Vocational School of Justice
TURKISH-JAPANESE COLLABORATION IN YACHT DESIGN
Turkish and Japanese industrial design students will be designing marine transportation vehicles for Izmir. 11 students and academicians from Shizouka University of Art and Culture, Department of Design, and a team of 20 from IUE Department of Industrial Design will be attending the co-organized workshop called “Merutemu”, named after light breezes unique to Aegean Sea and Izmir, which will take place on 5-12 September in Izmir and Bodrum.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Can Özcan, Head of Department of IUE Department of Industrial Design, stated that the workshop would begin with a Bodrum trip, and he said, “First part of the workshop, under the name of Transportation for Izmir- Design Workshops, took place in Japan. Turkish and Japanese students designed bikes for Izmir. The theme of the second workshop that will take place in Turkey this year is marine transportation vehicles. The workshops will especially focus on yacht designs. This way, major yacht and boat manufacturers, who shed light on both the past and present of marine vehicles unique to the region, will be visited. Bodrum and Maket museum will also be visited. Later on, a seminar, which will include presentation on the design of marine vehicles to Turkish and Japanese students, will take place.”
From Suzuki to Izmir Economics
Özcan stated that Moriyoshi Hattori, Design Director of Suzuki, Prof. Yasuko Takayama, Head of Department of Design Shizouka, University of Art and Culture, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Emre Ergül, Director of IUE Yacht Design Master’s Program, will also attend the seminar. He said that students would improve their designs in teams throughout the workshop, and get a chance to learn about maritime institutions and organizations in Izmir. Özcan also said that students would focus their designs on urban transportation, and visit Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Izdeniz A.Ş. during the workshop.