Portfolio — 2017 — present
Yiğit Özen
Architect turned spatial web designer.
Founder of decentralize (Milan) and Virtually Ever After (Luxembourg).
RedDAO Digital Fashion Prize winner.
Working at the intersection of physical space, virtual environments,
blockchain infrastructure, and early-stage technology.
Based between Luxembourg, Milan, and Istanbul.
Spatial Web◆
WebXR◆
Architecture◆
Blockchain◆
Digital Fashion◆
Luxembourg◆
Milan◆
Istanbul◆
Three.js◆
Metaverse Arch◆
NFT◆
Arch Viz◆
Spatial Web◆
WebXR◆
Architecture◆
Blockchain◆
Digital Fashion◆
Luxembourg◆
Milan◆
Istanbul◆
Three.js◆
Metaverse Arch◆
NFT◆
Arch Viz◆
01
01 About
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RedDAO Digital Fashion Prize — 1st Place
VCA × Draup Virtual Fashion Residency
Open to WebXR · Arch Viz · Brand Identity projects
I trained as an architect. Since 2017, I've operated almost entirely in
spaces that didn't yet exist — virtual environments, decentralized systems,
spatial interfaces for the web. The discipline of architecture turned out
to be a surprisingly good lens for all of it: everything is about
how you structure space, whether that space is physical,
digital, or somewhere between.
I co-founded decentralize, a spatial web design studio in Milan,
and Virtually Ever After, an architectural visualization platform
in Luxembourg. The work spans immersive WebXR environments, blockchain-
authenticated digital assets, brand identities, and real-time 3D systems
for architecture. Across 3 cities, 2 studios, and nearly a decade of
independent practice.
The through-line is always the same: spatial thinking is the oldest form
of human sense-making, and it maps onto every new medium — physical,
digital, or otherwise. I'm drawn to the earliest, strangest phase of
new industries — when the vocabulary doesn't exist yet and you have
to invent it as you go.
Over the past decade, this practice has been recognized by RedDAO, EnterDAO,
Parcel, PangeaDAO, and MONA — and exhibited at Kunsthalle Zürich, Holy Art
Gallery London, Royal Institution London, and Art Basel Miami. The work spans
over 50 virtual architectural structures, 19 deployed virtual worlds across
Hyperfy and Oncyber, and nearly 1,000 artworks published at
de-centralize.com.
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02 Studios
decentralize
Most virtual spaces feel empty because they were designed without spatial thinking.
decentralize brings architectural discipline to digital space — the understanding
that space isn't just seen, it's experienced.
Spatial web design practice operating at the intersection of
architecture, fashion, art, and technology. Specializing in
immersive virtual environments, browser-based 3D systems, and
blockchain-authenticated digital assets. Treats virtual space
as an autonomous domain — not a simulation of the physical.
Home to DD Journal — an ongoing archive of writing on metaverse
architecture, digital fashion, and post-physical spatial theory.
WebXR
Three.js
NFT
Digital Fashion
Metaverse Arch
Virtually Ever After
Architecture is experienced, not just seen. Static renders communicate
dimensions — VEA communicates presence. Clients feel the space
before it's built.
Architectural visualization engine based in Luxembourg.
Transforms architecture and spatial concepts into immersive
real-time 3D digital experiences. Works at the edge of
brand identity, spatial storytelling, and interactive design
for architecture and creative studios.
Clients include Status Co., Das Pieces, and Novantatre — architecture
and creative studios across Luxembourg and Europe.
Arch Viz
Real-time 3D
Brand Identity
Spatial Storytelling
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03 Selected Work
Scaffold
Architecture has always been hostage to physics. Scaffold removes every constraint.
Immersive virtual museum housing 50+ architectural designs
freed from material constraints. A browser-based 3D environment
exploring spatial form without gravity, weather, or scarcity.
Virtual Museum
3D Browser
C2W — Click-To-Wear
If fashion defines identity, what does identity mean when the body is optional?
Award-winning VRM avatar collection created during the VCA × Draup
Virtual Fashion Residency. Winner of the RedDAO Digital Fashion
1st Prize. Wearable digital garments authenticated on-chain.
Digital Fashion
VRM
◆ RedDAO 1st Prize
decentralize
Neue² Dojo
Galleries decide what's displayed. Neue² Dojo asks who should make that decision.
Virtual art gallery housing 340 artworks on the blockchain.
Spatial logic inspired by Mies van der Rohe's minimalism —
where rigorous reduction meets decentralized ownership.
NFT Gallery
Blockchain
Minimalism
Black City
Every city has a center of power. Black City has eight — each owned by no one.
Decentralized virtual city design featuring 8 independent
MOCA ROOMS museums — each curatable by the community.
Urban structure without a central authority.
Decentralized
Virtual City
DAO
decentralize
Status Co. / Das Pieces / Novantatre
Brand identity for studios that understand space as the primary medium of communication.
Brand identity, interactive web, pop-up space design, and video
art direction for architecture and creative studios across
Luxembourg and Europe.
Branding
Interactive Web
Art Direction
VEA
04
04 Background
—2017
Architecture Education
Turkey
Formal architectural training. The discipline of structuring space —
physical or otherwise — became the constant thread through everything
that followed.
2017—
Independent Practice
Istanbul · Milan · Luxembourg
Architecture, spatial design, and early-stage technology
projects across three cities. Building the vocabulary for
spaces that didn't yet have one.
2021—
Founder, decentralize
Milan
Spatial web design studio — metaverse architecture, WebXR, digital fashion,
blockchain-authenticated assets. RedDAO Digital Fashion 1st Prize winner.
2024—
Founder, Virtually Ever After
Luxembourg
Architectural visualization engine — real-time 3D experiences
for architecture and creative studios across Europe.
05
05 Awards & Recognition
2024
MONA 3D Objects Buildathon — Center Pieces
Honorable Mention · MONA
Selected among outstanding spatial design contributions to the MONA platform buildathon.
2023
VCA × Draup Virtual Fashion Residency — 1st Prize
Selected by RedDAO
C2W — Click-To-Wear VRM avatar collection. International jury selected by the RedDAO digital fashion community.
2023
Top 50 Creators of Metaverse
Metamundo
Selected among the top 50 metaverse creators globally by Metamundo platform.
2023
CryptoCubes by Han — Runner-Up
CryptoCubes
2022
Creatorverse Buildathon — Music Venue
Winner · Parcel × PangeaDAO
2022
Creatorverse Buildathon — Meeting Space
Runner-Up · Parcel × PangeaDAO
2022
Grant Program — Fashion Venue
Winner · EnterDAO Landworks
2022
Grant Program — Headquarters
Winner · EnterDAO Landworks
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06 Exhibitions
2023
New Codes Exhibition
Royal Institution · London, UK
VCA, Draup, Mad Global
2023
KODA by Polkadot
Factory Berlin · Berlin, Germany
2023
First Look Metaverse Watch Party
MONA
2022
Creators of the Metaverse by Metamundo
Art Basel Miami · USA
2022
DYOR
Kunsthalle Zürich · Switzerland
2022
Art Design
Holy Art Gallery · London, UK
2022
Klein Metaverse Event
BabylonsNFT · Yachtingverse
2022
New Freedom Think
Mads Gallery · Milan, Italy
2021
Communitas III: Digital Community
Kunsthaus Steffisburg · Switzerland
Kollektiv Kollektiv
2019
Power of the Nature
Fabbrica Del Vapore · Milan, Italy
2019
The Art's Special Projects
Fabbrica Del Vapore · Milan, Italy
07
07 Talks & Lectures
2024
Opening Keynote — Digital Fashion Summit
Lifestyle Design Cluster, Creative Denmark · Copenhagen
2023
Architecture in the Metaverse — VCA Mentorship, 6th Cohort
Virtual College of Architecture
2023
Virtual Show & Tell
Hyperfy · hosted by untitled.xyz
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08 Virtual Worlds
19 deployed virtual environments across Hyperfy and Oncyber — from runway events
to decentralized museums, from avatar fashion stores to virtual theaters.
C2W Runway
Virtual Runway · Event
Hyperfy
Afterparty
Interactive Shop · Event
MONA
Concept Furniture Store
Showroom
Oncyber
Scaffold
3D Smart Browser · Showroom
Hyperfy
C2W2 Runners
Conceptual · Showroom
Oncyber
SERVICES
Info Point · Showroom
Oncyber
Black City
MOCA ROOMS World · Museum City
Hyperfy
Neue² Dojo
Independent Art Gallery
Hyperfy
Forge
NoiseDAO Music Collection World · Museum City
Hyperfy
JJ8
Avatar Fashion Store · Retail no.4
Hyperfy
C2W-R-V3 Rust, Bau, Rabbit, Nietzsc.
Avatar Fashion Store · Retail no.3
Oncyber
Blackcorridor
Avatar Fashion Store · Retail no.2
Oncyber
QQ-FU2 Patio
Avatar Fashion Store · Retail no.1
Oncyber
forgeshop.arch
Arch.Viewer · Building Exhibition
Oncyber
forgeshop.design
Design Viewer · Objects Exhibition
Oncyber
Why We Exist
Virtual Theater no.1
Hyperfy
Balloon
Virtual Theater no.2
Hyperfy
Hatch
Virtual Theater no.3
Hyperfy
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09 Digital Topographies
Digital Topographies is an ongoing series of 52 virtual architectural structures —
each freed from gravity, material cost, and physical constraint. Built across
Hyperfy and Oncyber, the series explores spatial form as pure information.
POTBELLY Q_FU
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XHBTION_SPC
01
VEGANCELL+PARK
02
BUREAU+THEATRE
03
DIGITAL EXPO CENTER
04
BEPFMV
05
DECONSTRUCTIVIST EAGLE NEST
06
ASTRAL EGG PLANT
07
THE FINGER DOME
08
UMMUSE
09
#NP17658
10
HOLY SHADOW HQ
11
TECHNO BRUTAL PUNK FABRIQUE
12
K-DOCIINE HQ
13
PODDIO VERTICALE
14
PODDIO DARK TWISTED VERTICALE
15
SPACE TIME ROOMS
16
MATISSE TIME CHAIPEL
17
MATSOUKA HILLS MANSION
18
MUSEUM OF UNLIMITED GROWTH 2
19
SPYDER MOSK
20
SPYDER MOSK PICCOLO
21
THE FLY CLUB
22
BEYOND THE INFINITY
23
ATONAL VEINS
24
C2W-R-v3
25
NEUEDOJO
26
DFWAM
27
PROMETHADE
28
CAVE DESIGN STORE
29
POP-YP
30
C1TY
31
MUSEBOROUGH PAVS
32
FIGHT ARENA
33
MIKADO FIBER PAVILLION
34
POTBELLY QQ_FU_v2
35
CONCEPT FURNITURE STORE
36
POKEMUSEUM
37
THE CONSTRO
38
METABOILERISM
39
pxl DUOMO
40
ROTAS VIRGIL
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BOXMATE
42
CARBINE WICK
43
0PP13
44
STARDEM
45
ISOLA
46
ALIEN EARTHQUAKE
47
CENTIPEDE
48
VERTICAL CANDY BUNGALOWS
49
MYNHTTNWARE
50
JJ8
51
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10 Interests & Territory
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Spatial Web
WebXR, browser-based 3D, immersive environments
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Blockchain
on-chain assets, decentralized systems, tokenized space
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Architecture
form, materiality, structures that outlast their builder
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AI & Tooling
generative systems, AI-augmented design workflows
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Digital Fashion
wearable on-chain, avatar culture, VRM ecosystems
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Startups
early-stage, 0→1, the phase before the vocabulary exists
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Virtual Theaters
consciousness, presence, digital existence as artistic medium
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City & Urbanism
decentralized governance, community-curated environments