Vocational School of Justice
AD WORLD CAME TOGETHER AT THE T-SHIRT EXHIBITION
The “VCD T-SHIRTS 2006-2016 Exhibition”, prepared as part of the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the University by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics, brought advertising industry representatives and students together.
The collection, composed of t-shirts prepared by the students as part of VCD132 “Drawing Techniques for Print” course over ten years, is being displayed at the Exhibition Hall at Izmir Chamber of Commerce (ITO). Also, ITO’s 52nd tax awards ceremony for Advertising Occupational Group was held. SDS Izmir Sales Support Systems Marketing and Advertising Industry and Trade Limited Company, REKMAR Advertising Inc. and Umut İlhan-Venüs Advertising Agency received their certificates of appreciation at the ceremony.
Duygu Mutluel, Secretary General of Izmir Chamber of Commerce, who delivered an opening speech at the exhibition, pointed out that the advertising industry acted as a driving force for the economy, that the entire investment of the advertising industry was human power, and training a qualified employee for the industry required long and well-established training courses. Mutluel said she believed ad industry would expand even more with the use of creativity, imagination, and technology. She indicated that the future graphic designers and fashion designers were trained at Izmir University of Economics, and that the event allowed students to get familiar with the business world at young age.
‘Aiming an active market’
Filiz Avcı Belet, Council Member of ITO, stated that they organized the exhibition with the collaboration of IUE Faculty Fine Arts and Design and 52nd Advertising Group. She said, “We want students to engage in the business life at a young age. We are holding organizations to bring the ad industry, academicians, and future graphic designers and designers together. We are aiming to create an active market in which ad companies and employees, who have been in the ad departments of visual and print media for long time, can meet and get information.”
‘Valuable designs for the 15th year’
Prof. Dr. Ender Yazgan Bulgun, Dean of IUE Faculty Fine Arts and Design, stated that the exhibition was composed of t-shirts made by freshmen at Department of Visual Communication Design as part of their course titled, “Drawing Techniques for Print”. Prof. Dr. Bulgun said the exhibition was held in honor of 15th anniversary of the university, and they aimed to bring the students together with the advertising industry in Izmir.