As part of COP31 Türkiye, the Sustain Design Research Lab (SustainDRL) project team presented the outcomes of project titled "Developing Sustainable Toy Design Solutions and Criteria Adopting Open and Participatory Design Approaches Focused on Repair and Personalisation" supported by TÜBİTAK 1001 (125K885), the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye and the METU Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit on 10 November 2026, from 13:00 to 14:00 at YÖK Pavilion, COP31 Green Zone. During the presentation, the SustainDRL team demonstrated the cultural probes tools, co-design toolkits developed within the project context and design solution areas for sustainable toy design in an interactive way.

* This study was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK) under the Grant Number 125K885 and by the METU Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit under project number Genel-203-2025-11690. The authors thank TUBİTAK and METU SRC Coordination Unit for their support.

SustainDRL Project Team

Prof. Dr. Çağla Doğan, Res. Assist. Ezgi Özkürkçü Özbudak, Res. Assist. Sümeyye Şimşekler, Bilge Ceyhan, Dilara Yılmaz