Istanbul is a source of inspiration for innovative design ideas and feeds today's design ideas as well as traditional crafts and production styles that have survived to the present day with its multi-layered cultural heritage as a rich venue for traditional arts and crafts. The arts and crafts traditions of Istanbul are kept alive by the craftsmen of the city and transferred to new generations.

Istanbul is a city of culture and design that hosts many events, festivals and contests in the fields of fashion, crafts, graphics, architecture, urban design, industrial design. Craft week is a 6-day event organization that combines all this urban mobility with workshops, interviews, trips to the city's art, design and craft spots for a week and focuses on the city's craft culture.

In the light of all this information, Istanbul Craft Week was developed within the scope of UNESCO Design City Istanbul project commitments on 17-22 June 2019, with a special focus on forgetting craft branches, aiming to bring Istanbul's talent in traditional arts and crafts together with design and art.