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Read more..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. In 2015, he won the Exporters' Unions Grand Prize with his design AngledBOX at the Eighth National Furniture Design Competition organized by Turkish Exporters' Associations. In 2015, he received the Second Prize with his design named Life Bed in the Furnitures Design Competition that Saves Life in the Earthquake, organized as part of the 5th International Kocaeli Earthquake Symposium. He received A Design Awards with his designs named AngledSHELF, V-Bookcase, MyBATH, HexBOX, FileBOX, SLant and ZigZag at A' Design Award & Competition held in Italy between 2016-2019. He received Bronze and Silver Design Awards with his designs named PivotBOX and RotaryBOX at the European Product Design Awards held in Budapest in 2018-2019. Finally, he received Rose Gold and Silver Design Awards with his designs named PivotBOX, HittiteSun and ErgoFile at the Muse Design Awards held in the USA in 2019-2021
Kemal Yıldırım ("KY") interviewed on Friday, 14 December.
KY : 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.
KY : When I started to solve the design problems I encountered, my designs began to emerge.
KY : 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.
KY : 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.
KY : The environment in which I was born, my interest and ability in design.
KY : To be able to make new, original, sustainable environmentally sensitive designs that do not threaten human health.
KY : The discipline of design demands labor, patience, weariness without getting tired, respecting human and nature ... I suggest to make user-oriented designs.
KY : I advise people to refrain from repeating, to reflect their wishes and needs to their designs.
KY : It is very busy, most of the time with lectures at university, reports, meetings, article refereeing ...
KY : I like to follow the new designs trents, I find it important for a designer.
KY : 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.
KY : It must meet a requirement, solve a problem, be original, not harm people and the environment, and should be made of recycled materials.
KY : 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.
KY : Funiture Designer M. Lütfi Hidayetoğlu
KY : I care about an innovative, environment-friendly way of life that considers common culture, focuses on people.
KY : I don't like leaving this day to work tomorrow. I like a planned lifestyle.
KY : In my designs, I always act with a philosophy that keeps the material interests in the background and puts forward the needs of society.
KY : 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 ...
Kemal Yıldırım ProfileFileBOX File Cabinet design by Kemal Yıldırım
ZigZag File Cabinet design by Kemal Yıldırım
VBookcase Bookshelf design by Kemal Yıldırım
SLant Bookcase design by Kemal Yıldırım
HexBOX File Cabinet design by Kemal Yıldırım
AngledSHELF Bookshelf design by Kemal Yıldırım
MYBath Bathroom Cabinet design by Kemal Yıldırım
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