lifelong learning workshop (22-23 October 2016) istanbul, turkey

From 17.02.2016 Workshop

This project is produced as a part of the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, Parallel Events Programme—the first in a series of ico-D Lifelong Learning Workshops: 

"Competences, Credentials, Actions: Blueprints for Designers’ Lifelong Learning" 

The workshop will be hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University on 22-23 October 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. 

about the workshop

This workshop invites participation from professionals from the fields of Design, Education, Social Sciences, Management, Urban-Planning, Economics, Communications, Engineering, etc. International and local experts will share their insights and visions in a program that that emphasizes teamwork and plenum presentations/discussions, offering many opportunities for networking. 

The workshop is of particular interest to Educational Members and Professional Members of ico-D 

The first series of workshops produced with its members, this event is developed and organised in association with Istanbul Bilgi University and IIDj, the Institute for Information Design Japan. With the participation of experts from the ico-D Board, including President David Grossman, the workshop will be co-curated by ico-D Vice President Cihangir Istek (Istanbul Bilgi University) and Andreas Schneider (IIDj and guest Faculty of Istanbul Bilgi University).

The workshop will explore three tracks: Competences, Credentials, and Actions as core keys for unlocking new vocational visions. Each of these tracks has subsets that help structure explorations, discussions, and presentations in a consistent format. Shuffling small teams across three sessions together with Expert-lectures should produce a large breadth of findings—leading to the Blueprints for Designers’ Lifelong Learning Manifesto/Agenda.

Session 1: Use-Cases
Session 2: Personal Blueprints
Session 3: Agenda

Workshop outcomes will contribute to proposals that will be submitted to the first World Design Summit in Montreal, 2017. Consult the workshop's schedule here.

registration

Register for the Lifelong Learning Workshop via the registration system. Deadline to register is Monday, 10 October 2016. Please note that the number of participants is limited to 40.

The participation fee for ico-D Members is € 40.00, € 80.00 for non-ico-D Members.

moderators

David Grossman, President of ico-D  (International Council of Design), the world's largest organization representing professional designers. He is an environmental graphic designer and partner of Daedalos Design Studio in Tel Aviv. David is one of the founders of the Israel Community of Designers and also a founder of Vital, the Tel Aviv Center for Design Studies and the Graphic Design Department of Shenkar College. He has played a key role as organizer, editor, lecturer, and juror for many international design festivals, conferences, and exhibitions, catalogs and annuals. David served as ico-D’s Treasurer and President between 1995–2003.

Halil Nalcaoglu, Dean of the Faculty of Communication at Istanbul Bilgi University. After graduating from the Sociology Department of Middle East Technical University, he earned his master’s degree in Social Sciences Institute at Ankara University and doctorate’s degree at Massachusetts University. His areas of interest are Education, Theory and Philosophy of Communication, Cultural Studies, Deconstruction, and Media Ecology. Halil has penned many articles on topics ranging from Social Memory and Political Iconology to Internet and Youth in various publications and his own book Kültürel Fark?n Yap?sökümü - The Deconstruction of Cultural Difference (2006). He also translated Slavoj Zizek’s Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism into Turkish. His educational philosophy and mottos are Empower Students - Liberate Classrooms - Contribute to Community Life.

Sébastien Shahmiri, Corporate Communication Specialist and a lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University. After studying Fine Arts at Beaux-art-de Paris and finishing Graphic Studies at Wimbledon School of Art, London, he worked in senior positions in large design and communications organizations in the U.S., France, and Germany. Throughout the 1990s, he has been involved in the design of corporate lectures at CeBIT, the yearly global event for digital business in Hannover, Germany. In 2001, he returned to England from Germany to undertake the role of educator at Edinburgh, East-London, Cambridge, Middlesex Universities, while working as Senior Communications Consultant for various commercial organizations. At this point, he also undertook a Lifelong Learning Teacher Training Program. As of 2010, he moved to Turkey and started to work from Istanbul. Since 2011, Sébastien has been giving Design and Project Management courses at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Special Guests

• Tolga Akin, Education Advisor, the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Bilgi University
• Harun Ekinoglu, Urban Designer, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayoral Advisory Office
• Yesim Demir, Designer, Demir Tasar?m (Istanbul)
• Umut Suduak, President, Turkish Society of Graphic Designers (GMK)
• Cihan Cankaya, Co-Founder/CEO, Digital Experience Collective (Istanbul)
• Asli Kiyak Ingin, Design Activist and Educator (Istanbul)

contact

Please send any inquiries regarding the Lifelong Learning Workshop to: info@istanbul-a-z.info

For more information on the event, visit the Lifelong Learning Workshop website.

Click here for more information on becoming an ico-D Member.