Turkey Design Council

Turkey Design Council Principles

• Multidisciplinary Approach

  We believe that visions, solutions and projects to be created in order to contribute to the social and economic development of our country should be handled with sustainable and correct approaches. Therefore, we contribute to the realization of the interdisciplinary working culture, which is at the core of the design activity, with a holistic knowledge approach at the level of civil society.

• Social Influence

  Being aware of the responsibility of civil society, we prioritize the steps to be taken for our civilization and society. By bringing together the right actors, we aim to make the design activity accessible to all segments of the society by managing the information and processes in a transparent and fair manner.

• Education

  We believe that the sustainability of civil society activities in the areas in which we operate is possible through the transfer of accurate information to the next generations. We believe that every effort should be planned and documented in the light of long-term visions in order to prepare the ground for future studies with a systematic knowledge. In the developed projects, we attach importance to the continuation of experience and knowledge transfer by including the new generation in the process. We aim to develop conscious, self-confident, free-thinking and responsible individuals by developing educational models and facilities in design and related fields.

• Sustainability

  With the inspiration we received from our civilization, we think that one of the basic building blocks of the foundation culture is the principle of sustainability. Information and methods that are abstracted from individuals and developed with the contribution and support of all segments of society; practical and theoretical studies are carried out simultaneously with the development and transferable models are aimed to be realized. In this process, we attach importance to the participation of young people in the studies and to reinforce learning and working methods together by keeping the master-apprentice culture on the job. In the light of the experiences in the process, we develop suitable training models and facilities and prepare the ground for sustainable information transfer.

• Social Participation

  By bringing people from all parts of the society with appropriate and efficient methods in the vision, strategy and project works, we allow common intelligence and holistic knowledge to emerge. In this way, we pave the way for the sustainability and democratic of the works from the beginning.

• Research

  In all our studies, we aim to develop and improve human-centered, human characteristics that are nurtured from art, science and philosophy, who value the intellectual and natural, aware of their own culture and we attach importance to establishing processes and theoretical backgrounds that take into account practical principles and experience. In national and international field of design; we believe that researching, documenting and communicating the past and current activities and information in the right ways will strengthen our design awareness and civilization.