TASARIM EĞİTİMİNDE MEKÂN, DONATI VE MOBİLYA KAPSAMINDAKİ ENDÜSTRİYEL İŞ BİRLİKLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

The relationship between design education and industry has carried the imprint of social and economic transformation since the guild tradition. Each major rupture has reconstituted this relationship; education has first lagged behind, then found a new form. The transformation underway today marks a new link in the same cycle, and education is once again in search of a response. Understanding where Türkiye stands at this threshold is essential both for reading local dynamics and for anticipating what lies ahead. The study examines university–industry collaborations in Türkiye through the scales of space, equipment, and furniture, extending equipment to products that include industrial and digital objects. These three scales constitute the intersection of interior architecture and industrial design; the boundaries between the two disciplines blur at these scales. Tracing this ambiguity, the research addresses both disciplines together. A qualitative approach was adopted; fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with academics, industry representatives, and practitioners from intermediary institutions with collaboration experience across these scales. Data were analysed through thematic analysis, and the findings were interpreted against international institutional examples. The research reveals that Türkiye has largely adopted education models from abroad, and that the new collaboration mechanisms emerging internationally have not yet found full resonance locally. Existing contributions rest not on institutional frameworks but on individual or pioneering institutional initiative. It is concluded that design studio courses should become visible as a site of knowledge production within innovation mechanisms. The study offers forward-looking projections by tracking Türkiye alongside global transformation.