Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Department of Industrial Product Design (DIPD)was established in 1993 as a response to the emerging needs of the Turkish industry for creative designers with strong technological, managerial and entrepreneurial skills. In Istanbul, the industrial and cultural capital of Turkey, ITU Dept. of Industrial Product Design provides design education of international standards at undergraduate and graduate (inc. PhD) levels in both languages, Turkish and English.
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ITU design students presented their projects to Queen Elizabeth II
On 15th of May 2008 as part of her official visit to Turkey Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom visited the Design Cities Exhibition at the Istanbul Modern, which focuses on the rise of seven international design cities (London, Vienna, Dessau, Paris, Los Angeles, Milan and Tokyo) over the last two centuries, and explores and celebrates the links among design and these cities. The exhibition has been staged in collaboration with the Design Museum in London. As she left the exhibition hall, students and young graduates of ITU Industrial Product Design Department (DoIPD) were introduced to Queen Elizabeth II as young design talents of Turkey who will turn Istanbul into one of the emerging design cities. Four different design projects undertaken at ITU were presented to Queen Elizabeth by young ID graduates and students. Later Queen Elizabeth also met four groups of students who study industrial design, engineering, architecture and city planning at ITU, and asked questions about their studies and opinions about design.
5 Senses of Istanbul - local sources of design innovation
"5 Senses of Istanbul" is an experimental design project, conducted in Advanced Design Project course of the postgraduate ID program of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in spring 2006. The project, which was inspired by the documentary movie "Crossing the Bridge: Sound of Istanbul" (Dr. Fatih Akin, 2005) was directed by Turkish designer, Aziz Sariyer and the staff of ITU DIPD. Designers such as Inci Mutlu, Tanju Ozelgin and Otto Von Busch also contributed to the project in different stages. Twenty-two students took part in the "5 Senses of Istanbul" project for 4 months. The final prototypes of the chosen design proposals were built with the support of Nurus, a leading Turkish office furniture company. With this project ITU became part of the show in the SaloneSatellite (Salone del Mobile) for the second times in 4 years, and "5 Senses of Istanbul" was exhibited in the Milan Design Week 2007. The project was also exhibited in Istanbul Design Week, 4-10 September 2007.
ITU DIPD has become the first Turkish design school to take part in Nokia’s international design education project Only_planet. As part of our collaboration with Nokia, renowned visual design ethnographist Jan Chipchase was in Istanbul to give seminars and work with students of Graduate Program of Industrial Design at ITU. Project outcomes were presented in Design Weeks in Istanbul and Helsinki. Final document of the project “Only_Planet Turkey” can be downloaded here.
ITU has "Multidisciplinary Approach to Product Innovation”!
ITU DIPD students are part of “Multidisciplinary Approach to Product Innovation” Socrates Intensive Program (IP), participated by design and engineering schools from seven different European nations. ITU participated to the IP program hosted by HOWEST in Kortrijk/Belgium in 2007 and 2008. For details please click.
ITU student wins "Electrolux Design Lab 2006"
Metin Kaplan, a senior year student of ITU Dept. of Industrial Product Design is the winner of Electrolux Design Lab in 2006, one of the most prestigious student design competitions to which hundreds of projects were submitted by design students from 37 different countries. for details: www.dexigner.com for Electrolux Design Lab: www.electrolux.com/designlab
3rd National Design Congress: "Discussing Design in Turkey"
The 3rd National Design Congresses ‘Discussing Design in Turkey’ was organized by ITU Department of Industrial Product Design in 19-21 June 2006 in Taskisla. Click for details
The Success of ITU students in Bombay Sapphire Competition
The Turkish finalists in the international glass design competition of Bombay Sapphire are Ferhan Egemen SUNAL (ITU'03), 3. Ece OVAÇAM (ITU 4th year student), 4. Mehmet KINDI (ITU Graduate student). Egemen SUNAL represented Turkey among 26 other countries with his design 'N.O.N.E' in 6 April 2006 in Bombay Sapphire Glass Design Competition in Milan.
ITU-ISO (Istanbul Chamber of Industry) Industrial Design Projects for SME's
"Industrial Design for SME's" is the first systematic industrial design project for the SME's in Turkey. The project is conducted during the course "EUT 492 Graduation Design Project" at ITU. Senior DIPD students works with SME's that are members of Istanbul Chamber of Industry. SMEs with no previous experience in industrial design are targeted. The project was first run in 2003 since then it has been conducted every spring semester. More than 160 projects were completed in 6 years. Click for details
"UNIQUE" Home Accessories Exhibition in Istanbul Design Week
The projects of ITU IPD Department 3rd year students prepared in 2004-2005 Fall semester were exhibited in Istanbul Design Week 2005 during 13-18 September on the Galata Bridge. Click for details
Shared Surfaces for Future Workspaces
To see the details of the "Shared Surfaces for Future Workspaces" project that was held in 2004-2005 Spring Semester in the EUT 507E Advanced Design Project course, click for details.
Contemporary Reflections of Art Nouveau
ITU Dept. of Industrial Product Design exhibited products of glass, ceramics, jewelry, shoes and furniture with the subject "Contemporary Reflections of Art Nouveau" in the scope of UIA 2005 in Darhane-i Amire in 30 July - 8 June 2005. For more information and images of the exhibition, click for details.
ITU Alumni among the Wallpaper "10 Most Wanted Designers"
Wallpaper* - International Design, Interiors and Lifestyles magazine has introduced the most talented and promising 10 young designers in its July/August 2005 issue, two of them being the graduates of ITU Industrial Product Design Department. Click for details
Businessmen produce what ITU students design
"ITU and ISO (Istanbul Chamber of Industry) have been collaborating since 2003 and carrying out various projects. The students design for the briefs of the industry and the manufactures in the industry produce them. The number of the projects completed by 2008 is around 160." The newspaper 'Referans' reported the projects held in EUT 492 Graduation Projects run by the collaboration with ISO in 21 June 2005. In his article, the ISO chairman Tanıl Küçük described the project as 'a successful example for the university-industry collaboration'.
