Ozyeğin University Student Projects are at Milan Design Fair

Undergraduate and graduate students of Ozyegin University, Faculty of Architecture and Design of the "Design, Technology and Society Master Degree Program" and "Industrial Design Undergraduate Program" are teamed up in a design research project. They worked as part of the courses DIS518 Design Anthropology and IDE311 Design Ethnography in 2024-2025 fall semester, under the supervision of Prof.Dr. Sebnem Timur. The outcome of their work is exhibited among 40 international design schools as part of an exhibition to be held  between 06.04.-15.04.2025 at Fabbrica del Vapore organized by Polytecnico di Milano.

The project's title is:

"Exploring Analog/Digital Practices: Ethnographic research on the differences between the physical/analog versus digital practices of daily life"

The aim of the project is to do ethnographic research making a special emphasis on the difference between the physical/analog versus digital practices. Undergraduate and graduate students teamed up to explore the chosen subjects of TIME KEEPING, SHOPPING, COOKING, PLANNING, WORKING/STUDYING, SOCIALIZING. They found informants that represent 3 age groups: 20-40, 40-60 and 60+. 

AEIOU Research Framework: They mapped Activities, Environments, Interactions, Objects, and Users.

Interviews and Visual Recording of the Process: They tried to understand the ecosystem of the users for their intended task.

Website of the project

https://everydaylifepractices.framer.website/

The Exhibition

Interdependence - the Design System of Politecnico di Milano at the Milan Design Week 2025 The Polimi Design System (the School of Design, the Department of Design, and POLI.Design) presents “INTERDEPENDENCE: exploring opposites”, a set of initiatives to reflect on how design interacts with polarities and contrasting dimensions, through a selection of projects by students from Politecnico and from a network of about 40 design universities around the world. In a society characterized by a growing sense of increasing polarization, how can design deal with opposites and the nuances in-between polarities to drive towards constructive change? INTERDEPENDENCE: EXPLORING OPPOSITES.

https://www.interdependence.polimi.it/

https://www.interdependence.polimi.it/fabbricadelvapore/catalogue/artificial-natural/analog-digital-practices/

Course Instructor

Prof.Dr. Şebnem Timur

DIS 518 Design Anthropology Graduate Students

Nihan Aksoy, Naz Bölükbaşı, Görkem Çolak, Yusuf Dönmez, Elif Ilbay, Elif Özgüder, Cansu Akverdi

IDE311 Design Ethnography Students

Zülal Koç, Zeynep Yazıcı, Zeynep Yaşar, Ayşe Yıldız Büyükşahin, İsmail Umut Yüzer, Tuana Ildız, Tarık Şahin, Duru Su Dolap, Nil Palaz, Mina Yersal, Edvin Mert Cincioğlu, Melis Akti, Lara Özpetek, Irmak Özmenek, İrem Timur, Şükrü Hakan Oral, Efe Gezen, Duru Şevketbeyoğlu, Dila Ferhatoğlu, Beren Ay