Within the scope of Design Week Turkey 2019 event organised to contribute to Turkey’s branding with design and hosted by the Turkish Exporters Assembly with the coordination of the Ministry of Trade, Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards were presented. The selection committee, consisting of local and foreign designers, evaluated 286 designs that applied. A total of 62 awards were distributed in 13 categories, including 8 outstanding, 36 good and 18 conceptual awards.
Speaking at the ceremony, TIM President İsmail Gülle drew attention to the importance of design for value-added production and said: “In order to reach the target of Turkey with a Foreign Trade Surplus, we must correctly determine how to create sustainable exports and added value. Brand and design are indispensable for creating value-added products. We are working with all our strength to bring out more designers from these lands. With our design competition, we support the original designs of talented young people by bringing together students, industrialists, academicians and entrepreneurs while increasing the creative power of the sectors. Next year, we aim to make Istanbul a valuable global design brand by bringing together the design week with all stakeholders of the design ecosystem.”
The award-winning brands and designers received their awards from the Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan and TIM President İsmail Gülle.
LASIAD Chairman of the Board of Directors Gıyasettin Eyyüpkoca, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Ahmet Turan and Secretary General Şerafettin Yüzüak attended the award ceremony, which was attended by intense participation.