Ali O. Ilhan
Areas of Interest
Knowledge, Professions and Design Disciplines
Education
Coursework towards doctoral degree, Doctor of Design Program | Aug ’07 – May ’08
Washington State University, Interdisciplinary Design Institute, Spokane, WA
Master of Science in Industrial Product Design | Oct ’04 - May ‘07
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of
Industrial Product Design, Istanbul, Turkey
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Product Design | Sept ’99 – June ‘03
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of
Industrial Product Design, Istanbul, Turkey
Current Research
I am interested in how professional ideologies are formed in design
disciplines/professions (architecture, product design, interior
design, graphic design, etc.) and the connections between social
construction of knowledge and professional/disciplinary identity
formation in those fields.
Recent Publications & Presentations
Wang, D. and Ilhan, A. O. (2009). Holding Creativity Together: A Sociological Theory of the Design Professions. Design Issues, 25(1), 5-21.
Ilhan, A. O. (2007). Penguins Roaming in the Deserts: Evolving Professional Ideology of Turkish Industrial Designers. Istanbul Technical University Design Meetings VII, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ilhan, A. O. (2007). An Introduction to the Professional Ideology of Turkish Industrial Designers: Existential Antagonisms. Unpublished Master of Science Thesis. Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ilhan, A. O. and Er, H. A. (2006). Understanding the Order in Disorder: Analyzing the Professional Ideology of Industrial Design in Turkey through Discourse. In the proceedings of the 2007 EAD (European Academy of Design) International Conference (Dancing with Disorder: Design, Discourse &Disaster), Izmir, Turkey.
Ilhan, A. O. (2006). An Introduction to the Libidinal Economy of Design: Desire, Objects and the Subject. In the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Design Research Society (Wonderground ’06), Lisbon, Portugal.
Ilhan, A. O. (2006). Design and Power: Towards an Analysis. In the proceedings of the 3rd National Congress of Design, Istanbul, Turkey, in Turkish.
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