Delta Charging Unit
Idea, Sketch: Berrak Keçeli
Modeling: Aylin Ulu
I developed this design based on the charging problem faced by disaster-affected individuals and disaster area personnel, which leads to communication issues. This product, designed for people in difficult conditions in disaster areas, addresses the charging problem by being portable and capable of charging multiple devices simultaneously. Access to communication, which is sometimes a life-saving necessity, is facilitated through this product.
You can contact Berrak Keçeli or Aylin Ulu for project production and project details.
Earthquake Psychology - Limits of Normalization
Psychological Destruction
Post-earthquake relief and rescue efforts are largely oriented towards saving lives, rehabilitation of living beings, and repair of buildings and infrastructure services. However, earthquake is a natural disaster that can cause serious psychological problems for the survivors besides causing physical destruction and death.
Post-earthquake assistance is mainly directed towards saving lives, treatment of physical injuries, provision of shelter and restoration of infrastructure services. The fact that the detection and treatment of psychological effects is more complex and long-lasting results in the damage in this area being left alone most of the time.
Emergency Tent - Temporary Shelter After Disaster
Emergency Tent is a living unit where people can stay until the temporary shelters are built after the disaster. It is designed for one person per unit. If required, it can accommodate two people thanks to the portable bed. It is easy to set up thanks to its gusseted scissor mechanism. Unlike many tents or inflatable shelters, it is robust. Can be reused after use.
You can contact Şevval Nisa for project production and project details.
Erqfire - Portable Heater
Portable Heater - ERQFIRE
Orhan Balaban
Erqfire portable heater is designed to be used for heating shelter areas such as tents and containers, especially in cases of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, fires, landslides, etc. Erqfire is ready for use by connecting to the electricity source. The fan is switched on by turning the fan button from the control buttons, then the heating elements are switched on by pressing the heating element buttons. The cold air coming out of the fan reaches the resistance bed through the air conduction channel, where the air molecules hitting the surface of the resistance are heated and compressed towards the hot air outlet part and from there, the hot air is transmitted to the tents or containers through the aluminium foil coated polyethylene insulation pipe. It can heat 2 containers and tents at the same time.
IKEA Earthquake Relief and Kazakh Dormitories
In the earthquake of February 6, 2023, which affected many of our provinces, the houses of the earthquake victims were destroyed or became too dangerous to return to their homes. A lot of help and support was provided from our country and many parts of the world, in this article we have discussed the designs and functions of RHU houses and Kazakh dormitories.
Better Shelter Relief Housing Unit (RHU)
The Ikea Foundation has donated 10 million euros worth of earthquake relief aid to Turkey and Syria. 5,000 RHUs are part of this support. What are these RHUs for people who lost their homes and were evacuated after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023? Better Shelter, a Swedish-based non-profit organization founded in 2010, has designed a shelter that is packaged in a flat box, modular, takes up little space, and can be set up by volunteers in a matter of hours. They have already tried the prototypes in Iraq and have also helped people who have been separated from their homes and lost their homes in more than 70 countries with these designs.
Migration Housing Design - Post Disaster Housing
Migration Housing
Project: Zeliha Sultan Dağlı
Migration, whether within the borders of the country or outside the borders of the country, is carried out in order to escape from the unfavourable conditions of the region or to take advantage of the advantages of the destination. The conditions that cause people to relocate may vary according to the place and time. Individual or collective migration may occur for many reasons such as the search for prosperity, escape from war or violence, political instability, family reunification policies, political asylum, better educational opportunities.
Shigeru Ban’s Designs for Earthquake Victims
Who is Shigeru Ban?
Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect known for his innovative use of materials and his work on humanitarian projects. His firm, Shigeru Ban Architects, has designed a wide range of buildings around the world, including museums, office buildings, residences and temporary housing for disaster relief. Ban is also known for using sustainable and recyclable materials in his designs. Looking at some of Ban's designs for earthquake victims can move us forward socially and culturally, inspiring us with creative ways to help people.
Simple Table Design Project
Project Members:
Ayda Mirzatürkmen
Gözde Özkaraman
Recep Kadir Kıyak
Tuğçe Gürel
Melek Akın
A table designed to provide easy use in environments where people temporarily reside due to emergencies.
It has been designed with cheap production and distribution, minimum material usage and easy assembly in mind.
You can contact Ayda Mirzatürkmen for project production and project details.
Temporary Shelter After Earthquake
Humanity; since its existence, it has been in search of a place that will protect itself from external influences, compatible with the environment and meet the need for shelter. Various answers to this search, which started in the early ages, have been found by people using materials that have developed with the change of technology and time. However, as a result of various seismic activities exposed during the formation and development process of the planet we live on, the destruction and damage of these places from time to time has been inevitable. Especially when these disasters occur in winter, shelter has become a very big problem. Over time, different designs have been developed internationally to solve this problem. These can be divided into four categories as emergency aid, emergency shelter, temporary housing, permanent housing.
What is an Earthquake? Precautions to be Taken in an Earthquake
What is an Earthquake?
An earthquake is an event in which the energy that suddenly emerges as a result of fractures in the earth's crust spreads in waves and shakes the environments they pass through and the earth's surface. Earthquakes can be so small that they cannot be felt, or they can be large enough to destroy cities. Earthquakes can cause tsunamis, continental drift and volcanic activity. [1]
1950s Turkish Migration and Its Impact on Painting
The Phenomenon of Migration After 1950 in Turkey and Its Effect on Turkish Painting
Human migration is the change of the place where the person or a group lives permanently. ‘Human migration’ does not include nomadism (seasonal migration), seasonal labor, arbitrary travel. Human migration; what immigrants do to raise their living standards; to escape negativities such as war, hunger, unemployment or political oppression; is compulsory or non-essential mobility. Migration is an ordinary human behavior. Evolutionarily trying to protect and survive is part of human nature.
Color Psychology in Branding and Its Impact on Users
First Part
Color is an exciting concept that stimulates various emotions in the human brain. We see, understand, and differentiate objects by detecting their color and feeling differently for different colored things. All of us see colors differently because registering colors' visual information happens in our diverse personal brains; therefore, colors are always subjective. But even though they vary from human to human, there are some emotions that the colors awaken in nearly all of us, giving colors generalized meanings.
Formation of the Artist Personality
Concept of Artist
The concepts of art and artist, are inexplicable as general definitions. Because art, in and of itself, is a relative concept. Let alone changing from each individual, the emotions of art can change thousands of times even for one person. So when the concept of art is so special nowadays, for whom do we use the word “artist” or for what can we say “yes, this is art!”?
Paper Piyon: Paper Toy Products
The imagination of a child is as creative as being able to see a goat eat a snake, or to see a sheep inside a box. Even as we grow older, we are still those who can see the sheep inside the box. For us, the edge of a carpet can be a road and a pot lid can be a steering wheel. Our favorite coffee is the one we used to play with when we were kids, and the one we served to you. As those who do not want children's dreams to be limited, we are starting a new project.
“Robots cannot participate in the Olympics”: An Ethical Look at the Art of Artificial Intelligence
The creation of digital art is not new, but advancements in artificial intelligence have created a new environment where all types of media can be created without excessive human input. In September 2022, an artist named Jason M. Allen won the digital arts category of the Colorado State Fair with his work "Théâtre d'Opéra Spatial," sparking intense debates about the nature of art and the validity of AI-created works. However, it is important to keep in mind that this raises many ethical issues. Are these concerns about the fairness of competitions or the future of art? In other words, is art dead, my friend?
Are digital innovations evolving faster than human demand?
The digital world which has been improving itself immensely in the recent years is being celebrated by many, but at the same time it is receiving harsh criticism.
This makes us wonder how the improvement and progress of technology can have negative implications and how can it not be appealing for people. We can start analysing this topic with the Metaverse.
Metaverse can be defined as the transformation of our role in the digital world; how the digital world changes from content we consume to experiences we can live through.
The term “Metaverse” was first introduced 60 years ago by the Sensorama machine, developed by Morton Heilig. This machine is considered as the first VR machine. After the infroduction of Sensorama and Metaverse, many companies started working rapidly on developing and improving VR. In the 90s, Metaverse mostly had military uses. Nowadays, we can say that it’s primary use has shifted to user experience and advertising.
Digitization in Fashion Design
What is Digital Fashion?
Fashion is one of the most linear systems that enables people and brands to express themselves. Digital fashion takes this system to a new environment. With the increasing popularity of the Metaverse, the digital fashion industry is turning into a global empire that includes both big luxury brands and retail consumers. How? Blockchain technology has already started to transform everything from our currency to internet interactions.
Manifest
With the Bauhaus movement, the foundations of modern design were laid and decoration was considered to be wrong and architecture was discussed. However, even if this basis is considered correct, creation is not just about geometry or decoration. At this point, by observing nature and expanding our observations, we will have reached our ultimate goal.
Representing something in two or three dimensions is not a goal, but by analyzing why a form takes shape and the factors involved in its formation, we can move on to the next stage. In this regard, our main element, basic geometric shapes, will be considered as tools in achieving this; while working with traditional methods, we will take advantage of technological opportunities to the fullest extent.
