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velopment: Territorial Design in Action 5-6 July 2018, Gökçeada (Imroz), Çanakkale – TurkeyÖzyeğin University (OzU) – İstanbul Institute of Design (İID)Since 2014 OzU/İID has been organizing a comprehensive social design initiative in Turkey. The Gökçeada Design Workshops take place every summer in Gökçeada, an island with different communities in the North Aegean Sea. The workshops aim to utilize design as a creative and innovative tool in order to address local social and economic problems in the island. The ultimate goal is to contribute to the island’s sustainable social development process. Through community involvement, participants propose new products and services based on Gökçeada’s cultural and natural resources. Students, scholars and designers from all around the world have participated in this annual event since 2014.Following our experience in Gökçeada Design Workshops on social development, within the biggest and demographically diverse island in Turkey, we are now excited to organize the first edition of the Gökçeada Design Forum for Social Development focusing on different examples of territorial design projects from Turkey, and aroungd the world. The organizing committee of the forum invites all designers, researchers, scholars and practitioners to share their experiences in territorial design and/or the use of design for social development at rural or urban scale.Keynote Speakers: Terry IRWIN, Professor / Head of School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.Mugendi H M'Rithaa, President Emeritus, World Design Organization (WDO), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaHow to participate:- Proposals for a 20 minutes’ presentation should be approx. 300 words in length, and should be supported with project links and/or other documenting materials.- Proposals should be sent to [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>. - Deadline for the submission of proposals: May 31, 2018.- Acceptance announcement: June 4, 2018.- All the papers based on the forum presentations will be published after the event in an edited book. - The official language of the forum is English. There is no participation fee.Organizing Committee:Metin Çavuş, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Communication Design, OzUAlpay Er, Prof., Dept. of Industrial Design, OzUAlayça Erözçelik, Inst., Dept. of Industrial Design, OzUOrhan Hacıhasanoğlu, Prof., Dept. of Architecture, OzUGDF-SD Forum Secretariat : Pelin Günay, Res. Asst., Dept. of Industrial Design, OzUBurak Taşdizen, Res. Asst., Dept. of Industrial Design, OzUİlke Çakmakoğlu, PhD candidate, İID, OzU40-min documentary of the 2015 edition of Gökçeada/Imroz Design Workshops (with English subtitles) would give you an idea about the work of OzU / İID in the island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9CYfsszBA <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9CYfsszBA> The Venue, the island of Gökçeada / Imroz https://www.lonelyplanet.com/turkey/gokceada <https://www.lonelyplanet.com/turkey/gokceada>http://www.gokceada.com/english/index.html <http://www.gokceada.com/english/index.html>Ozyeğin University (OzU)https://www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en <https://www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en>İstanbul Institute of Design (İID)https://www.ozu-iid.com/ <https://www.ozu-iid.com/>* ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------