Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards, is a design evaluation system organized with the collaboration of Undersecretariate for Foreign Trade (DTM), Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and Industrial Designers Society of Turkey (ETMK), within the framework of TURQUALITY® programme.

Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards System organization is formed of two main elements. First, theoretical infrastructure is coordinated by ETMK, by collecting views from an advisory board composed of 70 experts from designers, academics and interdisciplinary professionals. The implementation stage of the system composed of web design, corporate design, organization, exhibition design and public relations is coordinated by the executive committee and study group established by DTM, TİM and ETMK.

STUDY GROUP MEMBERS*

Seçil Alp - Turquality
Cemal Bayazıt – İTKİB Vice General Secretary
Berna Dalaman - ETMK Vice President 
Emel Emirlioğlu – DTM State Funds Department Head
Sertaç Ersayın - ETMK İstanbul Branch Chairman
Gülay Hasdoğan - ETMK President
Gökhan İçel - Turquality
Seda Lafcı - TİM Consultant

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS *

Sezgin Akan – Studio Design Decoration, Ankara
Oya Akman – Industrial Designer, İstanbul
Sinan Alparda – Alparda Furniture, Ankara
Ümit Altun - Design-UM, İstanbul
Hatice Çoban Armağan – Product Designer, İstanbul
Murat Armağan - Murat Armağan Design,  İstanbul
Mehmet Asatekin – METU Department of Industrial Design, Ankara
Şule Atılgan – Başkent University, Department of Communication Design, Ankara
Hümanur Bağlı – İTÜ, Department of Industrial Design, İstanbul
Ali Bakova – Industrial Designer, İstanbul
Elif Baktır – Technological and Institutional Cooperation Center, Ankara
Tevfik Balcıoğlu – İzmir Economy University
Süleyman Belen – MSGSÜ Ceramic and Glass Design Department, İstanbul
Tolga Berkay – Eczacıbaşı Vitra, İstanbul
Emre Bozbeyli – Paşabahçe, İstanbul
Naz Börekçi - METU Department of Industrial Design, Ankara
Aslı Börü – Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Essen
Füsun Curaoğlu – Anadolu University, Department of Industrial Design, Eskişehir
Hüseyin Çağlayan – Fashion Designer, London
Uğur Çağlı – METU Department of Management, Ankara
Mete Çakmakçı – Turkish Technology Development Foundation, Ankara
Emrah Çiftçi – Barek, Ankara
Oya Demirbilek - University of New South Wales, Industrial Design Program, Sidney.
Kaan Dericioğlu – Ankara Patent Office, Ankara
Özlem Devrim – Viko, İstanbul.
Murat Erciyas – Farm Design, Ankara
Kenan Erdinç – Kiel, Bursa
Hakan Ertem – Marmara University, Department of Industrial Design, İstanbul
Demet Eryürek – Aselsan, Ankara
Hakan Gencol – Arıkut Aysan Gencol Design and Consultancy, İzmir
Mahsube Gezer – ECA Valfsel, İzmir
Mustafa Gökler – METU BİLTİR Center, Ankara
Renan Gökyay – Nurus, İstanbul
Serkan Güneş – Designnobis, Ankara
Hakan Gürsu - METU Department of Industrial Design, Ankara
Gamze Güven – Tasarımüssü, İstanbul
Mustafa Hasdoğan – Parantez Design, Ankara
Orhan Irmak – Orhan Irmak Design, İstanbul
Servet Işık - TRT Ankara Television, Artistic Services Directorate, Ankara
Mehmet İstemi – Tuna Çelik, İstanbul
Bilgi Karan – Sony Ericsson, Lund, Sweden
Harun Kaygan - METU Department of Industrial Design, Ankara
Pınar Kaygan –ETMK Board Member, Industrial Designer, Ankara
Sultan Kayğın – Vestel, Manisa
Fatma Korkut – METU Department of Industrial Design, Ankara
Defne Koz - Defne Koz Design Studio, Milan
Aren Kurtgözü – Bilkent University, Communication and Design Department, Ankara
Önder Küçükerman – Haliç University, Head of Department of Industrial Design, İstanbul
Eray Makal – 12 Punto, İstanbul
İnci Mutlu - Mutlu + Milan Design Studio, Manta, Italy
Bilge Mutlu – Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Sciences Faculty, Pitsburg, USA
Ayşegül Özbayis – Vestel, Manisa
Can Özcan - İEÜ Department of Industrial Design, İzmir
Burhan Özkan - Herşey Publishing and Communication Services, İstanbul
Deniz Patlar – Aselsan, Ankara
Owain Pedgley – METU Department of Industrial Design, Ankara
Özlem Perşembe – Nesne Design, İzmir
Erol Sayın – METU Department of Industrial Engineering, Ankara
Cenk Sevinç – Grup Ofis Mark and Patent, Ankara
Mine Hoşgün Soylu – ETMK Board Member, Industrial Designer, Ankara
Seçil Şatır - İTÜ, Department of Industrial Design, İstanbul
Çağlar Şahin – Harduyu Design, Ankara
Kunter Şekercioğlu – Kilittaşı Design, İstanbul
Bahar Şener-Pedgley – METU Department of Industrial Design, Deparrtment Head, Ankara
Adlıhan Tartan – Industrial Designer, İstanbul
Özgür Taşar – Philips Design, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Seda Tezsezen - Selex Communication, Italy
Gökhan Topgüner – ECA Valfsel, İzmir
Zafer Uluçay – Zuludesign, İstanbul
Eden Ünlüata – Industrial Designer, Chicago
Ece Yalım – ETMK Board Member, Artful, Ankara
Özlem Yalım - Özlem Yalım etc. Design Consultancy Promotion, İstanbul
Barış Yazıcı – Başkent University, Department of Interior Design, Ankara
Bülben Yazıcı – Industrial ceramic designer, Ankara

* In alphabetical order.