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No 9        March 2021

  DESIGN FEST’21 IS COMING ON!

This year’s theme of the Design Fes-       rate their field expertise into social    ‘ The Design Team, formed with the
tival, which is carried out by the Fa-     life.” Lecturer İrem Fulya ÖZKAN          self-sacrificing contribution of the
culty of Fine Arts with a different the-   and Lecturer Nihal EKİCİ DEMİR,           festival, contributes not only to the
me each year, has been determined as       who made their comments, said, “In        visual designs of the festival, but
“Digitalism”. The event, set out with      this way, the festival will provide an    also to various special day and soci-
the motto of “Digital Evolution in         academic perspective to the new di-       al responsibility projects. The soci-
the Fields of Art and Design” and is                                                 al media team including Seray Nisa
planned to last for 3 days, will inclu-                                              YAVUZ, Ahmet Taha DEMİRCİ,
de interviews, seminars, workshops,                                                  İlayda ÇELİK, Buse GÖRAL, Fir-
workshops and various social activi-                                                 devs GÜLŞAHİN, Berkay GÜLER,
ties with the participation of in-house                                              Hilal DENİZ and Murat GARİPOĞ-
and external guests. Preparations for                                                LU also takes over the management
the festival, which will be held onli-                                               of the social platforms created for the
ne under the supervision of İGÜ GSF                                                  Festival. Applications for the “Digi-
Lecturer İrem Fulya ÖZKAN and                                                        talism Themed Illustration Competi-
Lecturer Nihal EKİCİ DEMİR, con-           gital age and at the same time revi-      tion” for high school, associate and
tinue at full speed. 25 students and 14    ve the spirit of fine arts and motivate   undergraduate students held in the
teaching staff actively take part in the   students.” He expressed his views.        butchery of the festival continues un-
preparations for the event.                Melek GÜLŞEN, Ayşe AKSU, Meli-            til April 20, 2021.
About the purpose of the festival, “It     ke SÖALP, Fatmanur YÜRÜK, Sude            For all the detailed information about
aims to enable all students within the     Anda GAVRİLOV, Zeynep FIRAT,              the Design Festival and Illustration
Faculty of Fine Arts to put into pra-      Gülben ALKAN, Tuğçe ÇAKIR,                Competition, you can visit the “tasa-
ctice the theoretical knowledge they       İlayda OĞUZ, Yeşim ADAM, Hazal            rimfest.gelisim.edu.tr” website and
have gained from the programs they         GÜNEŞ, Rümeysa Hilal TONBUL,              follow the @tasarimfestigu Instag-
are affiliated with, and thus to integ-    Fatma Gül YILDIRIM and Aysemen            ram page.
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EXHIBITIONS   EXHIBITIONS

 Research Assistant Zeynep ABACI’s First Solo Exhibition                                     Dr. Lecturer Aysun CANÇAT’s Work Was Included in the Catalog of the Mail
 Opened at Gallery Kambur!                                                                   Art Exhibition titled “Harmony - Creativity and Environmental Crisis”
                                                                                            Graphic Design Department Dr. Le-         This exhibition is concering
Zeynep ABACI associates her mixed                                                           cturer Member Aysun CANÇAT par-           the role of the artist in the
technigue works on canvas with the                                                          ticipated in the international Mail Art   face of environmental crises,
concept of pseudo memory in the                                                             exhibition called “Editing” which         and the artists ability to face
light of the relationship between                                                           was held between 25 September - 4         these crises; and is one of the
space and memory. In parallel with                                                          October 2020; her work was included       ongoing projects establis-
the view which argues that the                                                              in the exhibition catalog.                hed to combat this issue. In
moment we are trying to remember                                                            “Adjustıng - Creativity and Environ-      the context of creativity and
is a distorted photocopy of the                                                             mental Crisi” is an international pos-    environmental crises; The-
previous one. Her works are about                                                           tal art exhibition.                       re are questions such as the
familiar but foreign spaces in her                                                                                                    processes and results of artis-
                                                                                                                                      tic creativity; what the artist
                                                                                                                                      as a citizen can do, how he/
                                                                                                                                      she contributes to the wor-
                                                                                                                                      ld in times of crisis and the perspe-    exhibition also aims to expand be-
                                                                                                                                      ctives they can offer. The event was     yond Kinvara and Ireland to the who-
                                     autobiographical memory and the                                                                  designed by a group of artists based     le world and to connect with physical
                                     fictional transformation of these                                                                in the village of Kinvara on Ireland’s   productions. That’s why the fact that
                                     spaces / memories.                                                                               west coast. This group produces vari-    Dr. Lecturer Aysun CANÇAT’s work
                                     “... The fiction in my work focuses                                                              ous events, exhibitions, performance     was included in the catalog is quite
                                     exactly on this transformation. The                                                              and media projects interactively with    meaningful in terms of its contributi-
                                     paintings that I create with bright                                                              communities and individuals. This        on to the world of art and education.
                                     and vivid colors reflect the conflict
                                     with this feeling of uncanny. They
                                     represent the journey of the past to                    Assistant Professor Melis Boyacı Attended the Exhibition
                                     the present ...”
                                     ABACI’s first solo exhibition can                      Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Com-
                                     be visited at Galeri Kambur from                       munication and Design Melis BOYACI, with her work
                                     February 22 to March 8, 2021.                          “Vital Memory XVI”, organized the “2. The artist parti-
                                                                                            cipated in the Women Academics National Group Exhi-
                                                                                            bition.
                                                                                            Assistant Professor Melis Boyacı, expressed the impor-
                                                                                            tance of participating in the exhibition with the following
                                                                                            words:
                                                                                            “8th of March Women’s Day laborers of the republic
                                                                                            founded by Ataturk in Turkey there is an even more im-
                                                                                            portant meaning. More absence of any European country
                                                                                            under the leadership of Ataturk in Turkey selecting wo-
                                                                                            men MPs elected in 1934 and given the right to vote, in
                                                                                            1935, Turkey has entered 18 deputies to the National As-
                                                                                            sembly. As a result of all these developments, the Interna-
                                                                                            tional Women’s Union Congress gathered in Istanbul in
                                                                                            1935. Approaching the 100th anniversary of the Repub-
                                                                                            lic, according to the United Nations between Parliament
                                                                                            and the Union acquired Surveys According to recent data,
                                                                                            Turkey, in terms of the proportion of women deputies in
                                                                                            Parliament is ranked 102 of 141 countries. In addition,
                                                                                            our country is among the countries with the lowest rate
                                                                                            of women working among the European Union member
                                                                                            and candidate countries. On the one, while these kinds of
                                                                                            data and developments are in question, our women still
                                                                                            try to make themselves available in every field. Actually,
                                                                                            I wanted to take part in the exhibition with my paintings
                                                                                            that take as a starting point that each being is one.’’
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EXHIBITIONS                ACADEMIC SUCCESS

 “8 March International Women’s Day Mixed Digital Student Exhibition” was                                                       Research Assistant Emel ÇİRİŞOĞLU participated in Scientific
 opened under the coordination of Lecturer İrem Fulya ÖZKAN                                                                     Research Methods Workshop in the Field of Tourism
Under the coordination of Graphic                                                 the exhibition reflects the spirit of In-
Design Department Lecturer İrem                                                   ternational Women’s Day in the best          Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Univer-
Fulya ÖZKAN, the works produced                                                   way. The multicolored and polypho-           sity in a workshop organized within
by the students of the department                                                 nic exhibition invites the audience to       different universities in the area of​​
within the scope of 8 March Interna-                                              share this variegation.                      Turkey’s expert faculty with inter-
                                                                                                                               national tourism; historical, natural,
                                                                                                                               which is an important destination on
                                                                                                                               the cultural heritage of Turkey ow-
                                                                                                                               ned to manifest with the correct met-
                                                                                                                               hods in scientific studies of tourism
                                                                                                                               infrastructure and research methods        ckage for the Social Sciences) statis-     hop in the Field of Tourism, conduc-
                                                                                                                               used in tourism to improve the qua-        tical program university gave trainin-     ted by IDEB, was held on Microsoft
                                                                                                                               lity of scientific studies in the field    gs including the analysis used. The        Teams on February 18-20.
                                                                                                                               of tourism and SPSS (Statistical Pa-       Scientific Research Methods Works-

                                                                                                                                New International Publication from Assistant Professor Murat DOĞAN!
                                                                                                                               IGU, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vice Dean,      Expanded (SCIE).                           ch design, was used in the study and
                                                                                                                               Faculty of Gastronomy and Culinary         Assistant Professor Murat DOĞAN:           was carried out with a total of ten par-
                                                                                                                               Arts Department Assistant Professor        “Thinking of bringing a new breath         ticipants. The data obtained from the
                                                                                                                               Murat DOĞAN’s article titled “A            to the field of gastronomy; “The out-      focus group interview were analyzed
                                       tional Women’s Day met with the au-                                                     New Trend in Gastronomy: Culinary          puts of our study, which we started a      using content analysis based on gast-
                                       dience on the ArtSteps digital exhibi-                                                  Medicine Chef” was published in the        year ago, have been transformed into       ronomy, nutrition and food science.
                                       tion platform. With the participation                                                   International Journal of Gastronomy        a research article and published in the    As a result of the study, the multi-
                                       of 12 students and a total of 14 works,                                                 and Food Science in the Q1 category        International Journal of Gastronomy        disciplinary study affecting the con-
                                                                                                                               scanned in Science Citation Index          and Food Science with the title” A         ceptual framework of the medical
                                                                                                                                                                          New Trend in Gastronomy: Culinary          kitchen chef helped determine vari-
                                                                                                                                                                          Medicine Chef “ he said.                   ous formal, semantic and technical
                                                                                                                                                                          With this study, it is aimed to deter-     dimensions under the headings of the
                                                                                                                                                                          mine the theoretical, practical and        contribution of gastronomy to the he-

                                       March 8 International                                                                                                              conceptual framework of the medical
                                                                                                                                                                          cuisine, which is a niche trend in gast-
                                                                                                                                                                          ronomy. The focus group interview
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     alth sector, applied culinary trainings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     and public health promotion.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     You can access the article on our

                                       Working Women’s Day
                                                                                                                                                                          method, which is a qualitative resear-     website.

                                                                                                                                Research Assistant Gökçe UZGÖREN’s Article Published in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts
                                                                                                                                University Faculty of Architecture Magazine Design + Theory
                                                                                                                               Interior Architecture and Environmen-                                                 markets, public spaces that are neg-
                                                                                                                               tal Design Department Research Assis-                                                 lected in the daily practices of urban
                                                                                                                               tant Gökçe UZGÖREN’s article titled                                                   life, and the potentials these spaces
                                                                                                                               “The Role of District Markets in the                                                  carry in the context of sociality-based
                                                                                                                               Development of Sociality-Based Pub-                                                   publicity are not discussed much in
                                                                                                                               licity in Urban Life” was published in                                                the literature. However, these places
                                       The history of humanity is full of ne-     of power, establishing domination,           the March 2021 issue of the Journal of                                                have an important place in terms of
                                       gativities. On the one hand, the wo-       destroying nature, and acts of vio-          Architecture Faculty of Mimar Sinan                                                   socialization in the daily urban life of
                                       men’s part of humanity symbolized          lence. It could not happen in the past.      Fine Arts University, Design + Theory.                                                Istanbul residents. For this reason, I
                                       by love, patience, fortitude, compas-      But from now on, how nice it would           In this study, which aims to investigate                                              think it is important to include unique
                                       sion, beauty and intelligence and all      be to live in a future and the world         the potentials of traditional neighbor-    ren states that she uses the observa-      spatial patterns such as the neighbor-
                                       other decent virtues. On the other         where women shape its color, texture         hood markets as an alternative shop-       tion and semi-structured question-         hood markets that have existed in
                                       hand, the other part that is responsib-    and scent. Hoping that every day will        ping place in the contemporary capi-       naire technique in the neighborhood        Istanbul for many years into the city
                                       le for the history of these adversities,   be women’s day.                              talist system in terms of developing       market that she has determined as her      and spatial studies.”
                                       identified with wars, demonstrations       Doç. Dr. Metin KUŞ                           sociability-based publicity in urban       field of study and adopts an inductive     You can access the entire article on
                                                                                                                               life, Research Assistant Gökçe Uzgö-       approach. “Traditional neighborhood        our website.
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CAUSERIE           CAUSERIE
 Interview On “The Future Of Fine Arts Department After The                                                                        The Future of the Graphic Design Department After the Pandemic
 Pandemic”                                                                                                                                                                                                            that, freelance work opportunities
An interview titled “The Future of          the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of          opened in museums. Therefore, the                                                                                              have also increased. “ used the exp-
Fine Arts Departments After Pande-          Fine Arts, Professor Doctor Şükran         dimension of art has shifted to online                                                                                         ressions.
mic” was held by Istanbul Gelişim           Güzin Ilıcak Aydınalp.                     platforms. Subsequently, the concept                                                                                           Assoc. Prof. Metin KUŞ said, “In
University Continuous Education             Aydınalp said, “People discovered          of “Digital Art” emerged. In fact, most                                                                                        this process we live in, there are pa-
Center (SEM). The event, modera-            their creativity and abilities during      artists have started to produce works                                                                                          radigm changes in every field and
ted by Assistant Professor Emel Toz-        their stay at home. Culture, art and de-   that are completely digital-oriented.                                                                                          there are advantages and disadvanta-
lu Öztay, Director of the Continuing        sign emerged as a unifying effect be-      In the field of Fine Arts, departments                                                                                         ges of every change. If we evaluate
Education Center (SEM), and atten-          cause it provides spiritual motivation.    will be very popular and active after                                                                                          this change in the field of Graphic
ded by faculty members and students         When we look at fine arts, art conti-      the pandemic, and students will be                                                                                             Design, the home office working cul-
of Faculty of Fine Arts, started at         nued, but this continuity evolved. Ex-     more active. “ and she left the saying                                                                                         ture will become widespread. This
13:30. After mentioning the topic of        hibitions, auctions, art galleries and     to the heads of department.                                                                                                    situation has always been in the field
the conversation held on behalf of the      fairs started to be held online. Online                                                                                                                                   of Graphic Design, but it was not so
SEM center, the saying was given to         tours and movie archives began to be                                                                                                                                      much in the general flow of life. With
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the pandemic, agencies directed their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      employees to work from home. Spa-
 The Future of Communication and Design Department After Pandemic                                                                                                                                                     ces were no longer needed and made
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      more freelance work possible. “Whi-
Assistant Professor Melis BOYACI,                                                                                                                                                                                     le there was a more local restriction
Head of Communication and De-                                                                                                                                                                                         before the pandemic, this process
sign Department: “… Social media                                                                                                  Head of Graphic Design Department          for the Graphic Department. Agencies     brought to the fore the universality of
channels have entered our lives, but                                                                                              Assoc. Prof. Metin KUŞ: “Home Of-          have already guided their employees      a person who was able to keep up to
with the pandemic period, they star-                                                                                              fice working concept, which is not         to this concept. Nowadays, when you      date, and brought the competition in
ted to be used much more. The use of                                                                                              very common in our country after the       start working from home, the places      the market from local to a universal
channels such as Youtube, Instagram,                                                                                              pandemic, will become widespread           are no longer important. Apart from      level.
Netflix ranks first in the last evaluati-
on surveys. Product marketing, con-                                                                                                The Future of Interior Architecture Department After Pandemic
tent production, online courses are
organized through these channels in                                                                                               Head of Interior Architecture De-          lutions. In this way, we are trying to   and new technologies and we are tr-
the internet environment, and there                                                                                               partment Assistant Professor Yaprak        direct them towards different studies    ying to adapt very quickly.”
has been a serious digital marketpla-                                                                                             ÖZEL continued her words by talking
ce in social media. This situation has                                                                                            about what kind of new solutions the
changed the way we communicate                                                                                                    pandemic process will bring in the fu-
with products. With 5G, artificial in-                                                                                            ture of interior architecture and what
telligence and digital marketing, the       emerged in the field of communicati-       in order to progress in these areas and    kind of a process they went through
way we process advertising has trans-       on. Our students need to be interested     to improve themselves. “ she expres-       with the department of Interior Archi-
formed. Alternative business sectors        in coding, animation and group work        sed her thoughts.                          tecture and Environmental Design in
                                                                                                                                  the online education process.
                                                                                                                                  “As soon as we begin to look towards
 The Future of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Department After Pandemic                                                             the future of interior architecture, the
                                                                                                                                  organizations of distances and new
                                            Departments related to gastronomy          However, we anticipate that both the       material technologies that can be cal-
                                            were the most affected by the pande-       gastronomy department and the food         led new normals appear before us. In
                                            mic process. Businesses of all sizes,      and beverage industry will recover         the past, materials with anti-bacterial
                                            such as individual restaurants and         in a short time, as people cannot live     properties were sufficient, nowadays,
                                            hotel restaurants, were affected from      without eating and drinking.               materials that can clean themselves
                                            this process. But of course the “Ser-      Apart from these, the “Take away”          against viruses are used indoors and
                                            vice sector and Food and Beverage          system, which we are not accustomed        preferred on surfaces. We organized
                                            Sector” is the first and most affec-       to as a culture and which we do not        our courses such as ‘Materials of the
                                            ted sector from all kinds of adverse       use much, became widespread in our         Future’ for our students, where deve-
                                            events such as war, political turmoil,     country during this period. “Althou-       lopments such as the organization of
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aslı Albayrak, Head        epidemic disease. However, this sec-       gh there were economic losses and it       such materials will be discussed. As
of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts De-         tor is also one of the sectors that can    will take a few years to recover, the      the Department of Interior Archite-
partment, explained what awaits the         recover the fastest. For this reason,      sector continued to continue its servi-    cture, we continue to work to train
gastronomy department after the pan-        the Gastronomy Department is also          ces in this way” she said.                 students who can quickly adapt to the
demic with the following words:             one of the most affected departments.                                                 process and produce improvable so-
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CAUSERIE           CAUSERIE
 The Future of the Department of Interior Architecture and                                                                     The First of the Stars in the Vision Series Was Held with the Title of
 Environmental Design after the Pandemic                                                                                       “Movie and Series Music”
Zerrin Funda Ürük, Assistant Profes-                                                                                                                               The talk was who joined by the sound               steps are taken in the creation process
sor and Head of Interior Architecture                                                                                                                              engineer, mix, mastering, scoring expert,          of a composition, what kind of path is
and Environmental Design Depart-                                                                                                                                   composer and arranger Doruk SOMUN-                 followed in the field of music fiction,
ment: “The fact that we moved many                                                                                                                                 KIRAN, composer and songwriter Jale                the definition of arranging and the sco-
of our lessons to digital environment                                                                                                                              KİBRİTÇİOĞLU, and pianist, composer,               pe was spoken. The cinema, television
before the pandemic had great advan-                                                                                                                               arranger, music producer Ali AKAÇÇA                and music sectors, which are a sector
tages for us in this process.” she con-                                                                                                                            from the AJ Music Production team and              affected by the pandemic, were mentio-
tinued: “We have already revised our                                                                                                                               the talk was moderated by Assistant Pro-           ned, and the projects planned in the next
entire system and curriculum in line                                                                                                                               fessor Önder Paker. In the event, which is         period were mentioned. The meaning of
with the digital age with the accredi-                                                                                                                             open to the participation of all students, the     music in a movie or TV series for the
tation process in 2018. Our students                                                                                                                               stage at which the musical processes begin         audience and the effect of the director
start computer-aided design lessons                                                                                                                                for a movie or TV series, what kind of in-         and the music producer on this meaning
from the first year. In the past, we                                                                                                                               teraction requires working with more than          were discussed. The conversation ended
used to draw with T-rulers and rapi-                                                                                                                               one person in the creative process, what           with a question and answer event.
dos in our undergraduate courses. But
                                                                                                                               The Second of the Stars in the Vision Series was Held with the Title
                                                                                                                               “On Project Development, Ministry Applications, Pitching”
                                                                                                                              The second of the “Talks on the Stars       KAYALI, who received support from
                                                                                                                              in Vision” series organized by the          the Ministry of Culture and various
                                          in our first year, our students started   gh this transition was a bit difficult    Department of Radio, Television and         forums with his many projects, gave
                                          to work with AutoCad and other            at first, our adaptation with our pro-    Cinema was realized with the title          advice to the students based on his
                                          drawing programs. Of course, these        fessors and students took place very      of “Project Development, Ministry           successful progress and experien-
                                          have had many advantages. Althou-         quickly.”                                 Applications, On Pitching” with the         ce in this field. The first project that
                                                                                                                              participation of the producer, director     received the support of the Ministry
 The Future of Radio, Television and Cinema Department After Pandemic                                                         and screenwriter Ahmet KÜÇÜK-               of Culture for the last four days of a
                                                                                                                              KAYALI. Ahmet KÜÇÜKKAYALI,                  suicide bomber and directed by Ser-
                                                                                                                              who had the opportunity to work with        dar AKAR, The Wings of the Night,
                                                                                                                              important directors such as Yavuz           the project of the Atlas of Lost Souls,
                                                                                                                              ÖZKAN, Tunç BAŞARAN, Ali ÖZ-                which was awarded the script deve-
                                                                                                                              GENTÜRK, Semih KAPLANOĞLU                   lopment support the following year,          2018 and the production support he re-
                                                                                                                              in addition to his short and feature        and the project ‘Bensiz’ which he            ceived from the Ministry of Culture in
                                                                                                                              projects, started his speech by saying      directed and realized with the sup-          2019, Küçükkayalı also talked about
                                                                                                                              that he entered the sector without a        port of his first director. talked about.    how he carried out his projects and the
                                                                                                                              cinema education, but he thinks that        Talking about the TRT Award he re-           preparation processes. You can reach
                                                                                                                              cinema education is a must. KÜÇÜK-          ceived at the Antalya Film Forum in          the full news on our website.

                                                                                                                               The Third of the Interview Series of the Stars in the Vision Was Held
                                                                                                                               with the Title of “Film and Series Acting”
                                                                                                                              The third of the “Talks for the Stars                                                    teachers. Answering questions from
                                                                                                                              in the Vision” series organized by                                                       students, AKIN gave advice for those
                                                                                                                              the Radio, Television and Cinema                                                         who want to be presenters. She stated
                                                                                                                              department was moderated by Assis-                                                       that they need to read a lot and impro-
                                                                                                                              tant Professor Önder PAKER under                                                         ve their improvisation skills. On the
                                                                                                                              the title of “Film and Series Acting”.                                                   question of whether there is an age
                                                                                                                              There was great interest in the con-                                                     limit to become an actor, Assistant
                                                                                                                              versation, where the actress and pre-                                                    Professor Önder PAKER stated that
                                                                                                                              senter Evrim AKIN was the guest.                                                         there is no age limit and that acting
Assistant Professor Önder PAKER, Head of Radio, Television and Cinema Department: “The cinema sector has been                 Starting the conversation by expla-         but was not selected, and then applied       training can be taken at any age. Ev-
the most adversely affected by the pandemic. In order for the art of cinema to exist, human beings are required. It is a      ining how she started acting, AKIN          to the announcement of a municipal           rim AKIN also agreed with the same
job that emerges with emotions in a set environment by people coming together. If this does not happen, only animation        stated that she participated in the audi-   theater, where she met PAKER and             opinion, adding that the experience is
and cartoons remain, and the art of cinema cannot exist. “ he said.                                                           tions for a theater play in high school,    received training from many valuable         an acquisition for acting.
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CAUSERIE            CAUSERIE
 Moral Visit to Healthcare Professionals; With Special Cookie Catering                                                             Interview with Prof.Dr. Ayşe YÜKSEL on March 8, International Women’s Day
                                          Arranged by the GastroArt Club, or-
                                          ganized by Radiotherapy Program
                                          Lecturer Selim ÖĞÜT “A Moral Visit
                                          with Cookie Catering for Healthcare
                                          Professionals” was held. On behalf of
                                          Istanbul Gelişim University; Gastro-
                                          Art Club consultant and lecturer Elif
                                          Zeynep ÖZER visited the hospitals
                                          where she presented the healthca-
                                          re staff sugar coated cookies which
                                          were prepared by the GastroArt Club
                                          members . The following hospitals
                                          were visited in this context; İstanbul
                                          Başakşehir, Çam and Sakura City
                                          Hospital, Health Sciences Univer-          okies prepared with great care by the
                                          sity Sultan Abdülhamid Han Training        GastroArt Club members; Prof. Dr.
                                          and Research Hospital, Başakşehir          ÖZER, who paid the following visits
                                          State Hospital and Murat Dilmener          thanked our healthcare professionals,
                                          Emergency Hospital. Following the          who did not beheld any sacrifices du-
                                          presentation of the sugar coated co-       ring the pandemic process.

 A Conversation on Advertising and Directing was Held with Fatih Sinan
                                                                                                                                 President of Association for Sup-        the president of Association for Sup-
 ŞİMŞEK under the Coordination of Graphic Design Department                                                                      porting Contemporary Life Prof. Dr.      porting Contemporary Life; Prof. Dr.
                                                                                                                                 Ayşe YÜKSEL was our main guest in        Ayşe YÜKSEL on March 4, 2021;
                                          remained, but the real breaking po-        to learn about your art practices.          March 8, International Women’s Day       Beginning with Dr. Lecturer Esra
                                          int was when a book from MediaCat          He mentioned that he made museum            Interview.                               TUNÇAY introducing Prof. Dr. Ayşe;
                                          Publications fell into his hands and       visits to various countries of the wor-     Organized by the Faculty of Eco-         Dr. Yüksel gave a speech about her
                                          he was impressed by the courage of a       ld and these visits were very impor-        nomics, Administrative and Soci-         education life continued with her aca-
                                          young advertiser from that book and        tant for everyone interested in art         al Sciences and the Faculty of Fine      demic career and the adventure of jo-
                                          decided to do this profession.             and design. Fatih Sinan Şimşek, who         Arts, 8 March International Women’s      ining the Association for Supporting
                                          As a versatile artist / designer, Şimşek   prefers vivid and bright colors both in     Day Interview, was held on the on-       Contemporary Life. The meeting en-
                                          expressed his admiration for Picasso       his artistic works and in the advertise-    line platform with the attendance of     ded with a questionnaire event.
                                          and Basquiat, answering the question       ment shoots he directed, said that the
                                          of how you can evaluate the reflec-        colors inspired him.
                                          tions of these names on your works,        You can access the entire interview          “Living Kitchen Trend” Interview with Hüseyin Bölük
                                          inspiring artists, designers, and for us   on our website.
                                                                                                                                 With the organization of Gastronomy
                                                                                                                                 and Culinary Arts Department and
                                                                                                                                 the participation of Chef and Food
A talk titled “Fatih Sinan ŞİMŞEK on                                                                                             & Beverage Director Hüseyin Bölük,
Advertising and Directing” was held                                                                                              “Living Kitchen Trend” interview
on Google Meet, moderated by Re-                                                                                                 was withheld.
search Assistant Zeynep ABACI, on                                                                                                Having evaluated the Living Kitc-
March 5 at 14:00. In the conversation                                                                                            hen practices as trends, Bölük gave
held with the participation of related                                                                                           brief information about the Gastro-
students, ŞİMŞEK shared art practi-                                                                                              nomy trends in the history of the wor-
ces and industry experiences.                                                                                                    ld when it was realized. He told the
The conversation continued with the                                                                                              story of “Living Kitchen Movement”,
questions asked by Research Assis-                                                                                               which is described as a local cuisine
tant Zeynep ABACI to Şimşek.                                                                                                     trend, which focuses on being able
“What is the source of your interest                                                                                             to make customers a part of the food
in the field of advertising and did you                                                                                          they eat and appealing to five senses.
experience a breaking point where                                                                                                You can access the content of the in-
you say” yes, I want to do this pro-                                                                                             terview moderated by Assoc. Dr. Aslı
fession “?” He replied that this idea                                                                                            ALBAYRAK on our website.
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INTERVIEWS              INTERVIEWS
 Aysun Cançat, Faculty Member Of Istanbul Gelişim University Faculty Of                                                         hiye Erbay I owe a lot to my teacher.     vital traces on this surface. Therefore,
                                                                                                                                I learned a lot from him. Afterwards,     sometimes I cannot go for multi-colo-
 Fine Arts, Answered Our Questions About Her Art Life And Academic Career                                                       I completed my doctorate at Marma-        red applications.
                                                                                                                                ra University. Likewise, my doctoral      So who are the artists that impres-
Can we get to know you a little bit?
                                                                                                                                thesis advisor, Prof. Dr. I am grateful   sed you the most?
When and how did your interest in
                                                                                                                                to Tayfun Akkaya for her contributi-      Of course, there is an artist that I am
art begin?
                                                                                                                                on to me. This is my education life       very impressed with. I find the exp-
I was born in Istanbul. My passion for
                                                                                                                                and my process of becoming an aca-        ressive attitude of Jean Basquiat,
painting has always been there since
                                                                                                                                demician. Of course, I am grateful to     Jean Fautrier, the collages of Romare
my childhood. I always drew somet-
                                                                                                                                my family who always supported me         Burden, the performances of the con-
hing in my own way; I used to draw
                                                                                                                                on this path.                             ceptual artists Joseph Beuys, Yoko
various objects and clothes. I would
                                                                                                                                Let’s talk a little bit about your ar-    Ono, Chris Burden and indeed many
look forward to painting lessons in
                                                                                                                                tistic works. How would you desc-         others, impressive. I also find and fol-
primary school years; however, this
                                                                                                                                ribe your style of painting?              low the productions of Turkish artists
enthusiasm would have been a little
                                                                                                                                First of all, my atelier lecturer Prof.   such as Nezaket Ekici, Ayşe Erkmen
interrupted. Because our painting les-
                                                                                                                                Dr. It was a great chance for me to       and Füsun Onur very successful. In
sons were either empty or other bran-
                                                                                                                                meet Mehmet Summary. My teacher           addition to these, I find the new and
ch teachers would attend our lessons.
                                                                                                                                had an expressionist style. I also wor-   advanced possibilities offered by te-
Therefore, until the end of my high
                                                                                                                                ked in this direction at the beginning,   chnology, the current structure of the
school years, I continued to draw and
                                                                                                                                but my recent paintings have become       field that reveals its own secret and
examine the paintings in my own
                                                                                                                                quite different. In my undergradua-       overlaps with the messages they con-
way. I even have a memory like this.
                                                                                                                                te education; My main branch of art       vey, in the production of artists who
I was going straight to high school in
                                                                                                                                was painting, and my side art branch      use new media tools. We are now in
Bakırköy. Every day, there was a sale
                                                                                                                                was sculpture. I also loved to work on    the digital age and I think such pre-
of landscape paintings on the road I
                                                                                                                                sculptures. I wanted to continue this     sentations will meet with the audien-
passed, and I was constantly exami-
                                                                                                                                for a bit. That’s why I started to work   ce even more intensely in the future.
ning the paintings one by one, pau-
                                                                                                                                with relief effects on the canvas sur-    As a very important academician
sing every day. After I finished high
                                                                                                                                face.                                     of our Faculty of Fine Arts, what
school, I won the “Fashion Design”
                                                                                                                                I care about the content dimension        is the place of art in our lives and        know and perceive them as the cour-
department with the aptitude test I
                                                                                                                                of a work. Painting is no longer just     your view of today’s art education?         ses taken by students studying in re-
took without drawing education at the
                                                                                                                                an aesthetic object. While I am pro-      Art education has a very important          lated fields. However, why shouldn’t
Beyoğlu Girls’ Technical Maturation
                                                                                                                                ducing something, I cannot feel inde-     place in the general education of the       other field students take art classes
Institute. After graduating from here,
                                                                                                                                pendent of what is happening in the       individual. Art education should be         too? For example, I think that a me-
I worked in the design department of
                                                                                                                                world. I combine my materials with        given seriously by expert trainers          dical, engineering or law student
a textile company for three years. I
                                                                                                                                social issues such as humanity’s end-     from kindergarten to higher educa-          should also take an art course as an
was doing all the drawing work for
                                         feeling intensified, I decided to enroll    on, I completed the school first.          less physical or psychological wars,      tion. This is a personality training,       elective course. Art education has a
the company, but on the other hand,
                                         in a hobby painting course in Yesil-        As an artist, how did your path            various global crises, consumer cul-      a sensitivity training. Creativity and      vital feature that complements other
I wanted to freely paint myself. So,
                                         yurt on weekends. I found myself in         cross with the academy, how did            ture, and gender discrimination. I use    aesthetic perception, intellectual and      fields. This can also be achieved th-
something was missing. When this
                                         every attempt at this course. My po-        you decide to become an academic?          a canvas surface; but I also want some    cultural perspective are developed          rough post-pandemic online training.
                                         int of view changed completely when         After the school was over, I started                                                 through fine arts education; individu-      Besides all this, as I just said; Deve-
                                         my course teacher told me that my           to give painting lessons to adults in                                                als with established personality grow       loping aesthetic perception and cre-
                                         drawings were good and that I could         the courses opened by the Istanbul                                                   up. Because the child; painting, mu-        ativity, seeing competencies, artistic
                                         study painting at a university. I con-      Metropolitan Municipality. While                                                     sic, theater, sculpture etc. they do the    application skills, gaining sensitivity
                                         tinued my education as the student          working here, I also wanted to study                                                 activities, they relax. A healthy indi-     are important and necessary for all
                                         preparing for the only talent exam          for a master’s degree. Since I wan-                                                  vidual means a healthy society. This        individuals.
                                         of the course. After three months of        ted to learn about art from different                                                is really important. I do not want any      Finally, what would you like to say
                                         preparation, I thought that there could     angles, I started to study in the “Art                                               student to live in my student years.        to Istanbul Gelişim University stu-
                                         only be a university in the Marmara         Management” program of Istanbul                                                      Unfortunately, today, in some scho-         dents?
                                         region because I was working, and I         Kültür University with full scholar-                                                 ols, art lessons are still empty or other   Let them always aim to be the best
                                         only took the talent exam of the Mar-       ship. When I was a student here, I                                                   branch teachers attend these lessons.       in their field. Let them always follow
                                         mara University’s “Painting” depart-        opened my first personal exhibition.                                                 Education should be flexible and dy-        what is happening in the world and
                                         ment. When I passed the talent exam         My path to becoming an academic                                                      namic to open the door to all types of      current developments. Their passion
                                         at the first entrance, I couldn’t believe   actually started here. Because while                                                 intelligence in the classroom.              for the profession should never fade,
                                         it. I immediately resigned and started      I was studying here, a research assis-                                               Most fields now understand the im-          they should take advantage of every
                                         school. Think of the psychology this        tant was offered. I left my job on the                                               portance of acting with a multidis-         opportunity for their development,
                                         school created for me after the pain-       course and became both a student and                                                 ciplinary approach. Actually, this          they should not let go of them and
                                         ting lessons I could never take in my       a research assistant here. In the mean-                                              also applies to art education. When         they should remember that the basis
                                         primary school years. With this passi-      time, my thesis advisor, Prof. Dr. Fet-                                              we hear about art classes, we always        of everything is working.
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INTERVIEWS               OUR STUDENTS

 An Interview Was Held With Lecturer Yağız YAKIN About His Career                                                                 Our student Suat AKYEL’s book “Kaçış” is just released!
 And The Effects Of Pandemic On Interior Design                                                                                                                            Interior Architecture and Environ-
                                          can say that we are entering a period       Working remotely is an application                                                   mental Design Department’s first year
                                          in which people will become consci-        that is as difficult as possible. We are                                              student Suat AKYEL’s book “Kaçış”
                                          ous and live more carefully.               people who work face to face, exc-                                                    published by Direct Publishing has
                                          In a world where social distance is        hange ideas and produce. Even if we                                                   been released for sale in bookstores.
                                          necessary and people cannot use pub-       have some difficulty, I think we will                                                 AKYEL, who gave an interview on
                                          lic spaces as before; What do you          get through the process successfully.                                                 his first book “Kaçış”; answered qu-
                                          think will be the main determinants        • What were the factors that affected                                                 estions such as how he decided to be-
                                          of design?                                 you as you made your career plan-                                                     come a writer, the authors he was ac-
                                          Most epidemic diseases are transmit-       ning in this way?                                                                     tive in, and how he reinforced it with
• If we could get to know you briefly,                                                                                                                                     the chapter he read. You can find the
can you tell us about your career pro-    ted by particles, these will be success-   My passion and effort for the art of
                                          ful in terms of filtering them well and    architecture enabled me to reach the                                                  entire interview on our website.
cess in the academy and in the sector?
I am Yağız YAKIN, I have been ac-         taking precautions and mitigating the      desire to transfer my knowledge after
tively operating in the sector for 16     damage to keep the spaces clean. It is     learning more and more every day.            Communication and Design Department Social Responsibility Project “SOZOP”
years. I have a design office that par-                                                                                          Communication and Design Department
takes in many domestic and internati-                                                                                            students started to work on a social media
onal architectural and interior design                                                                                           project with the main theme of digital ad-
projects. I have completed 13 years in                                                                                           diction and book reading habits under the
the education sector and entered the                                                                                             name of “Social Imperative Project”. The
8th year in university.                                                                                                          goal of the project is to inform young ge-
after interning in many talented arc-                                                                                            nerations about technology addiction. Fun
hitechts offices during my collage ye-                                                                                           and informative posts and videos are being
ars, I began setting up my own office.                                                                                           designed and shared on the social media
As a result of my studies and higher                                                                                             platform Instagram. These posts include the
education with the academic commu-                                                                                               kind of contents which are aimed to raise
nity and my professors, I managed to                                                                                             awareness through studies such as podcasts,
transfer my experiences in the univer-                                                                                           promotional posters, online interviews, rea-
sity to the working environment.                                                                                                 ction videos, debate, behind the scenes, and
• If we talk about spatial design, in                                                                                            surveys. You can follow @sozoproject Ins-
general terms, how will the spaces be                                                                                            tagram page to review all the works of our
shaped after the pandemic?                obvious that we have entered a period                                                  students and their project.
Unfortunately, human beings are           in which space design will be handled
known for forgetting the disasters        with more sustainable methods and
they have experienced quickly and         innovative and technological materi-                                                    Here Are The Fruits of March!                                 GastroArt- Raw Food / Raw Nutrition
returning to their normal life after      als will be designed in excess. After                                                                                                               Raw food is of English origin     Returns to your natural we-
they have recovered. I don’t think the    this period, sustainable spaces in de-                                                                                                              and its Turkish equivalent me-    ight.
pandemic will affect the space design     sign will be the main determinant of                                                                                                                ans raw nutrition. Raw nutri-     It allows you to have a radi-
much, except for cleanliness and dis-     design.                                                                                                                                             tion has been in existence        ant skin.
tance. My opinion on the subject is       During the pandemic process, due to                                                                                                                 since the 1800s and has gai-      It strengthens your hair and
that the mechanical systems that tech-    restrictions it has become possible to                                                                                                              ned popularity in recent times    nails.
nically equip the art of space arrange-   work remotely. What are your positi-                                                                                                                when plant foods are at the fo-   It cleanses the metabolism
ment will develop, and the breathing      ve / negative opinions about this on-                                                                                                               refront. Raw food is a diet ba-   from toxins.
air and the life awareness of the en-     line education process that you also                                                                                                                sed on consuming the foods,
vironment will change as in quality. I    continue remotely?                         During the pandemic process, due to                                                                      vegetables and fruits offered
                                                                                     restrictions it has become possible to      When the human body is not supported with the nut-           by nature in their purest form.
                                                                                     work remotely. What are your positi-        rients it needs according to changing conditions, the        Benefits of RAW Food nutri-
                                                                                     ve / negative opinions about this on-       immune system weakens. It is important to consume            tion:
                                                                                     line education process that you also        fruit for our health. It is an indispensable vitamin store   It allows you to be energetic
                                                                                     continue remotely?                          for a balanced and healthy diet and living a quality life.   and sleep better.
                                                                                      Working remotely is an application         The best choice is seasonal fruits; Because the fruits       The cell renews and structu-
                                                                                     that is as difficult as possible. We are    and vegetables consumed in the season are both he-           res.
                                                                                     people who work face to face, exc-          althier and more delicious. As the fruits consumed in        It strengthens the immune
                                                                                     hange ideas and produce. Even if we         the season do not contain artificial production supple-      system.
                                                                                     have some difficulty, I think we will       ments, they are both delicious and healthier in terms of     It has anti-aging properties.
                                                                                     get through the process successfully.       human health. GastroArt Club                                 Provides ease of digestion.
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 Radio, Television And Cinema Department Student Selin Sakman                                                                      GastroArt Club- Lasagna Recipe
 Evaluated The Effects Of The Pandemic On The Television Industry                                                                 Prepare your plates, we came up with      Preparation of:                            added in finely chopped parsley. The
We asked Selin Sakman, who con-           all this, I enjoy my work very much.       not strange, even if it is not related to    a beautiful lasagna recipe!               First of all, a mortar with minced         borcam to be cooked lasagna is gre-
tinues to work actively in the sector     If you leave home and go to work           your department, it is very important        Lasagna, which has its roots in me-       meat is prepared to spread in the la-      ased. You start by lining the lasagna
while continuing to study in the field    happily and happily, the difficulties of   to know the equipment. Because ever-         dieval Italy, is a dish that is identi-   sagna. Cut the onion finely and fry it     dough on the bottom floor. Pour the
of radio, Television and Cinema, how      your job are not a problem at all.         ything done in a broadcast is interlin-      fied with the city of Naples, which       with oil. When the onions turn pink,       egg and cheese sauce on it and add
she entered the sector and in which       “The media industry is always a sector     ked. It would be very useful to know         has a rich cuisine, especially one of     add the ground meat. After mixing,         the minced meat mixture. Cover with
department she works:                     that people need. I believe it can be      the work done by all departments. But        the most beautiful cities of Southern     grate the tomato and add it to the         lasagna dough again and pour cheese
I’ve been in the television industry      the biggest weapon in the media in-        the most important thing is experien-        Italy. It is made with lasagna, cheese,   minced meat along with the tomato          sauce. In this way, 5 layers are made.
since the end of high school. I first     dustry if used properly and morally. “     ce. My advice is to try to gain expe-        tomato sauce or ragù. Although the        paste. Salt and spices are added and       Sprinkle grated cheese on the top and
started with an internship as a voice     Did you have difficulty in evaluating      rience without wasting any time.             word lasagna was originally the name      cooked thoroughly. Meanwhile, 3            put it in the oven. It is baked in 180
operator. My 1 year passed like this      your time while working in the sector      “I want to see myself as the owner of a      of the cooking vessel, today it is only   eggs are mixed in another bowl and         degree oven for 20 minutes.
and when my internship was over, I        and continuing your undergraduate          television channel in the future. If you     called the name of the dish.              cheese varieties are grated in it. It is
said “I should definitely continue in     education? Do you have any advice          are interested in cinema, continue to        LASAGNA
this sector. Working in the director,     for people who both work and conti-        write scripts and film. If you want to       Materials:
being behind the scenes of a broad-       nue their education in this way?           progress in television, write and draw       1000 grams of ground beef
cast is incredibly enjoyable. The ima-                                                                                            1 pack of lasagna dough
ge that many people watch on the sc-                                                                                              2 cloves of garlic
reen first passes through you. I think                                                                                            24 grams of tomato paste
this is a very valuable thing. It means                                                                                           1 tomato
being excited, active and concentra-                                                                                              5 grams of salt
ted at any moment. It is also one of                                                                                              5 grams of ground red pepper
the places where teamwork is best                                                                                                 3 eggs
handled. Since these are the things                                                                                               15 grams of fresh parsley
that reflect me, I wanted to continue                                                                                             100 grams of cheddar cheese
in this area. Then I switched to KJ                                                                                               50 grams of parmesan cheese
operator. KJ means “character gene-                                                                                               50 grams of mozzarella cheese
rator”. Usually there is a monitor and                                                                                            1 medium onion
a keyboard reserved for the regide        Because of the pandemic, I was ta-         again. But be sure to see the direction
                                          king my lessons by distance educati-       of a channel or in front of the camera,
KJ. In a program or news broadcast,
                                          on when I was active. Occasionally, I      take part. “                                  Cooking Technique In Salt
we can say the person responsible for
all the articles that appear on the sc-   took exams and classes at the workp-       What do you think has been the im-
                                          lace. I asked my teammates for leave       pact of the pandemic period on the te-       There are many ways to cook. A meal       world’s food resources. Apart from
reen. Of course, it works as a team,                                                                                              changes with the ingredients as well      using salt as a food source, it is used
according to the editor’s wishes. Wri-    on exam days. Frankly, this did not        levision world? What do you predict
                                          pose much of a problem for me. I al-       will change in the television industry       as the cooking techniques. Cooking        by including methods such as storing
tes what the editor asks the editor to                                                                                            techniques are a set of methods and       food, canning, freezing and refrigera-
write, such as the guests’ names, tit-    ready talked about this when I was         after the pandemic?
                                          hired. My teammates also welcomed          The pandemic affected the television         procedures for preparing, cooking         ting.
les, and descriptions. It is necessary                                                                                            and serving food. Knowledge of co-        It is also known to be rock-like as a
to know the spelling rules well. Beca-    them. My advice for friends who are        industry, like every other industry.
                                          thinking of working like me is to state    Most of the people who worked on             oking techniques allows you to work       result of the moistened / wetted salt
use the slightest mistake to be made                                                                                              with a variety of ingredients and kitc-   interacting with heat. In other wor-
is unacceptable, especially during        this situation before starting a job. I    the production team started working
                                          believe that both teachers and team-       from home. There have been layoffs.          hen equipment to achieve consistent,      ds, salt prepared as a layer acts like
live broadcast. If you want to work in                                                                                            delicious results in your cooking.        a tandoori cooking technique. Thus,
this field, you need to be prepared for   mates will understand. I think both        It is not possible for people working
                                          studying and working give people           in the technical team to work from           Many cooks argue that learning co-        all meats or fish are cooked in salt,
a stressful environment. Everything                                                                                               oking techniques is more important        completely in its own water, using a
must be within seconds and is usually     more enthusiasm. At the same time,         home. That’s why the people in the
                                          you get into business life early and       teams have been reduced to a mini-           than learning to follow recipes, beca-    healthy method. Since salt absorbs
irreversible. I don’t want these to be                                                                                            use knowing a technique can improve       moisture, it ensures that the product
intimidating because I think it’s such    you start ahead 1-0, inevitably.           mum. As the number of people dec-
                                          Can you observe the equivalent of the      reased, so did the workforce. Produ-         a recipe or save a recipe that has gone   you cook is soft.
a fun job. The same goes for not only                                                                                             wrong. There are many cooking tech-       What we need to pay attention to
KJ, but also for every episode in the     education you received in the field of     ctivity has decreased. New programs,
                                          Radio, Television and Cinema in the        content became harder to serve. In ad-       niques: roasting, baking, deep frying,    will be to wet the salt with light wa-
production. As the broadcast begins,                                                                                              broiling, stewing, cooking in salt ...    ter and egg white to make it so that it
you prepare. During the broadcast,        sector?                                    dition, due to people staying at home,
                                                                                                                                  So what does sauté mean, what does        can take shape, that is, it can stick to   In addition, contrary to what is belie-
you should concentrate only on what       Of course, I saw the benefits of the       the demand for these new programs
                                                                                                                                  braise mean, or what is the technique     each other. After reaching this consis-    ved in salt cooking method; After the
you are doing and when you exit the       chapter I read. In the Radio, Tele-        has also increased. I think people got
                                                                                                                                  of cooking in salt? Excellent questi-     tency, we will be able to easily cover     cooking action has taken place, meat
drama, you will be listened to until      vision and Cinema section, you are         more used to spending time in front
                                                                                                                                  ons!                                      the meat or fish. And in this way, we      or fish will not be a salty product, ex-
the next broadcast. Sometimes your        allowed to recognize and use many          of the television during this period.
                                                                                                                                  Now I want to talk about cooking in       will completely cut off contact with       cept for the salt poured on the meat
day and night can be confused. You        equipment that you can see on a tele-      After the pandemic, I think the tele-
                                                                                                                                  salt, which is a great technique for      the outside.                               when the salt is broken.
may need to adjust your life accor-       vision channel. This provides a lot of     vision industry will be more popular
                                                                                                                                  fish and meats.                           Cooking in salt is an increasingly po-     Şevval Evin Alacan- Gastronomy and
ding to the broadcast times. Despite      advantages in business life. You are       than before.
                                                                                                                                  Salt has an important place in the        pular form of cooking.                     Culinary Arts 3rd Year Student
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OUR GRADUATES                     OUR GRADUATES

 Our Interior Architecture And Environmental Design Graduate Selen                                                         if I were. The education I received
 Ünlü Tells His Professional Life                                                                                          at Istanbul Gelişim University hel-
                                                                                                                           ped us ask these questions and find
                                                                                Design and that you think will give
                                                                                                                           their answers.
                                                                                you a great advantage?
                                                                                                                           We know that all professions are af-
                                                                                Of course there is. Every school
                                                                                                                           fected by the pandemic process. As
                                                                                brings small or big advantages to
                                                                                                                           a professional interior designer and
                                                                                every student. My biggest advan-
                                                                                                                           designer, what kind of changes will
                                                                                tage was what my teachers told
                                                                                                                           you foresee in the field of professi-
                                                                                and showed us. In the department,
                                                                                                                           on with the pandemic process?
                                                                                they always told us that the areas
                                                                                                                           Yes, the pandemic really affected
                                                                                we designed should have a concept,
                                                                                                                           the pandemic, but what I see is ac-
                                                                                they should be in integrity. When
                                                                                                                           tually that our profession was posi-
                                                                                we were at school, we used to think
                                                                                                                           tively affected in this period. I can
                                                                                these were just project-based. Af-
                                                                                                                           explain this situation as follows:
                                                                                terwards, what you see in your
                                                                                                                           when people closed down, people
                                                                                business life is the following: You
                                                                                want to use a small detail you use
                                                                                on a cabinet door in other parts of
                                                                                the house and achieve integrity. Be-
                                                                                cause a piece of a design only looks
Hello Selen. First of all, we would      rent culture, a completely different   aesthetic and gains meaning when it
like to state that we are happy to       city and a different language. Even    creates integrity. While everything
contact you again. Could you brief-      though it is very difficult to speak   is beautiful and useful on its own,
ly tell us about your professional       and communicate in English when        when we try to solve this in a field,
life after graduating from Istanbul      a large part of the society is spea-   we come to the subject of “con-
Gelişim University? What have you        king Arabic, I taught at a school in   cept-harmony” that we learned at                                                   started to see flaws in their homes.
done, what are you doing now?            Casablanca for 1 and a half months.    school. When we won the interior                                                   They found that the furniture they
Hello. I am really happy to be on        We had the opportunity to explore      architecture and environmental                                                     were sitting / using was actually
a platform for my school years la-       the beautiful texture and historical   design department at the univer-                                                   very uncomfortable and uncom-
ter. Coming to the starting story        streets of Morocco on weekends or      sity, none of us were designers, but                                               fortable. This resulted in an incre-
of my professional life ... I went to    in our free time. In the year I gra-   we all graduated as well-equipped                                                  ase in furniture sales in the period
Casablanca city of Morocco as part       duated from school, I worked at a      interior architects and designers.                                                 in question. People have started
of a social responsibility project,      few construction sites in Istanbul     These designs can be a home or a                                                   to be more critical of their homes
thinking that it will contribute to      and gained field experience. For a     furniture. Also, the university tau-                                               and tend towards detached / garde-
my business life the year I gradu-       while, we were interested in the ar-   ght us to be able to look at everyt-                                               ned houses and nature rather than
ate from university. Social respon-      chitectural project he was carrying    hing critically. In the spaces I enter,                                            apartments. In this process, they
sibility projects, as we all know, are   out with a friend of mine. But with    I first examine the space; I question                                              looked for people who could pre-
projects that aim to enable indivi-      the arrival of the pandemic, I had     what and how they did it, why they                                                 sent their requests. For this reason,
duals to leave their comfort areas       to return to the city where my fa-     did it. Then I think what I would do                                               I think the need and demand for
and adapt to the new environments        mily lived, to Muğla. After I came                                                                                        interior designers has increased. In    can do for himself is to always add
they have entered, and to bring          here, I observed that there was a                                                                                         the face of this situation brought      new things to himself. I can say that
this harmony together with people        need and demand for interior ar-                                                                                          about by the pandemic, social are-      if they want to become well-equip-
in need. The project that I was in-      chitecture services in Muğla, and                                                                                         as, hospitals and public institutions   ped interior architects when they
volved in was a program based on         I started my business life here by                                                                                        will now be designed by paying at-      graduate, they need to read a lot,
teaching English to children and         taking a few projects. Currently, I                                                                                       tention to completely different cri-    criticize a lot and see as many pro-
spending time with them at a scho-       continue to work to open an office,                                                                                       teria. I think that everything that     jects as they can. If they can, they
ol in Casablanca. Thus, I would          and I provide interior architecture                                                                                       is experienced in this period will be   should go to different countries in
improve my English by practicing         and design services as a freelancer.                                                                                      taken into consideration in future      social responsibility projects, this
and add an important competence                                                                                                                                    designs.                                will add a lot to them. Finally, let
to my CV, and of course I would          While doing your interior archite-                                                                                        Finally, what kind of advice would      them travel as much as they can
also contribute to students from         cture profession, do you have any                                                                                         you give to fellow students studying    and always ask the following ques-
different geographies while do-          achievements that you have gained                                                                                         at the department you graduated         tion where they go: “If I were, how
ing this. Although the project was       during your education at Istan-                                                                                           from?                                   would I do / design?”. Who knows,
challenging for me in many ways,         bul Gelişim University, Faculty of                                                                                        The most important thing a person       maybe one day they will.
it definitely contributed greatly in     Fine Arts, Department of Interior
terms of gaining a completely diffe-     Architecture and Environmental
NEW PROFESSIONAL BRANCHES                                      OPINION-REVIEW
                                                                                                                              Research Assistant Büşra KAMACIOĞLU Arter Interprets the “Voice

  Virtual Reality
                                                                                                                              Sequence” Series Based on the Concepts of “Sound and Silence”
                                                                                                                                                                       our minds and hearts much better in
                                                                                                                                                                       silence. Colors and objects accom-
                                                                                                                                                                       pany us in this exploration. In this
                                                                                                                                                                       sense, the exhibitions “For Listening
                                                                                                                                                                       Eyes” and Rainforest V (variation

     Designer
                                                                                                                                                                       3), which are in close dialogue with
                                                                                                                                                                       each other, offer us a nice environ-
                                                                                                                                                                       ment for exploration. The avant-gar-
                                                                                                                                                                       de composer Jhon Cage, known for
                                                                                                                                                                       his creative compositions and un-
                                                                                                                                                                       conventional ideas, took a similar

                                                                                                                             Communication and Design Depart-
Virtual reality designers; Uses 3D       tical teaching tool for use in surgical   munication design, computer techno-       ment Research Assistant Büşra KA-
(3D) design skills to create immersi-    operations, or you can help new pilots    logies, telecommunications, software      MACIOĞLU expressed her thoughts
ve digital worlds used for education,    by copying real-world scenarios in a      development, digital game design,         by linking the “For Listening Eyes”
training and entertainment. Its main     flight simulator.                         film industry and many branches of        and “Rain Forest V (variation 3)”
purpose is to simulate user experien-    The three main jobs that virtual rea-     engineering are professions that are      exhibitions of the “Voice Sequence”
ces and complex object interactions      lity designers do are:                    thought to provide valuable skills for    series, which took place simultane-
or services with each other and with     ● Designing concepts and ideas for        the virtual reality profession.Kaynak-    ously, on the basis that the concepts
the user. Virtual reality design can     the virtual reality world                 lar:                                      of sound and silence are an integral
be used in many areas. New soluti-       ● Using computer-aided design             Strate School of Design. (2021).          part of art: In Arter’s exhibition ex-
ons under investigation in the fields    (CAD) to transform drawings into 3D       “Virtual Reality Designer: Job Desc-      periences within the scope of “silent
of aviation, automotive, high tech-      models                                    ription”. https://www.strate.educati-     series”, music emerges as a form of
nology, luxury, banking services,        ● Designing interactive VR (Virtual       on/vr-designer Erişim Tarihi: 23 Mart     the universal language covered by all
healthcare, hospital systems are very    Reality) features that attract and edu-   2021.                                     arts transformed into sounds. Althou-
complex in terms of interaction, in-     cate users                                Digital World. (2021). “Virtual Re-       gh the concepts of sound and silen-       attitude towards sound, starting from   imagine the “sounds” evoked by the
tegration or concept. So they need to    Virtual reality designers work in a       ality Designer”. https://www.digi-        ce seem to be opposite to each other,     both Zen philosophy and Marcel Du-      works in the prevailing general silen-
be imagined, thought out, designed       wide variety of industries and have       talworld.net/virtual-reality-designer     they are actually two concepts that       champ’s tendency to define common       ce. Listening Eyes exhibition can be
and simulated virtually before they      a similarly wide range of skills and      Erişim Tarihi: 23 Mart 2021               contain and affect each other. A deep     objects as works of art. Based on Ar-   visited until January 2, 2022, and the
can be implemented. With its virtual     qualifications. Especially augmented      Hazırlayan: Arş. Gör. Gökçe Uzgören       silence is the state of being the grea-   ter’s experimental approach in which    Rainforest V (variation 3) exhibition
reality design, you can design a prac-   reality design, graphic design, com-                                                test vowel. Sound is a discovery, and     silence is blended with natural music   until January 30, 2022.
                                                                                                                             sometimes we perceive the sounds in       and works, it allows to discover and
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