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Evaluating Adoption of Open Source Tools in Industrial Design Education
(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Aykul, Zeynep; Erkarslan, Önder; Erkarslan, Önder; 02.04. Department of Industrial Design; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
Open source tools can support industrial designers to follow technology and trends easily. If industrial designers start using open source tools in their design processes, they can overcome difficulties, and make the process easier. The first step of research showed that industrial design students have the difficulties in the specific tasks of design process such as design presentation, design research, design decision, concept generation and design documentation. In addition to difficult tasks, reasons of difficulties were also asked to build a connection between open source tools and the solutions of difficulties. In the second step of research, students’ approaches for open source tools’ use were analyzed with presentation and feedback session. However, taking feedback with a questionnaire were not enough to analyze their approach. For this reason, three different studies were designed to find the most effective way to see how industrial design students use open source tools in their design processes. The first two studies were accepted as pilot studies which were re-design workshop and open source tools’ usage in industrial design studio courses. Due to limitations and insufficient outcomes required the third studies which are simulation of open source community. The study aimed to create an effective environment which offers an experience of open source tools with all the elements such as source, sharing, contribution and community. Introduction to Design Thinking Course’ students participated the study in Industrial Product Design Department at Istanbul Technical University. They shared their term project as open source and open source community was created in the classroom. Thus, difficulties of students in the design process were aimed to overcome. The results indicated that students overcome difficulties of “Finding inspiration”, “Express concept correctly and quickly”, “Changing and developing ideas” and “Decision skills”.
Using Augmented Reality in Vocational Education Programs To Teach Occupational Healt and Safety
(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Hülagü, Renk; Erkarslan, Önder; Erkarslan, Önder; 02.04. Department of Industrial Design; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
While augmented reality enables us to attach images and information from virtual environment into the real world; technology and computer science enables us to go beyond our limits of visual perception through showing us the world with the information which was not there before. The aim of this research is to design a system that will enhance the awareness of the vocational education students over the topic of occupational health and safety. With the augmented reality system projected on the work surface, the students will be warned when they perform actions that pose a risk, needs caution and may result in accidents. As they are doing it, therefore, they will understand the faultiness of the actions again. In this work, augmented reality is chosen based on two advantages; students will be able to access the information needed, in this project warnings, without looking at directions other than the work surface and there exists lack of study in the topic of augmented reality in the field of industrial design. The research involves a literature review and two case studies in Konak Çınarlı Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi with high school and university students. A system is designed according to findings from these studies. As the result, students’ caution was got and the number of mistakes was decreased. This resulted in decrease in the number of occupational accidents, deaths and financial loss. The project may also become a new method of teaching occupational safety and operation of the machines.
The Interactions Between Life Styles, Expectations and Furniture Design: Case Study on Ikea
(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Erinçkan, Aykut; Erkarslan, Önder; Erkarslan, Önder; 02.04. Department of Industrial Design; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
Changing economic conditions and rapid industrial changes have reshaped social structures and closely affected the process of urbanization. With the impact of capitalism, social classes have become more evident. This situation have played important role on the development of modern cities. Lifestyles, enjoyments and likes of social classes have become influential on their habits of consumption. They started to behave in a way required by their social classes in which they are and expect from a product what their social class requires them to do. While people used to live with the other members of the family in large and comfortable places altogether in the past, social conditions have forced them to live in smaller and more practical places recently. Being smaller, their living environment has affected their choice of products ads in choosing the products, features of products that are far away from floweriness and effulgence but more practical, economical; in other words, that comply with specific designing criteria have been fore grounded. The products with these designing features that meet these demands are much more preferred.The aim of this dissertation is to show how the preferences of the consumers are shaped by their social classes and lifestyles and what designing features is foreground while buying any product. While doing this, brand name called IKEA and its products are studied as a sample case. A survey is conducted in order to determine the preferences of IKEA.s customers. The dissertation consists of five chapters. Keywords: Life Styles, Furniture Design, Ikea Concept, Social Classes.

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