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Erdal Beşikçioğlu delivered a talk on transforming urban spaces into more creative and interactive play environments!

As part of the ID202 Industrial Design II course through the project "Design Solutions for Children: Enhancing Co-creation, Interaction and Engagement in Outdoor Play Environments," Mayor of...

Guest Speaker Göksu Kaçaroğlu: “Service Design and Its Role in Professional Life”

As a part of ID442 Service Design course, Göksu Kaçaroğlu concluded talk titled "Service Design and Its Role in Professional Life". We sincerely thank her for...

The METU App designed by our department’s students is now available for use!

The METU App, designed by our department's students Ahmet Semih Biçer, Berrak Keçeli, Mehmet Kala, and Tulca Altanlar, and developed by Computer Engineering students, has been launched. You can...

Değer Demircan Acılıoğlu gave a seminar titled 'Sustainability as a Strategic Tool in Design Management.'

On December 4, within the scope of the ID121 Introduction to Industrial Design course, Şişecam Design Center Director, Değer Demircan Acılıoğlu gave a seminar titled 'Sustainability as a Strategic...

Congratulations to our fourth-year student Ezgi Semerci!

Congratulations to our fourth-year student Ezgi Semerci from the METU Department of Industrial Design and Bahadır Özten from Hacettepe University, Department of Environmental Engineering whose...

We had the opportunity to meet with Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Mayor of Etimesgut Municipality

As the 2nd-year studio team of the METU Industrial Design Department, we had the opportunity to meet with Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Mayor of Etimesgut Municipality. This meeting, where we explored...

Gün Acar Presented Boat Exterior Design Experiences!

On Monday, November 18, Gün Acar delivered a presentation on "Boat Exterior Design" as part of the ID401 Industrial Design course. Gün Acar holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Industrial...

Congratulations to our second-year students!

Our second-year students Abdullah İshak Aksu, Barkın Kahraman, Hüseyin Sakar, and Osman Arda Yalçınkaya won the 1st place award with their creative ideas in the competition organized by the...

Congratulations to our third-year student, Barış Arman Karakaş!

Our third-year student, Barış Arman Karakaş, won the Kastamonu Entegre Gold Award in the Home Furniture category at the 15th National Furniture Design Competition with his project, KOMPA. The...

Our students won 5 out of 13 awards at the KASAD-Pro Carton Young Designers Award and Student Video Award 24' National Competition!

Our students won 5 out of 13 awards at the KASAD-Pro Carton Young Designers Award and Student Video Award 24' National Competition! 2nd and 3rd-year students, who produced 3 videos in the scope of...

Our Second-Year Students Won the Public Award Category at Pro Carton 24

Very proud to announce that our 2nd year students Ayça Çaylı, Derya Gök, Gizem Eryılmaz won the Public Award category with their design 'MysMerLune - Luxury Chocolate Box' at Pro Carton Young...

UTAK 2024, the 6th National Design Research Conference, Has Concluded!

UTAK 2024, the 6th National Design Research Conference, was held at the METU Faculty of Architecture, hosted by the Department of Industrial Design. We would like to extend our thanks to all...

Congratulations to our 2024 graduates of the Department of Industrial Design!

As the METU Department of Industrial Design, we congratulate our 2024 graduates and wish them success in their professional careers.

Our Students' Success in the 'Pro Carton Young Designers Awards, 2024'

Our undergraduate students Damla Doğa Özyurt, Nevra Bahar Hasgüvenç, Öykü Çise Çancı, Aslı Gül Gün, and Mertcan Aydoğmuş have qualified as finalists in the 'Pro Carton Student Video Awards, 2024'...

Our Students' Success in the 'Pro Carton Young Designers Awards, 2024'

Our undergraduate students, Derya Gök, Gizem Eryılmaz and, Ayça Çaylı with “MysMerLune - Luxury Chocolate Box”, Eren Akın, Melis Aydın, and Tolga Ateş with “Vena - Tampon Packaging” projects which...

Our second-year students' design studio project was featured in AA Yeşilhat's news!

As part of our design studio education project, which is the first project of the 2024 Spring semester, second-year students of our department developed design solutions for LED lighting product...

We celebrated the METU Alumni Day!

We celebrated the METU Alumni Day on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the Kubbealtı of the Faculty of Architecture. Medals were awarded to our alumni celebrating their 40th, 30th, 20th, and 10th...

We took our place at the June 29 World Industrial Design Day event

At the World Industrial Design Day event on June 29, organized by the Industrial Designers' Society (ETMK) and the TMMOB Chamber of Architects' Industrial Designers Commission, our Research Assistant...

Materials Dialogues

Under the Erasmus+ staff exchange program, METU Department of Industrial Design was delighted to host PhD candidate Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete from the Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano...

Our Department Members Conducted Design Courses at Sumqayit State University of Azerbaijan

Upon the invitation of Sumqayit State University and Sabah Academy, our Department members, Prof. Dr. Gülay Hasdoğan, Prof. Dr. Bahar Şener-Pedgley, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Korkut and Assist. Prof....

Our Department's Undergraduate Program has received "Full Accreditation"!

Our Department's Undergraduate Program has received "Full Accreditation", valid between 4 April 2024 - 4 April 2029, as a result of the evaluation of the Industrial Designers Society of Turkey,...

AA Yeşilhat Interview with 3rd Year Studio & Nature Conservation Centre

Access the interview conducted by AA Yeşilhat, where our 3rd-year industrial design students showcase their mobile application designed with the expert support of the Nature Conservation Centre to...

Nature Conservation Centre & METU Science Communication Group

This semester one of the studio projects carried out in ID301 Industrial Design III course with students focused on increasing awareness and knowledge about the METU nature. Our thanks go to...

Success of our graduate!

METU Department of Industrial Design was once again represented at the Prototypes for Humanity exhibition and event held in Dubai between 28 November and 2 December 2023. Our alumnus Selami Erdoğan's...

Material Culture Study: Israel, Turkey, Morocco

The material culture project carried out jointly by METU Department of Industrial Design, Israel Neri Bloomfield Haifa Design School (WIZO Haifa) and Morocco Ben Guerir Muhammed VI Polytechnic...

Success of our graduate!

Efe Alpay, a graduate of our Master's and Ph.D. programs, used the method to convert sound data associated with memories into 3-dimensional physical forms, which he developed during his doctoral...

Design Vision Türkiye 2030 Workshop

Design Vision Türkiye 2030 workshop was held by Turkish Design Advisory Council at Informatics Valley in Istanbul on March 30-31, 2023. Representatives of the World Design Organisation (WDO),...

Happy New Year!

As the METU Industrial Design family, we gathered in the Tea Room of the Faculty of Architecture on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, to welcome the new year. We wish success to Yekta Bakırlıoğlu,...

31st ETAK Meeting is Held at İzmir University of Economics

The 31st ETAK (Academic Council of Industrial Design Departments) meeting was held on the 12th December 2022 at Izmir University of Economics (IEU). Our Department Head, Gülay Hasdoğan,...

'Simple Machines' Experiment Equipment for Science Education in Secondary Schools Catalogue is published

The catalogue for the "Simple Machines' Experiment Equipment for Science Education in Secondary Schools" project carried out at METU Department of Industrial Design in collaboration with Turkish...

Two of the James Dyson Awards to Our Alumni: National Winner and National Runner-up

For the first time this year, Turkey is involved in the international James Dyson Awards. The national winner and national runner-ups are given their awards on November 16, 2022 in Istanbul....

Success of our graduate!

Very proud to announce that our recent graduate Merve Kalan received the winning award in the Environment category with her design 'Aerostsat' at Prototypes for Humanity (previously named Dubai...

"Outdoor Lighting and Integrated Wayfinding Solutions in Collaboration with Heper" Project Catalogue

The catalogue for the "Outdoor Lighting and Integrated Wayfinding Solutions in Collaboration with Heper" project carried out at METU Department of Industrial Design in the 2021-2022 academic year...

2022 Graduation Projects Catalog

You can access the 2021-2022 Graduation Projects catalog by clicking the link.

2022 Graduation Projects Exhibition

METU Department of Industrial Design 2022 Graduation Projects Exhibition and Jury was held between 21-24 June at the METU Culture and Convention Center. This year, a total of 73 students from two...

We have Participated the 30th ETAK Meeting

The 30th ETAK (Academic Council of Industrial Design Departments) meeting was held on the 1st July 2022 at Eskişehir Technical University (ESTU). Our Department Head, Gülay Hasdoğan, representing...

2021 Design Turkey Awards

In Design Türkiye Awards, which aim to make designs that provide added value visible since 2008, the graduates of our department and teams including our graduates won 2 superior design and 7 good...

Congratulations to “METU Graduate Awards” Winners!

At the 2019-20 academic year METU Graduate Awards, our PhD graduate, Nur Nagihan Tuna Çengel, won the Thesis and Publication Award within the category of “Thesis Awards Contributing to Society and...

2021 Graduation Ceremony of the Department of Industrial Design has taken place!

2021 Industrial Design graduates gathered at the graduation ceremony. METU Faculty of Architecture, 2020-21 academic year’s graduation ceremony was held on Monday, 13 September 2021 between 10.00-...

Individual Young Entrepreneur Success!

We wholeheartedly congratulate Cansu Çetin, who has been awarded grant support in TUBITAK 1512 Individual Young Initiative Program (BİGG) with her design project titled “Smart Insulin Treatment in...

UTAK2020 Proceedings Have Been Released!

You can access Proceedings of UTAK 2020 Dördüncü Ulusal Tasarım Araştırmaları Konferansı: Tasarım ve Öngörü via the link.

In Memory of Our Teacher Önder Şenyapılı

Önder Şenyapılı, a retired lecturer at METU Faculty of Architecture, Department of Industrial Design, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021, and was buried on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Şenyapılı...

Prof. Dr. Bahar Şener-Pedgley's New Article in Arredamento Mimarlık

One of our faculty members, Bahar Şener-Pedgley, discusses in her article in the March-April issue of Arredamento Mimarlık how the hygienic mask has become a current design issue. You can access the...

D.Doc: European Union Erasmus+ KA203 support for METU Department of Industrial Design

METU Department of Industrial Design has recently become a partner in a new European Union project “D.Doc” that will map doctoral design education across all 34 Erasmus+ member states. The project...

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METU Department of Industrial Design member Prof. Dr Owain Pedgley is co-ordinating METU's involvement in a European Union project that will map doctoral design education across the 34 Erasmus+...

We Have Lost Our Respected Professor, Dr. Ahmet Acar

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar, who served as the Rector of METU (Middle East Technical University) from 2008 to 2016. His modest and graceful personality,...

UTAK 2020 Is Completed

The fourth of our National Design Research Conference (UTAK) had been concluded. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference was held online between 8 – 10 September 2020 with significant...

ODTÜ Endüstriyel Tasarım bölümü mezunlarının pandemi dönemindeki başarısı!

İkisi aynı zamanda yüksek lisans öğrencimiz olan lisans mezunlarımız Eniscan Bubik, Furkan Efe Dikmen, Nilay Kırcı ve Pelin Bilgin, kurucu ortağı oldukları CoroWarner uygulamasının arayüzleri ile...

ODTÜ Online Tercih Fuarı’nda Buluşuyoruz!

ODTÜ Tercih Fuarı’nın sona ermesiyle, bölümümüzü tanımak ve merak ettiklerinizi sormak için sitemizdeki sayfalarda sağ alt köşede yer alan canlı destek butonuna tıklayarak 4-14 Ağustos...

Industrial Design Departments Graduation Projects Exhibition

The World Design Organization (WDO) has set the World Industrial Design Day (WIDD) theme of 2020 as “Design for Everyday Life” and invites all design circles to take part in this theme. In this...

ID402 Graduation Project Final Jury

We would like to wish best of luck to our 4th Year students presenting their Graduation Project.

Designathon for Cure Competition Awarded Projects

Projects developed by two teams including students from our faculty were entitled to be supported in Designathon for Cure. “We are here” team consisting of Açılay İpek, Levent Eldem from ID and...

METU Industrial Design is in the Top 10 Again!

Our department ranked the 7th best design school in Americas & Europe by 2019 Red Dot Design Rankings. We would like to congratulate our students, graduates and stakeholders for taking part in...

David K. Munro (1927-2019)

D. K. Munro, Ankara, 1972 1969-1972 yılları arasında ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesinde konuk öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapan, Türkiye'de endüstriyel tasarım alanına yönelik ilk dersi açan, yine Türkiye...

Sima Demir’s third major award with this year’s Graduation Project!

Sima, who recently received ‘TÜBİTAK Research Projects’ and ‘Design Turkey 2019 Conceptual Design Award’, was selected from among 21,998 projects from 66 countries with her graduation project ‘...

22 Awards to Our Graduates and Students in Design Turkey Product Design Awards

In Design Turkey Product Design Awards category, our graduates and teams including our graduates were given 3 superior, 8 good and 2 conceptual design awards. In Conceptual Design Awards category...

METU ID in Design Week 2019

Design Week Turkey is the most extensive design event in Turkey. This year, our department will be there with the department exhibition. Apart from the exhibition, there will be talks and panels with...

Workshop: Talking Things

Design Fiction Works research group is conducting a new workshop. What if the things you use could talk and tell their stories? Would you mind lending an ear to them? In this workshop, we will be...

Success of our graduate!

Our recent graduate Deniz Yanık is the Winner! Our recent graduate Deniz Yanık is the Winner! Our recent graduate Deniz Yanık, who is the regional Winner of the TÜBİTAK (Scientific Council of Turkey...

Workshop: Organic Design

Design Fiction Works research group is conducting a new workshop! What will happen when organic tissue is material for product designers? In this workshop, we will be using design fiction to think...

UTAK 2020 – 4. National Design Research Conference

UTAK 2020, 4. Ulusal Tasarım Araştırmaları Konferansının 8-9-10 Eylül 2020 tarihleri arasında Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesinde gerçekleştirileceğini bildirmekten heyecan duyuyoruz. Konferansın “...

Success of our graduate!

Our 2004 graduate Hale (Turancı) Selek rewarded with IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) Young Educator Award. IDSA Awards is a collection of awards presented in recognition of...

Fifty/Forty Years of Industrial Design Education at METU

The year 2019 is the anniversary of two important developments in the industrial design education history of Turkey; in this year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first industrial design...

DRS Learn X Design 2019 was hosted by METU Industrial Design Department

The fifth annual DRS Pedagogy SIG Learn X Design conference, Insider Knowledge, was held between July 9-12 at Middle East Technical University. The conference hosted 150 delegates from 81...

Gülşah Zeynep Demirezer’s souvenirs had been presented to our pioneer staff for 50/40 celebrations

During 50/40 events, celebration gifts were given to previous department members of early years. Gifts are designed by Gülşah Zeynep Demirezer within the scope of the project “Gift product for...

18th Graduation Projects Exhibition

We are conducting the 18th Graduation Projects Exhibition this year, between May 28 and 30 at METU Culture and Convention Center. Due to new regulations, we kindly ask for our visitors to fill in...

24. ETAK Meeting was hosted by our department

Our department hosted the 24th meeting of Industrial Design Departments Academic Council (ETAK) as it celebrates its 50th and 40th anniversaries. 40 delegates from 24 institutions joined around the...

First Place in YTU Protek’s Design Competition

We would like to congratulate our fourth year students Deniz Yanık, Doğa Bircan and Ayşe Akay for winning the first place in Yıldız Technical University Protek’s Environmental Design Competition...

4 awards in METU Development Foundation’s Logo Design Competition

We are proud to announce that our students, graduates and personnel had won 4 out of the 6 awards, from METU Development Foundation's logo competition. Congratulations to Ömür Sarper Seydioğlu, Ümit...

Awards from FNSS MILDESIGN 2019

We are very happy to announce that among our graduates and personnel, Göktürk Topuz, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürsu and Gizem Karataş had been awarded in FNSS MILDESIGN 2019 design competition!

Sultan Kaygın Sel: “Experience Design for Life”

Sultan Kaygın Sel, UX Lead at Vestel Electronics gave her seminar titled “Experience Design for Life”, as part of the ID 480 Design Management course seminars, followed by an inspiring Q&A...

Prof. Jasjit Singh’s “Beholding Coexistence” workshop is concluded

Results of the multi-day workshop had been presented in the workshop floor. We would like to thank all attendees and Prof. Jasjit Singh himself for the exciting workshop.

Beholding Coexistence: A workshop by Prof. Jasjit Singh

Beholding Coexistence: – a workshop in exploring its visual essence and understanding the intangible interdependence Coexistence as the word suggests is a result of a combination of at least two or...

İbrahim Kayhan from Artepera, presented production techniques for ID 202 studio project

In the first project of ID 202, section 2, students are designing memorial souvenirs for the 50/40 years of METU ID. Artepera, a sub-brand of Askon Metal Works is providing technical knowledge and...

Two scenarios from ID 403 Collaborative Design course

In 2018-19 Fall semester in Collaborative Design our students designed innovative food package for use contexts "away from home", in collaboration with students from departments of Food Engineering...

Happy new year!

Virtual Design / Global Studio 2018 is concluded with the final presentations

Virtual Design/Global Studio of fall semester 2018-19, executed by our department with the collaboration of four design schools from Brazil, Italy and Japan, had been concluded with the final...

METU Department of Industrial Design was at Dubai Global Grad Show

Dubai Global Grad Show which has been organized since 2015, was attended by almost 100 schools form 45 countries this year. 150 projects were exhibited to a wide range of international audience via...

Design Turkey 2018 Awards

Congratulations to our students, alumni and academic staff who were selected for Good Design, Superior Design and Conceptual Design Awards in Design Turkey 2018!

ETMK Honorary Awards

Every year, ETMK gives honorary awards to our most established peers, for their exceptional contributions to the state of industrial design. This year’s honorary awards were presented before the...

METU ID at Design Week Turkey 2018: “Value Through Design”

Value Through Design “Value Through Design”, presents a selection of graduation projects from our fourth year studio, conducted in 2018. Graduation projects, completed with the cooperation of advisor...

Zati Erbaş guides second years in biomimicry field trip

Second year students of our deparment conducted a field trip in METU forests, under the guidance of artist and trekker Zati Erbaş for their projects in ID 201 class. The students will be designing...

The Global Studio 2018: Local Mobilities

The Global Studio is a cross-institutional design course that aims to provide students with skills for working in cross-cultural and geographically distributed work groups. In the course, teams of...

We are the 5th best design school in “2018 Red Dot Design Award Rankings” in Americas & Europe

Our department is once again, ranked the 5th best design school in Americas & Europe by 2018 Red Dot Design Rankings. We would like to congratulate our students, graduates and stakeholders for...

ID 304 Interactive Multimedia Design II Students Projects Reel

Student projects from spring semester, 2018! In this semester, we worked on industrial product presentations using new technologies. Starting from pen and paper, we generated interactive...

UTAK 2018 is concluded

The third of our National Design Research Conference (UTAK) had been concluded. The conference took place in METU Culture and Convention Center between 12 and 14 September, 2018. We would like to...

METU Alumni Day at our Department

On September 15th, 2018, our alumni celebrating their 10th, 20th and 30th years of graduation, received their medals with a high rate of participation.

STS Turkey 2018 is concluded

STS Turkey Conference, co-hosted by our department and METU Tekpol (Science and Technology Policy Studies) had been concluded. The conference took place in METU Culture and Convention Center between...

2018 Bölüm Tanıtım Etkinlikleri

Bölümümüzü gezmek ve bölümümüzle ilgili sorularınızı araştırma görevlilerimizle konuşabilmeniz için, tüm aday öğrencileri ve ailelerini bölüm tanıtım günlerinde bölümümüze bekliyoruz. Tanıtım...

17th METU ID News Bulletin is Out (with a new design)

Check out our latest bulletin from here.

World Industrial Design Day 2018: “Health and Well-Being” Panel and Selections from the Graduation Projects

In part of World Industrial Design Day (WIDD), TMMOB Chamber of Architects, Commision of Industrial Designers organized a “Health and Well-Being” panel with an exhibition of selected graduation...

17th Graduation Projects Jury and Exhibition

17th Graduation Projects Exhibition and the fourth year final jury took place at the Culture and Convention Center between May 29 and 31, 2018. 53 students presented their work, supported by 35...

Typographic Poster Design Workshop

Prof. Çiğdem Demir from Gazi University, Department of Visual Communication Design organized a one-day workshop on typography on 27th April, Friday.

16th METU ID Bullet-in is out

Check out our new bullet-in with lots of news from our department through the link below: News Bulletins

Final presentations and closing ceremony of Interdisciplinary Design Studio 3 by METU Design Factory

Final presentations and closing ceremony of Interdisciplinary Design Studio 3 by METU Design Factory, which is conducted under ID403 Collaborative Design course, took place at the new Design...

METU Department of Industrial Design participated in the Global Grad Show 2016

The second Global Grad Show was organised within the Dubai Design Week `16 between 24-29 October 2016, at the United Arab Emirates, Dubai. 50 universities from 30 countries took part in the...

15th METU ID Bullet-in is out

Check out our new bullet-in with lots of news from our department through the link below: Tasarımdan Haberler

METU Department of Industrial Design staff, students and alumni appear in 20 out of 50 awards in Design Turkey 2016

We are proud and filled with joy to find out that 20 awards in Design Turkey 2016 were recieved by teams that include METU ID staff, students and alumni! You can see the list of awarded projects with...

Design Turkey 2016 Conceptual Design Awards won by our students Akın Köse, Birnur Şahin, Beyza Ayhan and Elif Ilgaz Gülgeç

Three design projects developed in our department by our students were awarded Design Turkey 2016 Conceptual Design Awards. The awarded projects are Evocore biopsy needle by Akın Köse, Drop contact...

A selection of Graduation Projects were exhibited in Design Week Turkey 2016

Our department participated in Design Week Turkey 2016 exhibition with a selection of Graduation Projects developed by: Abdulkadir Uruç Ayşegül Kaya Belfuğ Şener Birnur Şahin Cansu Bezmez Damla...

One of our department`s specialists, Ataman Özdemir, won Design Turkey Good Design Award 2016

Our department specialist Ataman Özdemir won Design Turkey Good Design Award 2016 with his Disabled Access System [Engelsiz Erişim Sistemi (EES)]. You can find more information on the product and...

A selection of Graduation Projects were exhibited in “Bilimin Ev Hali / Science at Home”

METU organized “Bilimin Ev Halleri / Science at Home” event on September 30th, 2016, as a part of Science and Fun Day, which is held on every last Friday of September in 250 cities in Europe. Our...

Our department is once again in Red Dot Design Ranking 2016: Universities Americas & Europe

According to the ranking by the Red Dot Institute in Germany, METU Department of Industrial Design is on the list once again this year. Our department is on 5th place out of 15 universities in “Red...

Our instructor Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürsu and his team Designnobis won Energy Globe Award 2016

The winners of Energy Globe Award has been announced. Our instructor Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürsu along with his team, Designnobis, received the National Energy Globe Award of this year with their...

METU ID Graduation Projects Exhibition 2016

METU Department of Industrial Design Graduation Projects Exhibition will be held at METU Culture and Congress Centre, June 7th – 10th, 2016. This year, the exhibition also included projects from a...

14th METU ID Bullet-in is out

Check out our new bullet-in with lots of news from the link below Tasarımdan Haberler

METU Department of Industrial Design student Gizem Öncü won A`Design Award 2016

Gizem Öncü, a recent graduate of METU Department of Industrial Design, has received A`Design Award in the A`Design Award & Competition with her graduation project “Vitalink Smart Glove”...

Our instructor Assist. Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürsu and his team Designnobis received 8 awards in A`Design Awards 2016

The winners of A`Design Awards 2016, the design competition being held in Milano, Italy since 2010, were announced this year as well. An instructor of our department, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürsu...

UTAK 2016 – 2. National Design Research Conference

UTAK 2016, 2nd National Design Research Conference will be held between 21-23 September at Middle East Technical University. We hope to come together for sharing works carried out in the field of...

METU 60th Anniversary Honorary Lecture Series 4: Prof. Ulrich Weinberg

As part of ODTÜ’s 60th Anniversary Honorary Lecture Series Spring Program, Prof. Ulrich Weinberg will give a talk on “Design Thinking: The Creative Power of Teams!” on March 18, 2016 Friday at 14.00...

User Focused Design Workshop Directed by Doğan Şekercioğlu from IDEO

Our department hosted User Focused Design Workshop directed by Doğan Şekercioğlu from IDEO, USA. In the first session of the event which was organized by Istanbul Minerals and Metals Exporters...

13th METU ID Bullet-in is out

Check out our new bullet-in with lots of news from the link below: Tasarımdan Haberler

Our graduation projects in Turkey Innovation Week 2015

A selection of this year`s graduate projects will be exhibited between December 3rd and 5th, 2015, at “Istanbul Congress Center” as a part of Turkey Innovation Week. Projects exhibited: Evo-core by...

Our instructor Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürsu and his team Designnobis won 3 awards at German Design Awards 2016

The winners of the German Design Award 2016 were announced. Our instructor Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürsu has won 3 awards along with his team, Designnobis. Our sincerest congratulations to Dr. Hakan...

In its 29th General Assembly, ICSID Changed its name to “World Design Organisation” and redefined “Industrial Design”

In the 29th ICSID General Assembly, which took place between October 17th-18th, 2015 in Gwangju, South Korea, radical decisions were made from changing the name of the institution to re-defining...

TÜBİTAK Bitirme Projeleri Yarışmasında Birincilik ve Üçüncülük Ödülleri ODTÜ Tasarım Öğrencilerinin

In the TUBITAK Industry-focused Undergraduate Graduation Projects Competition, which is open to all engineering, basic, social, and medical sciences and design departments, our student Esra Uzel...

Our department ranked the 5th in Red Dot Design Ranking 2015: Universities Americas & Europe

METU Department of Industrial Design ranked 5th among the ‘’Most Successful Design Schools’’ of America and Europe according to the Red Dot Design Ranking 2015. The ranking is based on the Red Dot...

Our Graduate Ayça Dündar has won Design Council Spark award

Ayça Dündar, graduated from the METU Department of Industrial Design, and received the Design Council Spark award with her umbrella design Pop. The design is different from traditional umbrellas as...

Our Graduate İrem Dilek has won K-Design Award 2015

İrem Dilek, who graduated from the METU Department of Industrial Design, received K-Design Award 2015 with her graduation project Cocoon which is a convertible baby furniture. For more information...

METU ID Graduation Projects Exhibition 2015

METU Department of Industrial Design Graduation Projects Exhibition will be held at METU Culture and Congress Centre, June 2nd – 5th, 2015. This year, the exhibition also included projects from a...

METU Department of Industrial Design student Ahsen Gülsen won iF Student Design Award 2015

Ahsen Gülsen, a 4th-year student of the METU Department of Industrial Design, received the iF Student Design Award 2015 with her graduation project Duo, supported by the design consultancy firm...

METU ID in Young Designers Platform

A selection from the past year`s graduation projects of our department was exhibited in `Young Designers Platform` in Bursa, between 28-31 May, 2015. For more information; http://...

Designnobis won 16 awards at A`Design Awards 2015

The winners of A'Design Awards, the design competition being held in Milano, Italy since 2010, were announced this year as well. With 16,000 international participants from 208 countries, an...

Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu and his team Designnobis won 7 awards at IDA 2014-2015

The winners of International Design Awards 2014-2015 were announced. Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu has won 7 awards along with his team, Designnobis. Our sincerest congratulations to Dr. Hakan Gürsu...

METU ID in Design Ankara Fair

A selection of 2014 graduation projects and the results of “Alternative Usages for Isuzu D-Max Pick-up Trucks”project which was carried out in collaboration with Anadolu ISUZU by our final year...

Güner`e Atfen: Thoughts on Design Profession, Education and Practice

On the first year anniversary of his passing, we are inviting you all to the commemoration event of our dear professor Güner Mutaf. The event will take place in Architecture Amphitheatre, METU, on...

METU ID listed in Domus Magazine`s Europe`s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools 2015 Guide

Middle East Technical University Department of Industrial Design is listed in Domus Magazine`s Guide entitled “Europe`s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools 2015”. The Guide is provided as a...

Exhibiton: History of Material Culture and Industrial Design

Two I Two exhibitions of student works from ID122 and ID221 Origins and Attitudes in Industrial Design courses will be open as of Jan 7, Wednesday, in the METU Faculty of Architecture entrance hall....

12th METU ID Bullet-in is out

Check out our new bullet-in with lots of news from the link below: Tasarımdan Haberler

Çin’de Düzenlenen Tasarım Yarışması Dongguan Cup Ödülleri’nde Altın Madalya “Torchia” Tasarımı ile Dr.Hakan Gürsu’ya

At one of the most prestigious design competition in China, Dongguan Cup International Design Competition 2014, our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu received `Golden Award` with his design concept `Torchia...

Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu received Design Turkey Conceptual Design Award

Among the 54 applicants for the conceptual design category of Design Turkey 2014, only our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu received conceptual design award with Steam which is a stove-top tea maker...

Theme of this month`s ODTÜLÜ Magazine: I, Design

ODTÜLÜ magazine`s latest edition, theme of which is “I, Design” can be found at the following link: http://mezun.metu.edu.tr/_docs/dergi/50/Dergi/Odtulu53.pdf

UTAK 2014 Proceedings Book is out

The proceedings of Ulusal Tasarım Araştırmaları Konferansı (National Design Research Conference) organised in our Department on 10-12 September 2014 is available in print by Publications of METU...

Our graduation projects in Turkey Innovation Week 2014

A selection of this year`s graduate projects will be exhibited between December 04th and 6th 2014, at “Istanbul Congress Center” as a part of Turkey Innovation Week. Projects exhibited: MyPal –...

METU ID`s success in IMMIB Industrial Design Contests 2014

The results of IMMIB Industrial Design Contest 2014 are announced. METU Department of Industrial Design is proud to announce that many of our students and graduates won awards in several categories....

The projects of Masters` Studio 2013-2014 Spring are exhibited in 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial

This year`s theme in 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial is “Future is not what it used to be”. Three results of Masters` Studio project, namely “Where Goes the Daily?”, will be exhibited as a part of...

Our graduation projects in Ankara Innovation Week 2014

A selection of this year`s graduate projects will be exhibited between October 21st and 22nd, 2014, at “MEB Şura Salonu” as a part of Ankara Innovation Week. In “Academy-Industry Meeting” themed...

METU ID listed in Domus Magazine`s Europe`s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools 2014 Guide

Middle East Technical University Department of Industrial Design is listed in Domus Magazine`s Guide entitled “Europe`s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools 2014”. The Guide is provided as a...

Video: Disabled Access System being developed by our faculty secretary Ataman Özdemir

Inspired by the ramps placed next to the stairs, this project works like an elevator that decreases its incline as it goes upwards and can be applied on stairs up to 150cm in height. With paralel...

Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu received Designer of the Year 2014 award

Granted by the International Association of Designers, The Designer of the Year Award 2014 was given at the gala night held in Milan in August. Member of METU Industrial Design Department, Dr. Hakan...

Our department is once again in Red Dot Design Ranking: Universities Americas & Europe

According to the ranking by the Red Dot Institute in Germany, METU Department of Industrial Design is on the list once again this year. Our department is on 7th place out of 15 universities in “Red...

Workshops in UTAK 2014 are announced

There will be 3 workshops in the National Design Research Conference, UTAK 2014, Turkey. The workshops will be conducted by experienced design educators and designers between September 10-12, 2014,...

Video: METU ID Graduation Projects Exhibition 2014

Check this video out, showing METU ID Graduation Projects Exhibition 2014. We thank METU GİSAM for the effort they put in the making of this video.

Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu and his team Designnobis won 10 awards at IDA 2013-2014

The winners of International Design Awards 2013-2014 were announced. Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu has won 10 awards along with his team, Designnobis. Our sincerest congratulations to Dr. Hakan...

Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu and his team Designnobis won 5 awards at GreenDot 2013

The winners of GreenDot Design Awards 2013 were announced. Our instructor Dr. Hakan Gürsu has won 5 awards along with his team, Designnobis. Our sincerest congratulations to Dr. Hakan Gürsu and his...

Our Graduate Fulden Dehneli has won iF Design Concept Award 2014

Fulden Dehneli, graduated from METU Department of Industrial Design, received iF Concept Design Award 2014 with her graduation project Vita which is an air purifier that provides localized and...

METU ID Graduation Projects Exhibition in Kentpark Shopping Mall

Graduation projects of our first three ranking students were exhibited in the event organized by ETMK Ankara Branch within the framework of World Industrial Design Day at Kentpark Ankara between 28...

Graduation Ceremony

Graduation ceremony of Middle East Technical University was held on the 29th of June 2014, at “Devrim” (revolution) stadium. 29th of June being also World Industrial Design Day, the students and...

METU ID Graduation Projects Exhibition 2014

METU Department of Industrial Design Graduation Projects Exhibition will be held at METU Culture and Congress Centre, June 3th – 5th, 2014. This year, the exhibition will also include themed...

Workshop: Rapid Concept Development – 2D-3D Form Creation, by Ian Storer and Ian Campbell

METU ID would like to thank Ian James Storer and Ian Campbell from Loughborough Design School for their presentations and workshop this week, “Rapid Concept Development: 2D-3D Form Creation”. We were...

Our instructor, Dr. Hakan Gürsu, won 15 awards at A`Design Awards

The winners of A`Design Awards, the design competition being held in Milano, Italy since 2010, were announced this year as well. With 12,000 international participants from 208 countries, an...

11th METU ID Bullet-in is out

Check out our new bullet-in with lots of news from the link below: http://id.metu.edu.tr/content/docs/metuidbulten11.pdf

Exhibition: Sustainable Design Explorations, 2 – 10 April 2014, Faculty of Architecture Exhibition Hall

Within the context of ID 724 Product Design for Sustainability course at the graduate level, a selection of the design projects developed in the spring semesters of 2011 and 2013, and the fall...

Our Graduate student Koray Benli has received 3rd rank prize in Ceramics Design Competition

Koray Benli, graduate student of METU Department of Industrial Design, has received 3rd rank in Ceramics Design Competition with his project “Flow” which is combining sink and urinal to create water...

“Sahi, İnovasyon Neden Bize Bu Kadar Uzak?” – a New Book by Dr. Hakan Gürsu

We love to demand everything without facilitating the foundation for technology, without being acquainted with its patience and human resources, without paying its price. We, as a society, are not...

Our Graduate students Koray Benli and Deniz Camus won “Ideatrophy 2014”

The team “Magnum Opus” which is consist of our graduate students Koray Benli and Deniz Camus with Güneş Biliciler from Business Administration Department ranked as a winner team of “Ideatrophy 2014”...

Güner Mutaf, one of the two founders of the Department of Industrial Design at Middle East Technical University (METU), passed away on February 13, 2014. His funeral was held on February 15 in Ankara...

ICSID Turkey Members Meeting

ICSID Turkey members meeting was hosted by METU Faculty of Architecture, Department of Industrial Design on the 8th of February 2014. Representatives from 11 member organizations of ICSID from Turkey...

New METU ID Bullet-in is out

Check out our new bullet-in with lots of news from the link below: http://id.metu.edu.tr/content/docs/idbulten_10.pdf

METU ID Exhibits at Turkey Innovation Week

Select student projects from METU Department of Industrial Design are being exhibited at Turkey Innovation Week, which is being held at Istanbul Congress Centre between November 28th and 30th....

Materials Experience – New Elsevier Book Jointly Edited by Owain Pedgley

Department of Industrial Design staff member Dr Owain Pedgley recently completed his major book collaboration with Dr Elvin Karana (TUDelft) and Dr Valentina Rognoli (Politecnico di Milano). The 400-...

AIO PC Mass Customization Project Exhibition at Cebit 2014 – Sultan Kaygın Sel, Owain Pedgley

Recent Industrial Design PhD graduate Dr Sultan Kaygın Sel has been invited to Cebit 2014 in Istanbul, by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, to exhibit her All-in-One (AIO) PC Mass...

METU ID Exhibits at Tokyo Designers Week 2013

A selection of student projects of METU Department of Industrial Design is being exhibited at Tokyo Designers Week 2013 between the dates 26 October- 4 November 2013. Since 1986 Tokyo Designers Week...

ODTÜ Ranks #6 among the Top Industrial Design Schools in Americas and Europe in Red Dot Design Ranking 2013

Middle East Technical University (METU) has been ranked #6 among the top educational institutions in America and Europe in Red Dot Design Ranking 2013. Our department is rated above the globally...

Our 2013 graduate, Salih Berk İlhan, won the “Best of the Best” award in Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2013

Our 2013 graduate Salih Berk İlhan has won the “Best of the Best” award in Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2013 with his brush-dustpan design “Ropo” that he developed during the 2nd grade studio...

Our 2013 graduate, Adem Önalan, won Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2013

Our 2013 graduate Adem Önalan has won the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2013 with his graduation project “Life Box” developed in collaboration with Designum Design Consutlancy. “Life Box” is an air-...

29 June – World Industrial Design Day and METU Alumni Day

29th of June – World Industrial Design Day will be celebrated at METU Faculty of Architecture, together with METU Alumni Day. A selection of 2013 graduation projects will be exhibited at the Faculty...

2013 Thesis and Course Performance Awards

2013 Thesis and Course Performance Awards were announced at the Architecture Amphitheater July, 6th, 2013. Res. Assist. Yekta Bakırlığlu received Thesis Award with his master thesis “Biomimicry for...

METU ID Graduation Projects Exhibition 2013

METU Departement of Industrial Design Graduation Projects Exhibition will be held at METU Culture and Cogress Centre, between June 4th – 6th, 2013. This year, the exhibition will also include other...

Kaleseramik and METU Collaboration Receives European CSR Award

The project “Sustainable solutions integrating bathroom accessories with bathroom tiles” which was conducted at METU in collaboration with Kaleseramik received third prize in “Social Benefits” in...

METU ID`s success in A`Design Awards

A` Design Awards 2012-2013 Period winners are announced. METU Department of Industrial Design is proud to announce that our instructor, Dr. Hakan Gürsu, won 11 different awards, and 4 different...

METU ID Graduate Student Nur Yıldırım Designs Award-Winning Espresso Machine

Many congratulations are due to our Master`s student Nur Yıldırım, who has received several awards and accolades for her Stream Beam Espresso Machine, designed during her ID535 Design for...

METU Department of Industrial Design undergraduate student Fatma Köstekli and Salih Berk İlhan won 2nd “Automotive Design Competition” by Uludağ Automotive Industry Exporters Association (OİB)

2nd “Automotive Design Competition” held by Uludağ Automotive Industry Exporters Association (OİB) announced that the 3rd prize winners are METU ID 4th year students Fatma Köstekli and Salih Berk...

METU Department of Industrial Design graduate student Dilruba Oğur won iF Concept Design Award 2013 and BraunPrize 2012

Dilruba Oğur, graduate student of METU Department of Industrial Design, received iF concept design award 2013 with her graduation project “Anello” developed in collaboration with Vestel. iF Concept...

Exhibition: “Moving Rituals: Re-interpreting Rituals Cross-culturally”

The results of “Moving Rituals”, a joint project among METU Department of Industrial Design Masters Programme, TUe Department of Industrial Design Masters Programme, and LUCA/Sint Lukas Social...

METU Department of Industrial Design student Nazlı Gökçe Terzioğlu won WPO Worldstar student 2012 International Packaging Design Competition

Nazlı Gökçe Terzioğlu, graduate student of METU Department of Industrial Design, was awarded as “WorldStar Student Winner”in WPO Worldstar student 2012 International Packaging Design Competition,...

WORKSHOP: User-centered Design by Julia Cassim

Julia Cassim, from Helen Hamlin Centre for Design has conducted a workshop, named “User-centered Design”, on February 16-17,2013 at METU Faculty of Architecture. 36 students from different...

Habertürk broadcast Active Hot Desk Design Project

Habertürk broadcast final year design studio project “Active Hot Desk Design” in Airport program. The furniture design projects were exhibited in Ankara Esenboğa Airport and Office Expo Furniture...

Hot Desk Design Project Exhibition held at Office Expo 2013

Outcomes of the “Active Hot-Desk Design” final year project which was carried out by our department in collaboration with OMSIAD (Office Furniture Industrialists and Businessmen Association) are...

Esenboğa Airport hosting designs of METU students

METU ID collaborated with OMSIAD (Office Furniture Industrialists and Businessmen Association) in `Active Hotdesk Design` project conducted with the fourth year students in Fall 2012-2013. Nine...

METU ID listed in Domus Magazine`s Guide – “Europe`s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools 2013”

Middle East Technical University Department of Industrial Design is listed in Domus Magazine`s Guide entitled “Europe`s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools 2013”. The Guide is provided as a...

Home Heroes at İstanbul Innovation Week

10″Home Heroes: Future of Household Appliances Design” was exhibited in Turkish Innovation Week, between December 6th and 8th at İstanbul Congress Centre

Research Seminar: A Conversation on Postgraduate Study in Design – İdil Gaziulusoy

The next research seminar of this semester, “A Conversation on Postgraduate Study in Design”, will be delivered by İdil Gaziulusoy on 26th December, 2012, between 12.30 – 13.30 in Kubbealtı at METU...

METU ID at İstanbul Innovation Exhibition

A selection of graduation projects from METU ID 2012 is being exhibited at İstanbul Congress Centre on December 19-20, as a part of Innovation Exhibition organized by İstanbul Chamber of Industry....

48 awards in total for our 33 alumni and 1 instructor, at Design Turkey 2012

33 alumni and 1 intructor of us has won 48 out of 106 awards given at Design Turkey 2012 Industrial Design Competition , which was held by Ministry of Economoy, Turkish Exporter`s Assembly and...

Seminar: Prof. Pete Avondoglio

Our departments guest Prof. Pete Avondoglio gave a seminar, namely “People Centered Design At Umea Institute of Design”, on November 26th, 2012 in Kubbealtı. Prof. Avondoglio was graduated from...

Participation into Istanbul Design Biennial Academy Program

13 October – 12 December 2012 (Closed on Sundays) Kadir Has University Cibali Campus, Faculty of Art and Design, Kadir Has Caddesi – Istanbul As Middle East Technical University Department of...

‘Imperfection in Product Materials’

13 October – 12 December 2012 (Closed on Sundays) Kadir Has University Cibali Campus, Faculty of Art and Design, Kadir Has Caddesi – Istanbul Not all materials age gracefully. Only very few...

‘Polymer Jewellery: Inspired by Nature’

13 October – 12 December 2012 (Closed on Sundays) Kadir Has University Cibali Campus, Faculty of Art and Design, Kadir Has Caddesi – Istanbul Nature is wise and perfect, which is why artists and...

Dream Çiğdem Neighborhood

Developing Future Sustainability Scenarios in collaboration with Çiğdem Education, Environment and Solidarity Association in Ankara Hayalimizdeki Çiğdem Mahallesi (Dream Çiğdem Neighborhood) from...

Research Seminar: Electric Turkish Coffee Makers, Design and Everyday Nationalism – Harun Kaygan

The first research seminar of this semester, “Electric Turkish Coffee Makers, Design and Everyday Nationalism”, will be delivered by Harun Kaygan on 14th November, 2012, between 12.30 – 13.30 in...

Seminar: Prof. Paolo Volente / Politecnico di Milano

Prof. Paolo Volonte from Politecnico di Milano gave a seminar titled “Milanese Fashion Designers” on May 10th, 2012 – 16.00h-17.00h in Kubbealtı and another seminar titled “The Biography of Objects...

Success of METU in Red Dot Design Ranking 2011

Middle East Technical University (METU) has been ranked among the top 15 institutions in Americas and Europe in Red Dot Design Ranking 2011, design concept category. The countries and number of...

METU Industrial Design Department Students Recieved iF Concept Design Award

METU Industrial Design Department third year students developed sustainability scenarios under the theme of “Home Hereos” for Profilo, the local brand of BSH (Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH) in...

Graduation Projects Exhibition and Accompanying Exhibitions

Graduation Projects Exhibition of the Department of Industrial Design is held between 5-8 June 2012, at METU Cultural and Convention Center. It is accompanied by two other special theme exhibitions...

METU Department of Industrial Design student Nur Yıldırım won International Design Award 2011

Nur Yıldırım, graduate student of METU Department of Industrial Design, received one of the entire six awards of the student category in International Design Award IDA 2011, which was announced in...

Embedding Design in Life: Industrial Design Meeting at Cermodern

“Embedding Design in Life” symposium was organized on March 31th, 2012 at Cermodern as a result of the collaboration between METU Department of Industrial Design and the Embassy of Finland. During...

Home Heroes: Designing Tomorrow`s Home Appliances for BSH Profilo METU ID Students` designs are exhibited in Munich Creative Business Week

METU Industrial Design fourth year students have recently completed an ambitious project with Profilo, the Turkish brand of Bosch Siemens Hausgerate (BSH), to design appliances for the future home....

Dr. Hakan Gürsu and Designnobis team received five awards in Green Dot Awards 2011

Dr. Hakan Gürsu and Designnobis team, received five awards in Green Dot Awards 2011, which is referred as ‘environment oscars’ in design. Being organized in United States of America since 2008, the...

METU ID – OMSIAD Office Lounge Chair Designs in Officexpo

Results of the senior year project “Office Lounge Chair Design” of METU Department of Industrial Design in collaboration with OMSİAD will be exhibited between January 31 – February 4, 2012 in...

METU Department of Industrial Design OMSIAD Office Lounge Chair Design

Six of the office lounge chairs, which were designed as a result of university and industry collaboration, are to be produced METU Department of Industrial Design carried out the “Office Lounge...

Curriculum Development for National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

With the invitation of National University of Science and Technology (NUST), one of the most prestigious universities in Pakistan and the commision of dean’s office of our faculty, our head of...

METU ID Department in the 5th Ankara Design Week

Organized for the 5th time this year, Ankara Design Week aims to turn the capital into a design centre by offering seminars, workshops and exhibitions. Among those exhibitions, a selection of...

News Bulletin 7

Download our new newsletter: Tasarımdan Haberler 7

İstanbul Design Week

Istanbul Design Week, where designers around the world as well as from Turkey meet, took place in Old Galata Bridge this year. In this one-week event, graduation projects of our students, Toğrul...

Graduation Exhibition 2011

The 10th METU Deparment of Industrial Design Graduation Projects Exhibiton and jury was held between May 31st and June 3rd 2011 at METU Culture and Convention Center. This years exhibition also...

Our New Website

The Web site of METU ID Department has been redesigned. As part of a BOP project, the look, structure and use of our Web page has been reevaluated. The main focus of the project was not simply to...

Ayşe Birsel Commended

Dünya çapında birçok ödüle sahip, bölümümüz 1985 mezunu, ürün tasarımcısı Ayşe Birsel, bu başarılarıyla ve geliştirdiği “Sevdiğin Yaşamı Tasarla” yaklaşımı ve yapıbozum/yeniden yapım düşüncesinin...

METU Sustainable Campus Competition Finalized

ODTÜ Toplum ve Bilim Merkezi (TBM) tarafından düzenlenen “Sürdürülebilir ODTÜ Yerleşkesi Proje Yarışması” sonuçları Kültür ve Kongre Merkezi B Salonu’nda yapılan bir törenle açıklanmıştır....