Who participates?
Participants in the exhibition at ‘Istanbul Design Week 2006′ were, Aslı Kıyak İngin (product: Dome), Aylin Gümüşoğlu (product: Pink Towers), Batuhan Yüce (products: Flanş, Buckle, Natural Gas, Segment Circles), Burcu Aksoy (product:Pie), Cem Yücel (products: ‘Mandrake’ Aplique, ‘Steam Cooker’ Table Lamb), Deniz Tunç (product: Cage), Murad Babadağ (product: Recycle 01), Nejat Çınar (products: Light Shower, Question Mark), Oğuz Ayata (product: Iron bed head with a bench), Sabahattin Emir (product: Mine Hanger) and Tardu Kuman (product: Mesh Lighting).
The panel discussions during the ‘Istanbul Design Week 2006′ brought together the views of different disciplines on the subject and the experiences from the region. The first panel discusiion was “Different views on the small scale production regions within the city center”. Aysim türkmen was the moderator and the speakers were Korhan Gümüş, Murat Güvenç, Pelin Tan and Teike Asselbergs. The second panel discussion was “The production – design relationship, the network experiences on urban scale”. Aslı Kıyak İngin was the moderator. The speakers were Cem Yücel, Cevdet Turgut, Hülya Çelik Pabuçcuoğlu, Kunter Şekercioğlu and Oğuz Ayata.
Dutch management training center De Baak gave a free consult
Artist Anna Sala incorporated Şişhane in her ‘Istanbul Map’ project
ITU Industrial Design Department in Istanbul gave an assignment to her Masters of design management students
Design Lab of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam worked with design students to produce small ’gifts’ in and for the district.
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Frank Willems (Netherlands) is originally a graphic designer with a degree in advertizing and presentation, he graduated in 2004 from the Design Academy in Eindhoven and has his own design studio. |
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Gerrie Starrenveld focusses on in- and outside spaces and works interdisciplinary. For the last 2 years her interests are scenography, set design and light design. |
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Lara de Greef (Netherlands) graduated in 2004 from the Design Academy in Eindhoven, and has been working as an independent entrepreneur since. She designs products with both the social sphere as the functional usage in mind. |
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Bas van Beek (Netherlands) is a controversial designer who considers Copying designs as the ultimate compliment to a designer. |
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Anita Bacic (Australian, lives in Turkey) has a background in interactive media and electronic design as well as media art. |