İZMİR IS GOING TO BE THE CASTLE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
16 universities attended the council meeting, which is organized for the eighth time with the participation of state and foundation universities.
In the platform that is composed of the heads of the Industrial Design Departments in Turkey and TRNC, and that meets twice a year since 2006, the efficiency of the profession, its place in national higher education system, criteria for associate professorship and the state of the newly founded departments are discussed. Turkish Industrial Design Students Platform attended the council meeting chaired by İzmir University of Economics Head of Department of Industrial Design Asst. Prof. A. Can Özcan and conveyed their assessments and demands to the heads of departments.
The council members attended many events like Turkish Design History Association Conference organized by Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Sümerbank Exhibition, İzmir Design Festival, 20th Year Exhibition of Industrial Designers Occupational Organization, and they stated that İzmir was going to be an important center for industrial design.