art teacher who encouraged him, and designing the identity for the world's largest sailing event. You can find blog posts for this and all our past episodes at monotype.com/podcast ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-characters-2638861/episodes/designing-community-and-culture-with-cihan-tamti/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861/designing-community-and-culture-with-cihan-tamti.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.