Interview with Kemal Yıldırım
Kemal Yıldırım is presently employed as a Professor at the Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. Prof. Yıldırım has written over 150 academic articles in the field of Furniture and Interior Design.
Designer of the Day Interview
14 December 2018
My professional journey started in the furniture workshop of my parents during high school years. On the one hand, while I was attending school, I was also assisting the furniture and decoration works produced in the workshop. The experience I gained between the school and the practice workshop made me love furniture and interior design. As my time progressed, my desire to be a design educator came to the forefront, and then my designs.
When I started to solve the design problems I encountered, my designs began to emerge.
The extent to which it meets the needs, the specificity, the applicability, the damage to the human and the environment, the ease of recycling, assembly and transportation.
The moment I find the idea in my designs, my excitement reaches the highest level. It gives me great pleasure to look at my design.
The environment in which I was born, my interest and ability in design.
To be able to make new, original, sustainable environmentally sensitive designs that do not threaten human health.
The discipline of design demands labor, patience, weariness without getting tired, respecting human and nature ... I suggest to make user-oriented designs.
I advise people to refrain from repeating, to reflect their wishes and needs to their designs.
It is very busy, most of the time with lectures at university, reports, meetings, article refereeing ...
I like to follow the new designs trents, I find it important for a designer.
Good design must solve a problem, meet a requirement, be easy to produce, be easy to carry, not harm the nature, must be long-lasting.
It must meet a requirement, solve a problem, be original, not harm people and the environment, and should be made of recycled materials.
It is “Second Prize” with our design called Life Bed at the “Furniture Design Competition for Saving Lives in an Earthquake”. When I first heard the name of the contest "life-saving" words were very impressed me. With this special and meaningful design, we wanted to support humanity and the right to life.
Funiture Designer M. Lütfi Hidayetoğlu
I care about an innovative, environment-friendly way of life that considers common culture, focuses on people.
I don't like leaving this day to work tomorrow. I like a planned lifestyle.
In my designs, I always act with a philosophy that keeps the material interests in the background and puts forward the needs of society.
I had the opportunity to meet people who are interested in design of many countries around the world .. New beginnings, new searches, new horizons opened ...
Designer Interview
20 October 2018
My professional journey started in the furniture workshop of my parents during high school years. On the one hand, while I was attending school, I was also assisting the furniture and decoration works produced in the workshop. The experience I gained between the school and the practice workshop made me love furniture and interior design. As my time progressed, my desire to be a design educator came to the forefront, and then my designs.
Gazi University, Department of Furniture and Interior Design, founded in 1937, created an environment for design studies in the early days ... Then, my design activities continued in different environments.
Design is the expression of an idea.
I love to design office furniture, nowadays we spend most of our lives in offices.
It is “Second Prize” with our design called Life Bed at the “Furniture Design Competition for Saving Lives in an Earthquake”. When I first heard the name of the contest "life-saving" words were very impressed me. With this special and meaningful design, we wanted to support humanity and the right to life.
The reception desk is for a contemporary photographer.
My favorite is "natural wood material" and computer technologies.
I'm more creative in the morning between 9-11 hours to myself I feel more energetic and powerful.
I focus on the appropriateness of the materials used in the design to human health, authenticity, economy, ease of packaging and transport of all the pieces of furniture, and practical assembly in the place of use.
The moment I find the idea in my designs, my excitement reaches the highest level.
It gives me great pleasure to look at my design.
Originality, solving a problem, ergonomics ...
Environmentally sensitive, user-friendly, original, convertible, sustainable ...
The designer is responsible for his decisions. Therefore, the materials used by the designer must not be harmful to human health and must be recyclable. It should be environmentally sensitive.
Nowadays, the design approach is developing in a very positive way, and protective arrangements such as design copyright and patent can be followed worldwide.
My latest exhibition was held on September 29, 2018 at the 3rd Istanbul International Invention Fair (ISIF'18) held at Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar Convention Center. I got a bronze medal award ...
I prefer a comfortable and peaceful environment. In such environments, my productivity and my creativity are also making ceilings. Watching the developments in my field, making observations, and maturing my thoughts by using different opinions affect my productivity positively.
Mies van der Rohe's "less is more" proposition is my favorite. A simple approach that highlights aesthetics and functionality, storage and ease of use ...
I live in Turkey, Anatolia is the cradle of world civilization. Living in such a geography is a great advantage in the creation of design ideas.
I worked in MOPAS- Furniture Production Marketing Inc. and Modern Furniture and Decoration Company in the field of planning and design. For many years, I have been teaching design courses at universities.
It is very important for companies to employ designers. Companies should be able to give new designers the opportunity, but the designs and previous awards of experienced designers can be an important criterion in the preferences.
My designs usually begin to appear when I focus on solving a problem ... Over time it is shaped and becomes final ... I can't intervene very much in the final situation ...
Rest chair, sketch drawing book, pencil, sugar free tea and classical music.
I usually do academic readings during my day at my faculty office, mostly consisting of student theses, research reports, article referees, associate professorship reports, course materials, etc. I'm developing my design ideas when I'm at the opportunity.
The first phase of design starts with gathering information, it is a very important stage ... The analysis, synthesis and evaluation stages sit on the information gathering stage.
The designer must always make the right decision, which is a very difficult task.
Purity and honesty!
Problem solving, creativity ...
My drawing notebook and pen play an active role in my design, then visualize the resulting idea with computer technologies. My inspiration can create everything in nature, sometimes a movie scene, sometimes a sentence ...
If you are designing, you must forget the time!
Sometimes it takes 1 minute and sometimes days ...
What does this do?
I've never forgotten, we used to build a cupboard in a customer's house during high school. According to the customer's request, we took the measure and produced it in the workshop. Due to the size differences in the floor and ceiling sections of the opposite walls of the niche, we were very hard at installation. I remember that I took several measurements from every point of the place in the next works.
In addition to some furniture companies, I have made a lot of designs to ordinary people.
Furniture designed for a specific user group ...
Furniture designs that make a difference ...
I usually develop my design ideas by myself, but I get help in visualization.
I keep working on office furniture, I'm going to have some surprises soon ...
I actively control the contact addresses I share on my web page, you can write to these addresses.
Many new beautiful designs that make our lives easier, do not disturb our health ...