Theme and Process: The workshop is based on the concept of “thoughtless acts” referred by Jane Fulton Suri (industrial design researcher) and IDEO (a global design consultancy firm) in their book Thoughtless Acts? Observations on Intuitive Design. Thoughtless acts are our interpretations about the stuff around us. They are the “… intuitive ways we adapt, exploit, and react to things in our environment; things we do without really thinking”. These mundane but creative acts that are often taken for granted show how we interact with the given material world in our everyday life. We recognize the possibilities of different objects, materials, spaces, forms and textures and -most of the time unconsciously- engage with them in order to enable our lives.

During the workshop, we will look at our everyday environments through a lens that we have never looked before. We will observe our everyday lives, document the thoughtless acts, and analyse them in order to seek inspiration from real life. Could these observations be inspirational for designers? Could they be used to generate new design ideas? Could they inspire thoughts about design opportunities?

PS. THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE WILL GIVE CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE TO THE PARTICIPANTS!

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Number of Participants: Limited to 15 students.
Last Date of Application: October 5th (Please send an e-mail to aysunaytac@iyte.edu.tr).
Workshop Date: October 09-10 and 12, 2012.
Place: Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, B Block. Class will be announced later.