DESIGN TURKEY DESIGN AWARDS ARE PRESENTED
Organized by Turkish Exporters’ Assembly under the coordination of Misintry of Trade, Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards were presented within the scope of the event Design Week Turkey 2019. Assembled for the eight time this year, 62 of designs and designers received awards in 13 categories in the ceremony.
The selection committee of domestic and foreign designers evaluated 286 designs that applied. A total of 62 awards were distributed in 13 categories, 8 of which were outstanding, 36 were good and 18 were conceptual awards.
Awards of the winning brands and designers were presented by Minister of Trade, Ruhsar Pekcan and Chairman of TİM, İsmail Gülle.
Turkey's most comprehensive design event Design Week Turkey, brought together more than 120,000 visitors both domestically and abroad with all the creative industries, since it’s held.
Design Week Turkey considers creating the awareness that design identity and economic success of our country can be achieved through the integration of design and industry; also brings together industry representatives and designers and provides a meeting ground for producing value-added products.
DWT’19 program, which focuses on strengthening creative economies, encouraging entrepreneurship, collaborative multidisciplinary projects and rigorous design research between industries, is formed through a comprehensive planning network by both national and international stakeholders.
DWT’19 was held at the Haliç Congress Center on November 14-17 this year with panels and conferences, exhibitions, workshops and award ceremonies in a number of fields including industrial design, fashion, visual communication design, architecture. The event spanned the city and the country, and aroused on a variety of routes and areas, and new ways of exploring the country through design were presented to design enthusiasts.
The ability to design written in our genetic codes for thousands of years has emerged with successful contemporary projects integrated with innovation and technology in all design disciplines and approaches. Within the scope of the event, brands had the chance to develop joint projects with designers, and as well as they had the opportunity to cooperate with universities and institutions.
14-17 November, Haliç Congress Center