Prof. GÜLAY FATMA HASDOĞAN

Biography

She received her Bachelor of Industrial Design (1985) and MSc. in Building Science (1988) Degrees from Middle East Technical University (METU), and her PhD (1993) from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London. She is a founding member of the Industrial Designers Society of Turkey (ETMK), and she served as the President between 1996-98, and 2006-2010, and Chairperson of the Department of Industrial Design (1998-2004) at METU. In 2008 and 2010, as an Executive Committee Member of Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards for which ETMK is a partner institution, she coordinated the development of the award scheme and the evaluation process. She is currently Head of the Department of Industrial Design at METU. She teaches graduate research methods and second-year industrial design studio. She has publications on the institutionalisation of industrial design, design education and user models in the design process. She is an Eisenhower fellow of Turkey in the multinational program 2000. She is head of the Industrial Designers Committee in the Chamber of Architects and head of the Industrial Design Accreditation Board. She serves as the Community Liaison for Asia in the World Design Organisation.