Recent Turkish Design Innovations: A Quest for Identity

April 01 2014 Recent Turkish Design Innovations: A Quest for Identity Tevfik Balcıoğlu, Tevfik Balcıoğlu Tevfik Balcıoğlu is Vice Rector and Professor of Design at Yaşar University, İzmir. Studied at Middle East Technical University, attended the Royal College of Art, taught at Goldsmiths' College and Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK (1992–2002). He is the founder of the Design History Society, Turkey (4T) and former (founding) Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Design at Izmir University of Economics (2004–2011). He has organized international conferences and edited several books, including The Role of Product Design in Post-Industrial Society, and a special issue of Design Journal, “A Glance at Design Discourse in Turkey.” Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Bahar Emgin Bahar Emgin Bahar Emgin is an industrial designer by education, receiving her Master's in 2008 with a thesis that inquired into discursive and formal strategies in construction of Turkish design identity. She is currently a lecturer at Yaşar University, Department of Visual Communication Design and a PhD candidate at Bilkent University, Department of Graphic Design. Her major research areas include construction of modern gender identities through visual/material culture and ideology and culture of design in Turkey. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Tevfik Balcıoğlu Tevfik Balcıoğlu is Vice Rector and Professor of Design at Yaşar University, İzmir. Studied at Middle East Technical University, attended the Royal College of Art, taught at Goldsmiths' College and Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK (1992–2002). He is the founder of the Design History Society, Turkey (4T) and former (founding) Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Design at Izmir University of Economics (2004–2011). He has organized international conferences and edited several books, including The Role of Product Design in Post-Industrial Society, and a special issue of Design Journal, “A Glance at Design Discourse in Turkey.” Bahar Emgin Bahar Emgin is an industrial designer by education, receiving her Master's in 2008 with a thesis that inquired into discursive and formal strategies in construction of Turkish design identity. She is currently a lecturer at Yaşar University, Department of Visual Communication Design and a PhD candidate at Bilkent University, Department of Graphic Design. Her major research areas include construction of modern gender identities through visual/material culture and ideology and culture of design in Turkey. Online Issn: 1531-4790 Print Issn: 0747-9360 © 2014 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2014 Design Issues (2014) 30 (2): 97–111. https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00265 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Tevfik Balcıoğlu, Bahar Emgin; Recent Turkish Design Innovations: A Quest for Identity. Design Issues 2014; 30 (2): 97–111. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00265 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsDesign Issues Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF.