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International Relations
ITU Dept. of Industrial Product Design operates in Istanbul as a local hub of international design network, and has strong and diversified international relations as the globalization of design sector requires. The department is a member of ICSID (International Council of the Societies of Industrial Design) since 2001. In March 2002, it hosted the ICSID Executive Board Meeting in Istanbul, the first ICSID activity in Turkey to the date.
The department is also an active contributor to international activities in Turkey and abroad. ITU was the first design school from Turkey, that exhibited student design works in 'Salone Satellite' of Milan International Furniture Fair in 2003 and 2007. For details; Milan Project The department acts as a local partner for education and research projects of global corporations in Istanbul such as the project undertaken with Nokia in 2007.
Since 1999, two international design conferences were organized, every year international workshops are organized by designers from all around the world, and designers and academicians give seminars as part of the 'ITU International Design Lectures'.
ITU Industrial Product Design Department has the highest number of of international exchange programs in Turkey. Our ERASMUS and bilateral agreements:
Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)
University of Art and Design - UIAH / TAIK (Finland)
Ecole Superieure d'Art et Design - ESAD de Reims- (France)
ESCI Les Ateliers (France)
Fachochschule Coburg (Germany)
Hochschule Bremen (Germany)
Staat. Hoch. für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (Germany)
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (Germany)
University of the Aegean (Greece)
Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
University of Sassari (Italy)
TU Delft (Netherlands)
KAIST (South Korea)
Malmö University (Sweden)
University of Göteborg (Sweden)
Högskolan Kalmar (Sweden)
University College West Flanders-HOWEST (Belgium)
Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
NID-National Institute of Design (India) (awaiting for ratification!)
"ITU International Design Lectures" Series
Professor Emeritus, Bruce Archer (Royal Collece of Art, UK), 1994.
Dr John Langrish (Machester Metropolitan University, UK), 1994.
Ettore Sottsass (Sottsass Associates, Italy), 1998.
Professor Ezio Manzini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), 2000.
Professor Richard Buchanan (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), 2000.
Professor Vladimir Hubka (TH Zurich, İsviçre), 2000.
Dante Donegani (Domus Academy, Italy). 2001.
Gerrhard Kohner (DaimlerChrsyler, Germany). 2001.
İllaria Marelli, (Cappelini s.p.a. Italy). 2001.
John Arbak (Watson Furniture Co. USA). 2002.
Thomas Rainer (Germany). 2003.
Professor Kwung Won Chung (KAIST, South Korea), 2004.
Professor John Langrish (University of Salford, UK), 2005.
Professor James Bennett (SUNY New Paltz, USA), 2005.
Professor Egon Chemaitis (Berlin University of Arts, Germany), 2006.
Karl Palmas & Otto vo Bush (Goteborg University, Sweden), 2006.
Konstantin Grgic (KGID, Germany), 2006.
Professor Pekka Korvenmaa (University of Art & Design Helsinki, Finland), 2007.
Jan Chipchase (Nokia Insight & Innovation Studio, Japan), 2007.
T. Jacob Jensen (Jacob Jensen Design, Denmank), 2007.
Ezri Tarazi (Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel), 2007.
Praveen Nahar (National Institute of Design, India), 2007.
Professor Charles Boone (San Francisco Art Institute, USA), 2007.
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