Sürdürülebilir Yeşil Kampüs Koleksiyonu / Sustainable Green Campus Collection

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  • Master Thesis
    Utilising Origami for Packaging Design: a Survey for Analysing User Preferences
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Büyükyılmaz, Nur; Tunç Cox, Ayça
    In this thesis, origami is studied from the packaging design's point of view. One of the main objectives of this thesis is to show the usage of origami in packaging design. It is aimed to analyze the packaging preferences of consumers. It is evaluated how behaviors of consumers for multifunctional origamic packaging and it is measured what percentage of them would reuse those origamic packaging samples. In brief, this study particularly focuses on the incorporation of origami in industrial design for a less consumption-driven design practice. Accordingly, introduction presents the aim of this as well as identifying research method and tools. Then, consumption trends and material culture along with the history of consumption are examined. The interaction between play/game activity and consumption is explored. Packaging design is explained in detail. In this context, the relationship between packaging and consumption is analyzed. Following a detailed analysis of consumption on environment, green design is discussed as a form of solution to this problem. For the purposes of this thesis, environmentally friendly packaging design prove important, therefore, the concept is explored thoroughly. History, types and usage areas of origami are explained in the fourth chapter. Origami in daily life objects and packaging is sampled. Finally, the thesis includes a case study applied at Karşıyaka Universal Child Museum and Education Campus which measures how museum consumers would react to multifunctional origamic packaging. The origamic multifunctional package samples are viewed and questionnaire are analyzed. The results of statistical data are interpreted for each criterion.
  • Master Thesis
    Evaluating Adoption of Open Source Tools in Industrial Design Education
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Aykul, Zeynep; Erkarslan, Önder
    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”.
  • Master Thesis
    Design Activism in Industrial Design: a Critical Analysis of the Main Scolary Discourse
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2015) Çetin, Özgür Deniz; Tunç Cox, Ayça
    Industrial design profession has developed continuingly throughout the twentieth century, cultivated, and became prevalent. Over the course of time, industrial design has also had some negative ramifications for people and the environment, caused by socio-economic and political developments such as industrialization and globalization. Nevertheless, industrial designers have not disregarded these developments, and their consequences, instead they have been searching to find some solutions to the negative outcomes within their own profession. This endeavour has created a concentrated thread of action, which can be defined as “design activism” as an aggregate term. The renowned examples of design activism discourse first appeared in the early 1970s. Passing through various phases, it has eventually become a major subject that attracts considerable attention from design profession. Design activism is commonly addressed as an approach or a viewpoint. However, this study postulates design activism as a movement; it has been influenced by social events and movements in conjunction with socio-economic and political developments and consequently, it has evolved into a movement within the industrial design profession. This study critically analyses design activism discourse over a group of publications which constitutes the core of the discourse, both in its historical context and cumulatively. The critical analysis of the discourse discloses the ideology of design activism, its relationship with other domains and subjects, its content and context, the objectives of design activism, and the course of action that is supposed to achieve the objectives. This analysis also allows me to identify the deficiencies of design activism movement. The study is concluded with a plausible roadmap which can be followed in the near future to achieve the objectives of design activism movement.
  • Master Thesis
    Development of Reinforced Pmma Sheets for Office Furnitures and a New Junction Detail Proposal
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2006) Özçiftçi, Sibel; Ergül, Emre
    Nowadays life styles are changing and more modern than before, for that reason peoples furniture desires are different. In this modern world; furniture using gain a meaning and play important role than before, it defines peopele.s social status and their posion in this life. Design criteria are changing and improving everyday because of this designers use different equipments for their desingns. Glass production which is diffucult to take a shape hence plastic meterials were common after World War II. Modern views and their strength transperent materials satisfied designers desires. After gained environment conclousness same plastics which are non recyling products were gave up to use. Light and high strength plastic which is a recyling material PMMA is very common to use PMMA as known as a brand which name is plexiglass in Turkey. Also this plastic materials have very effective features than others.. İn this study, transparent sheets, glass and PMMA which are used furniture production were studied. As a designer approach different examples and combine details are given.Combine details which are used furniture production were researched and PMMA panel's strength,variety and flexibility were suggested as an beneficial metarial. After the performance, for the office furnitures, there had been a suggestion on a material that brings positive reaction for its endurance, variation and elasticity to the PMMA plate which is more frequently preferred compared with glass. In the suggested material, putting galvanized matting string between the two PMMA plates resulted in stronger and more elasticity characteristics,compared to the standart PMMA plate. After the compose of the material, it had been put through durability test.As a result the material's bending durability had been calculated, too.
  • Master Thesis
    Understanding the Relationship Among Sustainability, Industrial Design and Service System Design: Co-Design in Aalborg To Access Local Food
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2012) Dilek, Özgün; Talu, Nilüfer
    Design has been a structural part of the industrialization processes and has inadvertently contributed to the creation of the current ecological problems of the planet. So far industrial design discipline has been producing its ecological solutions, mostly using an approach focused on products, but the changes required by the question of sustainability are systemic and can be based on the usage of services. Considering the requirement of changes in production and consumption modes, this thesis proposes a systemic approach to the problem of sustainability. Systemic change, which focuses on social interventions in daily life as well as alternative production models, is a more holistic approach for sustainability. When shifting the focus from product-based and result-oriented solutions towards process-based, experience-oriented and context-related ones the design discipline introduces co-design approach with more intense participation of users to the design process. This thesis investigates the issues mentioned above through a case study about the development of local food system in Aalborg. To this purpose, more specific user and local area research is conducted. The case study consisted on the development of a service concept, using the co-design approach to propose relevant changes in daily life in local area.