Avşar Gürpınar

Gürpınar has earned his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Product Design from Istanbul Technical University (2014), after finishing his undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering (2004) and graduate studies in Industrial Product Design (2008) in the same university. He has completed part of his graduate studies in HfK Bremen, Digital Media program. He has worked on Cultural Studies in Design, History of Design in Turkey and Globalization and Design. Gürpınar has previously thought courses in Art History, Contemporary Art and Design and Visual Communication in Sabancı University, Kadir Has University and İstanbul Bilgi University. He currently works as an Assistant Professor in Department of Industrial Product Design in İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Architecture. His main research interests focuses on Design Foundation Studies, Visual Communication Techniques in Design, Urban Studies,History of Design, Issues of Globalization in Design and Design of Objects, Environments and Places of Play. 

Education

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 2009-2014

Ph.D., Industrial Product Design

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 2004-2008

M.Sc., Industrial Product Design

Hochschule Bremen, Bremen, 2006-2007

Digital Media, Erasmus Exchange Program

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 2000-2004

B.Sc., Electrical Engineering

Istanbul German High School, Istanbul 1992-2000 (w. scholarship)

ABITUR diploma (2000) 

Courses

Graduate Courses: ARCH541 Metropolises and Design

Undergraduate Courses (Foundation): ID111/112 Computation Based Basic Design, ID103/104 Architectural Drawing, ID180 Introduction to Product Design

Specialization Courses: ID202/302 Product Design Studio IV-VI, ID318 Design Culture and Everyday Life, ID320 Contemporary Issues in Product Design, ID321 History of Design III, ID301/401 Product Design Studio III-V