ODTÜ Endüstriyel Tasarım / METU Industrial Design

Within the scope of the ID202 Industrial Design II course and the project “Musical Playground Design: Co-creating Sound in Outdoor Play,” Etimesgut Municipality visited our studio and shared their feedback. We sincerely thank Etimesgut Municipality for their valuable support and contribution to the design process.

Studio Team:
Prof. Dr. Gülay Hasdoğan
Prof. Dr. Çağla Doğan
Inst. Dr. Dilruba Oğur
Res. Asst. Ezgi Özkürkçü Özbudak
Res. Asst. Yağmur Merve Arık Özgürlük

Müzik deneyimi malzeme yoluyla aktarılabilir mi? 🎼

ODTÜ Endüstriyel Tasarım Bölümü yüksek lisans öğrencisi Begüm Acar’ın, Prof. Dr. Owain Pedgley danışmanlığında yürüttüğü tez çalışmasında, ses/tını algısı ile dokunsal malzeme deneyimi arasındaki ilişki araştırılmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında sizden farklı malzemeleri deneyimlemeniz, kısa ses örnekleri dinlemeniz ve bu deneyimleri kendi algınıza göre değerlendirmeniz istenecektir. Deney yaklaşık 30-45 dakika sürmektedir ve UTEST’te (ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi 20 numaralı oda) yüz yüze gerçekleştirilecektir.

Katılım koşulları:
*18 yaş ve üzeri olmak
*Dokunma veya duyma hassasiyetini kısıtlayan herhangi bir fiziksel rahatsızlığa sahip olmamak

Katılım veya detaylı bilgi için [email protected] adresine e-posta gönderebilir veya QR kodunu tarayarak iletişime geçebilirsiniz.

s part of the ID 480 Design Management Course, Yeliz Erinçkan will deliver a seminar titled “Innovation Practice in Legacy Systems”. The seminar will take place on 6 May 2026, Wednesday, at 13.40 at YP-A3. We warmly invite all interested participants to attend.

Yeliz Erinçkan, ID480 Design Management dersi kapsamında “Innovation Practice in Legacy Systems” başlıklı bir seminer verecektir. Yüksel Proje A-3 amfisinde, 6 Mayıs 2026 Çarşamba saat 13.40’ta gerçekleşecek seminere, ilgilenen herkesi bekliyoruz.

A seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience in strategy, business development, and innovation. During her tenure as Strategy and Business Development Director at Sabancı Holding, she led the company’s 10-year and 5-year strategic planning processes, playing an active role in investment, growth, and divestment decisions. She provided leadership across the Group in shaping the innovation vision, from the design to the ex*****on of various programs and platforms in strategic planning, business development, and innovation.

As the Founder, Executive, and Chairman of the Board of Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) Accelerator Program and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), she established a pioneering structure that bridges early-stage startups with the corporate world. Over four cohorts, nearly 60 projects were launched, scaled, and supported in accessing investment opportunities.

Currently, she works as an independent professional, providing consulting services in strategic innovation and ecosystem building. She also delivers training programs focused on leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship, mentors startups, serves on boards, and actively contributes to the ecosystem as an investor, including participation in a US-based technology fund.

Sizleri ID523 Ürün Tasarımı ve Kullanıcı Deneyiminde Estetik lisansüstü dersi kapsamında üretilen çalışmaları içeren “Kampüse Estetik Bir Bakış: Birlik İçindeki Çeşitliliği Keşfetmek” başlıklı sergimize davet ediyoruz. Sergi, Mayıs ayının sonuna kadar ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi’nde ziyarete açık olacaktır.

You are warmly invited to visit our exhibition, “An Aesthetic Eye on the Campus: Exploring Unity in Variety,” which showcases the works completed in the graduate course ID523 Aesthetics in Product Design and User Experience. The exhibition will be open until the end of May 2026 at the METU Faculty of Architecture.

Students: Ayşe Begüm Acar, Beyza Ünsal Orhan, Elif Işık, Gonca Nur Altun, Hazal Dural, Karin Diba Yol, Tuğçe Sözen, Yiğit Karahan; Instructor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Güzin Şen

As part of the ID 480 Design Management Course, Emin Okutan will deliver a seminar titled “Innovation Practice in Legacy Systems”. The seminar will take place on 6 May 2026, Wednesday, at 13.40 at YP-A3. We warmly invite all interested participants to attend.

Emin Okutan, ID480 Design Management dersi kapsamında “Innovation Practice in Legacy Systems” başlıklı bir seminer verecektir. Yüksel Proje A-3 amfisinde, 6 Mayıs 2026 Çarşamba saat 13.40’ta gerçekleşecek seminere, ilgilenen herkesi bekliyoruz.

Mehmet Emin Okutan has completed his undergraduate degree in Management with a concentration in Marketing from University of Maine and MBA from Bilkent University in Ankara Turkey. He is the cofounder of Viveka Incubation Center: the first private incubation center dedicated to cultivation of technology based startups since 2010. He has a high track record of mentorship through seed funding programs initiated through TÜBİTAK, UNDP and World Bank. Since Viveka has expanded its operation in strategic innovation programmes and leadership involving innovators and corporates. He is a part time lecturer related to entrepreneurship and new product development in Turkey and Azerbaijan.