H. Alpay ER, BID, PhD, FDRS

Professor Industrial Designer

Address:

Özyeğin University (OzU) Department of Industrial Design Faculty of Architecture and Design, Nişantepe, Çekmeköy 34794 Istanbul TR

Phone: +90 216 5649340 E-mail: [email protected]

A C A D E M I C H I S T O R Y

1990/94 MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY:

PhD, October 1994, Institute of Advanced Studies, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Title of the PhD Thesis: The Emergence and Development Patterns of Industrial Design in Newly Industrialized Countries with particular reference to .

1983/88 MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY:

B.ID, July 1988, Department of Industrial Design Faculty of Architecture,

A CA D E M I C W O R K E X P E R I E N C E :

2013/ … ÖZYEGİN UNIVERSITY: Professor Chair of the Department Department of Industrial Design Faculty of Architecture and Design, Nişantepe - Istanbul

2005/2013 ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: Professor Chair of the Department Department of Industrial Product Design Faculty of Architecture, Taskısla - Istanbul

1998/2005 ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: Associate Professor Vice Chair of the Department Department of Industrial Product Design Faculty of Architecture, Taskısla – Istanbul

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1997/98 ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: Assistant Professor Department of Industrial Product Design Faculty of Architecture, Taskısla – Istanbul

1996/97 HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY: Dr Instructor Department of Wood Products Industrial Engineering School of Vocational Technology, Ankara

1989/90 HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY: Research & Teaching Assistant Department of Wood Products Industrial Engineering SVT, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L P O S I T I O N S

Contributing Editor (2016 - …) Design Issues, MIT Press, USA

Executive Board Member (2015- ...) International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) /World Design Organization (WDO) www.wdo.org

Fellow of Design Research Society (FDRS) (2006 - …) Design Research Society (DRS), UK

Regional Advisor (2013-2015) International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) www.icsid.org

Executive Board Member (2011-2013) International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid)

Chair, (2001/2012) 2013 International Design Alliance (IDA) Congress Istanbul -Design Dialects - Organization Committee, Istanbul TR

Member of Editorial Board (2007 - 2014) Design and Culture, berg publications,

DRS International Council Member (2002/2008) Design Research Society (DRS), UK

Member of Scientific Committee (2004 – 2007) Research Network Sistema Design Italia, Milan, İtaly.

International Member (2004/ …) Research Center for Theory and Culture, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brazil

International Jury Member: Red Dot Product Design Awards 2013, Germany Red Dot Product Design Awards 2012, Germany İF Concept Design Awards, 2008 – 20 14 Germany Red Star China Design Awards 2012, ROC

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A C A D E M I C E X P E R T I S E :

* Design and Economic Development: * Government Design Policy * Industrial Design & Design Management Education * Historical Development Patterns of Industrial Design in Turkey and the Periphery * Role of Design in Business Strategies:

A C A D E M I C I M P A C T (2016)

Total 262 citations in academic publications hIndex: 9 i10 Index: 8

A F F I L I A T I O N S :

Member of the Design Research Society (DRS), Member of the Turkish Society of Industrial Designers (ETMK).

A C A D E M I C A N D P RO F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S :

Invited Speaker Design Thinking and Innovation in the context bDesign Thinking Conference 2016 Harvard Business Review Turkiye 16 May 2016, Istanbul

Invited Speaker Global Convergence Thinking Int. Design Seminar for Convergence Hongık University 15 February 2013, Seoul, S. Korea

Invited Speaker, 2012 Taipei World Design Congress Taiwan Design Center 4-5 October 2012, Taipei, Taiwan.

Invited Speaker "Tasarımın Ekonomi Politiği: Türkiye'de Endüstriyel Tasarımın Tarihsel Gelişim Dinamikleri" Istanbul Internatinal desy Symposium - Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation (İKSV) 2-3 December 2010, Istanbul.

Invited Speaker, Design in the Turkish Furniture Industry: Opportunities and Challenges Deco 2009: The 2nd International Conference on World Trade in Furniture & Design 28-29 September 2009, Tehran, Iran.

Invited Speaker, "Tasarım, Teknoloji ve Inovasyon", 8. Teknoloji Ödülleri ve Kongresi, TÜBİTAK-TTGV-TÜSİAD, 25 June 2009, Sabancı Center, Istanbul.

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Invited Speaker Arena Design 2009: European Design Business 5 June/ 2009, Poznan, Poland .

Invited Speaker, “Uneven Developments of Design and Industry in Turkey” Bezalel Annual Design Management Conference Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Dept. of Industrial Design 30 April 2009, Jerusalem, Israel.

Invited Speaker, ID KAIST Seminar: “Industrial Design in Turkey: An Overview” Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Dept. of Industrial Design 10 December 2008, Daejeon, S. Korea

Invited Speaker, “Development Characteristics of Design in Newly Industrialized Economies” GDC International Academic Forum 07 GuanShanYue Art Museum, 3-4 December 2007, Shenzhen, PR China

Keynote Speaker, "Political Economy of Industrial Design in the Periphery" Fundaçao Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), 13-16 October 2004, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Invited Speaker, Innovation and Creativity in Eczacibasi 2003 Organization: Eczacıbaşı Holding A.Ş. 17 December 2003, Istanbul, Turkey

Invited Speaker, ISO 2nd Industry Congress: Sustainable Competitiveness Organization: Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) 3-4 December 2003, Istanbul, Turkey

Invited Speaker, ME.Design: Il Design per Valorizzare le risorse dell’area Mediterranea Organization: Sistema Design Italia and Italian Ministry of Research and Education 13-14 February 2003, Naples, Italy

Invited Speaker, World Design Forum 2002: Design Policy and Global Network Organization: Korean Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) and ICSID 5-7 September 2002, Seongnam, South Korea.

Co-chair of Design for the Next Economy Session 12th EAD Conference, 2017 Design For the Next European Academy of Design (EAD) Sapienza University of Rome, April 2017, Rome, Italy

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Member of International Advisory Board, Coincidence & Co-incidence: 4th International Conference on Design History and Design Studies Organization: Universidad de Guadalajara and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1-5 November 2004, Guadalajara, Mexico.

* Member of International Review Panel Futureground: 2nd DRS International Design Research Conference Organization: Design Research Society (DRS) and Monash University 24-27 November 2004, Monash, Australia.

* Member of International Review Panel 4th International Design and Emotion Conference Organization: Design and Emotion Society and Middle East Technical University 12-14 July 2004, Ankara, Turkey

* Member of International Review Panel Techne – Design Wisdom: 5th European Academy of Design Conference Organization: University of Barcelona and European Academy of Design 27-29 April 2003, Barcelona, Spain.

* Member of International Review Panel ME.Design: Il Design per Valorizzare le risorse dell’area Mediterranea Organization: Sistema Design Italia and Italian Ministry of Research and Education 13-14 February 2003, Naples, Italy.

* Member of International Review Panel, ICSID Educational Conference 2001 Organized by ICSID as part of ICSID 2001 General Congress. 5-7 October 2001, Seongnam, South Korea.

* Member of Organization and Advisory Board, Mind the Map: 3rd International Conference on Design History and Design Studies Organized by Istanbul Technical University and Kent Institute of Art & Design (UK) 9-12 July 2002, ITU Maslak Campus, Istanbul.

* Organization, together with Dijon De Moraes (Brazil) ‘Workshop: ID in the Periphery’, moderated by Gui Bonsiepe As part of Mind the Map: 3rd International Design History Conference Organized by Kent Institute of Art & Design (UK) and Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) 10 July 2002, ITU Maslak Campus, Istanbul.

* Member of Editorial Board, AD Design + Architecture + Art Journal Doğan- Burda-Rizzolli Publishing House, Istanbul, November 2002/ 2007

* Member of Editorial Board, A/Z ITU Journal of Faculty of Architecture ITU Faculty of Architectecture, Istanbul, November 2002/ 2013

Consultant on Design, since 2015 Turkish Federation of Furniture Manufacturers (MOSFED) Istanbul.

Advisory Board Member, since 2013 Istanbul Design Foundation İstanbul

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* Chair of Industrial Design Working Group, Expertise Committee of Quality and Technology (KATEK), Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), November 2002/2010

* Member of the Expertise Committee of Quality and Technology (KATEK), Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), September 2002/…

* Special Experts Committee (SEC) Member State Planning Organization (DPT), 8th Five Year Development Plan Industrial Policy SEC, Industrial Competitiveness Working Group, December 1999- January 2000 Ankara. Prepared the report on ‘Design and Brand Development’, together with Dr Özlem Er.

* Listed as an ‘Expert in Design Promotion’ under the ICSID Roster of Experts, International Congress of Societies of Industrial Designers (ICSID), Helsinki.

* Seminar Organization, ITU Industrial Design Meetings IV ‘ICSID’s Approach to Industrial Design Education, and Turkey’ One-day International Meeting, 8th March 2002, In cooperation with ICSID Executive Committee, ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, Taskısla.

* Member of Organization Committee, (Responsible for furniture design sessions) International Furniture Congress 1999 Organized by Hacettepe University and Istanbul Technical University, 14 - 17th October 1999, Istanbul, Turkey.

* Member of Organization Committee ‘Local-Global Product Systems’ Workshop Directed by Professor Ezio Manzini of Politecnico di Milano, 29 May -2 June 2000, ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, Taskısla

* Seminar Organization, ITU Industrial Design Meetings III ‘Freelance Design Practice in Turkey: Problems and Proposals’ One-day Meeting, 20th October 2000, In cooperation with ETMK (Industrial Designers Society of Turkey) Istanbul Branch. ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, Taskısla.

* Seminar Organization, ITU Industrial Design Meetings II ‘Postgraduate Education in Industrial Design’ One-day meeting, 5th May 1999, Participated by members of staff from all the universities with industrial design departments in Turkey, and the Research Coordinator of the Design Department, Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK. ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, Taskısla.

* Seminar Organization, ITU Industrial Design Meetings ‘Industrial Design Education in Turkey: Problems and Proposals’ One-day Seminar, 9th June 1998, Participated by members of staff from all the universities with industrial design departments in Turkey. ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, Taskısla.

* Director and Organization Committee Member 'From Local to Global' Student Workshop As part of Industrial Designers' Society of Turkey (ETMK) "Designers' Odyssey '98" activities, The first workshop that was participated by students and faculty staff from all the industrial design departments in Turkey, 9-11 November 1998, ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, Istanbul.

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* Organization of ITU International Lecture Series (1998 -2011) featured by . Ettore Sottsass (Sottsass Associates, İtaly), 1998. Prof. Ezio Manzini (Politecnico di Milano, İtaly), 2000. Prof. Richard Buchanan (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), 2000. Prof. Vladimir Hubka (TH Zurich,), 2000. Dante Donegani (Domus Academy, İtaly). 2001. Gerrhard Kohner (DaimlerChrsyler, Germany). 2001. Illaria Marelli, (Cappelini s.p.a. Italy). 2001. John Arbak (Watson Furniture Co. ABD). 2002. Thomas Rainer (Almanya). 2003. Prof. Kwung Won Chung (KAIST, ), 2004. Prof. John Langrish (University of Salford, UK), 2005. Prof. James Bennett (SUNY New Paltz, USA), 2005. Prof. Egon Chemaitis (Berlin University of Arts, Germany), 2006. Karl Palmas & Otto vo Bush (Goteborg University, Sweden), 2006. Konstantin Grcic (KGID, Almanya), 2006. Prof. Pekka Korvenmaa (TaiK - University of Art & Design Helsinki, Finland), 2007. Jan Chipchase (Nokia Insight & Innovation Studio, Japan), 2007. T. Jacob Jensen (Jacob Jensen Design, Denmark), 2007. Ezri Tarazi (Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, İsrael), 2007. Praveen Nahar (National Institute of Design, India), 2007. Prof. Charles Boone (San Francisco Art Institute, USA), 2007. Eero Miettinen (Nokia, Finland), 2008. Prof. Martin Relander (TAIK, Finland), 2008. Kei Kagami, (Kei Kagami, Japan), 2009 Prof. Paul Chamberlain (Sheffield Hallam University, UK), 2009 Glen Adamson ( Victoria & Albert Museum, UK), 2009 David Crowley (Royal College of Art, UK), 2009 Kart Summatavet (University of Tartu, Estonia), 2009 Dr. Artemis Yagou (AKTO, Greece), 2010 Prof. Klaus Krippendorff (University of Pennsylvania, USA), 2010 Prof. Chris Rust (Sheffield Hallam University, UK), 2011 Elizabeth Sanders (MakeTools / Ohio State University USA), 2011 Michael Webster (Seymourpowell, UK), 2011

ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, Taskısla

* Organization Committee Member, (Responsible for furniture design sessions) 1st National Furniture Congress , Organized by Hacettepe University, November 1997, Ankara, Turkey.

* MSc and PhD Thesis Supervisor, 1998 – 2015 ITU Graduate Program of Industrial Design.

* MSc, PhD and ‘Proficiency in Art’ Thesis Examiner, since 1998

ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate Program of Industrial Design, Istanbul METU Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Program of Industrial Design, Ankara Institute of Fine Arts, Graduate Program of Industrial Design, Istanbul Izmir Institute of Technology, Graduate School of bSciences, Program of Industrial Design, İzmir ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate Program of Architectural Design, Istanbul

University of Illinois Chicago, Graduate program of Art History, USA University of Otago, Graduate Program of Design, New Zeland

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A D M I N I S T R A T I V E A C T I V I T I E S:

* Chair OzU Department of Industrial Design, 2013-...

Director “Design, Technology and Society” Interdisciplinary PhD and MSc Programs at Ozyegin University, 2015 - ..

* Member of various Administrative and Academic Committees at Ozyegin University (OzU) since 2013

* Chair ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, 2006-2013.

Director “Industrial Design” PhD and MSc Programs at ITU, 2006 -2013 ..

* Vice Chair ITU Department of Industrial Product Design, 1998-2005.

* Member of the Executive Committee of the ITU Faculty of Architecture, 2000/2003.

* Member of various Administrative and Academic Committees in the ITU Faculty of Architecture since 1998-2013.

O T H E R A C T I V I T I E S:

* President Industrial Designers' Society of Turkey (ETMK), Istanbul Branch, 2004/2006

* Member of Advisory Board “Turkish Design Council” Initiative, A working group under the auspicies of Turkish Exporters Assembly, Istanbul. December 2003/ 2005

* Member of Advisory Board Garanti Design Gallery, The first design gallery in Turkey, funded by a private bank, Garanti, Istanbul. March 2003/ 2008

* Member of Advisory Board ADesignFair 2003 – Istanbul International Design Fair, Lütfi Kırdar Kongre ve Sergi Salon, Istanbul, 10-14 September 2003.

* Chair of Industrial Design Working Group, Expertise Committee of Quality and Technology (KATEK), Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), November 2002/…

* Member of the Expertise Committee of Quality and Technology (KATEK), Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), September 2002/…

* Special Experts Committee (SEC) Member State Planning Organization (DPT), 8th Five Year Development Plan Industrial Policy SEC, Industrial Competitiveness Working Group, December 1999- January 2000 Ankara. Prepared the report on ‘Design and Brand Development’, together with Dr Özlem Er.

* Listed as an ‘Expert in Design Promotion’ under the ICSID Roster of Experts, International Congress of Societies of Industrial Designers (ICSID), Prof.Dr. H. Alpay Er, 2016

* General Secretary, Member of Executive Board Industrial Designers' Society of Turkey (ETMK), 1997/98

* Vice Chair Industrial Designers' Society of Turkey (ETMK), Istanbul Branch, 1999/2001

* Jury Member In various national design competitions organized by Exporters’s Unions, Companies and other bodies since 2001

* Organization Committee Member in Industrial Design Competitions Took part on behalf of ETMK in the organization of different ID competitions, including Vestel- ETMK Design Competitions in 1999 and 2001, also contributed to EPID and YKK competitions.ü

* Consultant and Expert in Industrial Design Registration Legal Cases. Istanbul District Courts, - Law & Legal Consultancy Companies since 1999

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