Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial was held from 22 October to 4 December 2016. The curators Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley announced that the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial is entitled “Are We Human? : The Design of the Species : 2 seconds, 2 days, 2 years, 200 years, 200,000 years.” The exhibition explored the intimate relationship between the concepts of “design” and “human.”