The Designer-in-Residence program of ATÖLYE, provides designers with the necessary equipment, material and expertise to develop their designs. The theme of the third edition of the residency is Wearable Technologies and looking for its new resident. The application deadline is the 12th of April. You can apply for the program from here.
For the third edition of the residency, we set out to discover the wearable technologies, which used to be a science fiction fantasy of yesterday and a potential future for today. For two months, we invite the selected designer to take the concepts of the internet of things, the human body and technology to a new level in a multidisciplinary manner.
What we offer?
- ATÖLYE community membership
- Use of Work Area and Prototyping Lab
- Use of equipment
- Communication support in national and international channels
- An exhibition at the conclusion of the program
- Mentoring
Application Criteria
Designers from all disciplines over the age of 18 can apply.
A special residence program for designers!
On February 15, 2018, our first resident graduated from the Designer-in-Residence program. The first designer, Bilge Nur Saltik, produced new techniques and textures to reveal the potential of the sponge as a material. She experimented how sponge can be used in the areas of acoustic panels and odour dispensers with the interaction of different substances such as soap, wood and resin. After all these works, he shared his design process and his works with the participants with a mini-exhibition.
In the second edition of the program, we collaborated with Fablab Lisboa in Portugal. Eli Bensusan, the chosen designer of the program, tried to explore the structural properties and interaction of the mushroom with different materials by experimenting with different techniques. He produced products such as candle holder, table lamp, stool, wine glass case, coffee table and mirrored wall unit. He shared all this design process and his works with the participants on 3 July 2018 with a presentation and exhibition.
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Interested individuals can apply here.
Images and text courtesy of the organizer.
