Another Industrial Design Studio is over! So many good ideas for the Housewares competition including, well thought social designs.
Jobe Bobee, Designer / Artist & Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute, joined Industrial Studio III final review as a guest critic. From Michael Graves College faculty, Craig Konyk, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Saglinda Roberts, Assistant Professor of Interior Design, participated in the review.
Thanks to Jobe, Craig and Saglinda for joining the review.
Model Design is a course that introduces students to the shop environment. Here are a few images of the shop and work done by students. Making is FUN!
Beginning in Fall '15 semester, Efecem Kutuk will be teaching full time as a University Lecturer in the Industrial Design program at Michael Graves College, Kean University
Efecem Kutuk's section of the "Collaborative Design Studio" finished the Fall 2014 semester strong. Four amazing projects were presented by teams of senior students from the School of Art and Design at NJIT.
A few images from the final review of the Industrial Design Specialization class. Students were asked to search for a trendy office environment and design a task light which would be a good fit for that particular space based on research about the company/office.
Ufuk Keskin, Industrial Designer of Starwood Hotels and co-designer of SheetSeat, joined Industrial Studio 2 final review as a guest critic. From the faculty, Martina Decker, Assistant Professor - NJIT College of Architecture and Design, participated in the review.
Thanks to Ufuk and Martina for joining and providing constructive feedback to students.
Efecem Kutuk organised a field trip to Knoll Furniture in East Greensville, PA for the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) student group at NJIT. First stop was the Product Development department where a presentation was made by a senior material specialist and mechanical engineers from the company. Then a review of the history, present and future of Knoll was offered by the marketing manager, followed by a plant visit. Lastly, Linda Kasper, Museum Manager, led a tour of the museum.
The day-long experience was thorough, in terms of understanding how a product goes from concept to development to final refinement to mass production, and finally marketing and exhibition.
A field trip organized to Smart Design NYC for both sections of ID Studio II. First a presentation by Russell Blanchard, Associate Director of Industrial Design, who then led an office & modelling shop tour. It was an amazing experience for students to witness how a research based professional industrial design studio operates.
* Top left image and Smard Design logo is courtesy of Smart Design Worldwide
Sustainable Materials and Processes class worked in teams of two to experiment with Bioplastics. Their assignment was to identify the appropiate ingredients and ratio that would produce a range of stiff, flexible, matte, textured, and glossy results, and then present and demonstrate to the class. Ingredients included: gelatin, gylicerin, corn starch, vinegar,milk and potato starch. Some students employed their learnings to cast the final models of the Design Studio projects using bioplastics.
* Bioplostics logo is the courtesy of greenbiz.com
Spring'14 will be a busy teaching schedule; NJIT Shool of Art and Design assigned 3 courses to Efecem Kutuk. ID264 Industrial Design Studio II for Sophomores, ID341 Sustainable Materials & Proceses for Juniors and ID301 Industrial Design Specialization for Juniors as well.
Due to high enrollment in ID Studio II, the class will be split into two sections. Julian Boxenbaum of BuzStudios and founder of LucidNYC will lead the other section.
Starting from September 2nd 2013, Efecem Kutuk will be teaching two classes at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ. "Collaborative Design Studio" for Seniors in the School of Art & Design will be a collaboration project of different programs; Digital Design, Interior Design and Industrial Design. Every team will have one student from each and the class will focus on creating a full package start up company that consists of brand identity, product(s) and exhibition space of the product(s). The other lecture / discussion course, "Materials and Processes", will be taught to Junior students in the Industrial Design program.
Efecem Kutuk is teaching "Senior Graduation Thesis II" for Seniors in the Industrial Design department at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ. A project book and prototype of the final product will be submitted. Projects are going to be proposals of a solution to an existing user interface issue researched and found by students. After execution of the prototypes for the final project, there will be a graduation exhibition at the main hall starting May 17, 2013.
