With participants from different disciplines, the second Interdisciplinary Design Studio (IDS-2), that is organized by METU Design Factory with support from METU Technopolis and is sponsored by industry and NGOs, started on January 27th, 2016.
We received 120 applications and 38 students were accepted to the IDS-2. With the mentorship of METU DF faculty and industry partners, we introduce the principles of interdisciplinary collaborative work to students in regards to design studies.
In the eight-week long IDS-2, interdisciplinary student teams will address the themes and/or problems identified by our industry partners. They are expected to develop ideas, designs, and even prototypes. Each team’s work is guided by two academic and one industry mentor. Final products will be presented at a campus-wide ceremony.
Yaşar Berk Arı – Merve Civelek – Oğuzhan Demirdöğen – Emel Erdal – Baturalp Goncagül – Toghrul Karimli – Merve Yılmaz – Hakan Yılmazer
One of the biggest problems of armored vehicles is that they cannot pass easily and without difficulty. As the ATOK Group, our ideas inspired by nature are transformed into a system design in which armored vehicles can easily bypass ditches. Sensors placed in the car alert the system against any obstacle, allowing the vehicle to overcome obstacles easily.
Mehmet Akif Akkuş – Selcen Kökçü Çetin – Anıl Erdal – Pelin Göçmen – Gözde Nargile – Bayram Anıl Öztürk
The most common problems during shower cleaning are tilting, getting wet and spending a lot of time and effort. A cleaning system has been developed which can automatically control shower traps to minimize these problems. Automatic cleaning and interactive use of the product is the main working principle.
Ece Dinçer – Mine Ertok – Osman Kaan Karagöz – Hakan Mert – Merve Okkalı – Sedef Üstün
This project focused on astronauts’ problem of sleeping in the space station. Providing a sense of sleep and an ergonomic bed design like the rest of the world are factors that increase the working efficiency of astronauts. To achieve this, an artificial gravity was created in the space station so that astronauts can have the feeling of lying on the bed.
Cem Dedekargınoğlu – Özge Güven – Ayşenur Tonbaz – Çağrı Yalçın
The relationship between local people and migrants with asylum seekers in Turkey is weakened day by day. The Harmony group, believing that this relationship can be solved by establishing “empathy”, has designed an “empathy place” that reflects the difficulties experienced by them. Due to its modularity and easy usability, it is a space feature that can be moved everywhere and reach more people.
Meltem Atay – Özgür Baskın – Esra Cantürk – İdil Kara – İpek Koçak – Anıl Kürkçü – Birnur Şahin
PufferPi is a fun toy that measures and evaluates the movement of the children having juvenile idiopathic arthritis. It reminds the exercise time while interacting with the child in audio and light feedback. By doing so, it allows you to make emotional connections with your child.
JeanPiere Demir – Çiğdem Demir – Berkin Nergis – Burhan Ölmez – Selin Özgür – Sercan Pekel – Buse Subaşı – İlkan Yıldırım
UXI is a module and system solution that solves the problem of more reliable, more valuable, and more user experience information that UX Labs in the research process is working on the rising trend of the user experience in recent years. The module works in the Pi Hola teaches the product to the user of the washing machine, and allows for more reliable and faster user experience research.
The very first project of METU DF, namely Transforming the Box, aims to embrace students and instructors belonging to different disciplines in a collaborative environment. Project groups formed by various disciplines not only explore the design but also experience a very collaborative design process. It is expected that students should be able to think out of box, be innovative, be explorative and should have new mindsets to overcome boundaries between disciplines.
Regarding this, the box in the project is a metaphor to define an agent hosting means to be used in emergency situations. Hence, the box can transform and mutate to respond to emergency needs and each student group should find a way how this mutation will occur in the design process.
Erdem Mert Taçyıldız • Deniz Camus • Merve Nur Sökmen • Canay Kara • Burcu Çam • Utku Civelek • Baran Tunç
Most of the registered accidents from all around the world are in the 21-30 age range due to carelessness and malfunctioning of drivers. Based on the positive reinforcement system, this game is integrated with intelligent roads and transportation systems that include applications of ‘Internet of Things’ and aims to reduce accidents following all traffic rules.
Hasan Burhan Beytur • Elif Merve Ünsal • Fatih Çağatay Akyön • Hazal Ertürkan • Can Okuyucu • Utku Ay • Aslı Alp
The earthquake is one of the most feared natural disasters. The QuiakeShiled project seeks to imagine the idea of a shield that will be installed in a more robust place for earthquake-based emergency aid, protect from an armor-heavy weight, communicate with the search and rescue team, and ensure that the team survives as confidently as possible.
Berksu Erkal • Yankı Çobanoğlu • Karya Bayır • Gülnihal Karaca • Serkan Koylan • Amir Tafrishi • Koray Alpay
The “Omnify” project is a mobile phone application aimed at solving the hurdles each person may experience in their daily lives. The location density responds to different requests such as safe roads, shortcuts or quick roads to go to, and special situations of users such as visually impaired users, physical obstacles or cyclists.
Sinan Şahin Candan • Tolda Han Ulucan • Cansu Bezmez • Caner Arıkboğa • Dicle Kumaraslan • Kaan Yaşa
The Companion Cube (Yoldaş Kutu) is a project that focuses on helping immigrants, war memorials and disaster victims who are trying to be helped and seeking a place to stay. This is why, the Companion Cube project aims to reuse relief supply kit boxes serving as temporary shelters and to provide a sustainable aid chain.
Özgür Yazıcı • Sait Sovukluk • Azra Tuğçe Süngü • Cem Mehmethanoğlu • Tansu Yılmaz • Şeyma Koç
LifeLine is a communications assistant that increases the awareness of each other in the workplace and ensures the effective enforcement of emergency management. The system is a visual communication network based on an identification tag integrated into the boots of workers at the plant site and strip readers placed on the floor in transit areas.
Furkan Doğramacı • Merve Eşmebaşı • Damla Özekici • Bilge Çilingir • Gözde Torun • Mine Cüneyitoğlu Özkul • İbrahim Anıl Balkan
The MULTIPURPOSE Pregnancy Kit is a family of medical products that contains many functions. The user is a candidate for mothers and aims to solve the problems that often occur before and after childbirth. The five different modules contained in a basic box can be combined with different combinations and converted into different products.
The closing ceremony for the 1st Interdisciplinary Design Studio was held at the Culture Convention Center. The Rector’s Office, Teknokent Management, faculty, and students attended the ceremony. The students teams presented their designs.
After the students received their certificates, the exhibited their design and had an interactive session with the participants.