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This volume presents for the first time a curated selection of essays written over the last 30 years by leading design thinker and educator, Tevfik Balcioglu. With a focus on Turkish and British design, his writing examines questions of national and transnational design history and provides a critical insight into contemporary global design issues. Structured into four thematic sections with contextualizing introductions, this anthology addresses various aspects of design history, theory, education and practice. Essays look at the impact of industrialization and globalization on design cultures and highlight local and global design developments from the late 20th century to the present day. They cover reproduction techniques and technological progress in recent decades, the changing nature of mass-produced objects and the introduction of new methods, systems, shapes, forms and styles over time. Addressing issues relating to education and practice, case studies draw on Balcioglu’s work at various institutions such as Izmir University of Economics, Turkey where he established a faculty of design departments and introduced a new model of integrated programmes, and Kent University, UK where he established the BA (Hons) 3D Design course. His writing explores the nature and transferability of knowledge in the design field through critical analysis of the emergence of new degree programmes, the evolution of design education and the relationship between theory and practice.

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With years of experience in teaching and administration in Turkey and the UK, Tevfik Balcioglu provides an insightful approach to the theory, history, education and practice of design. His approach integrates a variety of design fields, which is refreshing in an age when design fields are becoming more and more nuanced and specific. The book includes theoretical discussions as well as practical examples in the design field, and appears to spark curiosity in the reader interested theory to pursue knowledge in practice and vice versa. The integration of a variety of issues related to design is quite seamless and provides a wise approach to not just what design is, but what it needs to be. This book will be cherished by educators and practitioners in the design field who are curious about major topics as well as unique examples from Turkey that are refreshing to the global reader. * Deniz Hasirci, Head of Design Studies, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey * Design practitioner, educator, organizer, archivist, On Design is a record of critical thinking over five decades of designing, teaching and educating. Drawing on perspectives gained simultaneously through his Turkish background, his long residency in the UK and his involvement in wider European design history, the book charts some of the key issues in trying to think deeply and reflectively about designing today. * Clive Dilnot, Professor of Design Studies, School of Art and Design History, Parsons The New School for Design, USA *

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Tevfik Balcioglu is a retired academician; previously he worked as Vice Rector and Professor of Design at Yasar University in Izmir, Turkey. His edited works include Design and Resistance (2014), Gendered Perspectives in Design (2013), Dancing with Disorder (2007) and The Role of Product Design in Post-industrial Society (1998). In 2019, he received the Lifelong Design and Innovation Award in the Service of the European Academy of Design.

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