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Papers by Devrim Ülkebaş

Journal of design research, 2023

This paper reports a study that was conducted to analyze the differences in product design studen... more This paper reports a study that was conducted to analyze the differences in product design students’ perception of products. While product perception is reported as one of the competencies of product design students, our knowledge on the development of this competence via design education is limited. In order to address this gap, students studying at different levels of design education at a 4-year product design programme were asked to participate in a keyword assignment study. Students were distributed a pen to analyze and asked to assign keywords that they associate to this product. The analysis of the keyword preferences across years indicates an increase in the use of keywords related to instrumental function of products. While students prefer using fact/description based keywords in the early years of design education, they rely more on opinion-based keywords in the later years. Most of these opinion-based keywords are associated with the instrumental dimension. Thus, the data...

The Design Journal, 2017

We introduced Facebook groups as instructional tools in our industrial design studio courses. One... more We introduced Facebook groups as instructional tools in our industrial design studio courses. One of us experienced the effects of Facebook on freshmen while the other examined it with sophomores and juniors. Our analysis of the data focused on the content of students' posts on Facebook groups, informal student interviews, our experiences in studios, and our reflective cross-evaluation. Our comparative analysis showed that Facebook better serves as a boundary object in the later years of design education. The freshmen, and partly sophomore, were not able to make effective use of this medium for exchanging knowledge. From the perspective of SoTL, this study not only helped us to experiment ways of advancing our pedagogy but also served as a platform for us to discuss and exchange knowledge on teaching and learning that is taking place in studio.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011

Industrial design education in Turkey has a 40 years background with different design approaches;... more Industrial design education in Turkey has a 40 years background with different design approaches; art based industrial design education and technical based industrial design education and different student selection and placement system; graduate placement examination-LYS and aptitude exams. Different approaches and methods for the same degree bring complexity in education system. The aim of the study is to discuss about this diversity and to perform a circumstantial analysis of industrial design education in Turkey. The findings from the comparisons of the undergraduate education programs will help us to make predictions about the future trends and prospects in industrial design education.

This study reports findings from the administration of Creative Engineering Design Assessment (CE... more This study reports findings from the administration of Creative Engineering Design Assessment (CEDA) to product design. The aim is to assess the applicability of CEDA in this discipline for the analysis of students’ level of creative problem-solving (CPS) abilities throughout the years of product design education. CEDA measures CPS in four dimensions; i.e., originality, usefulness, flexibility and fluency. 225 students studying at three universities from Istanbul, Turkey completed CEDA on a voluntary basis. The analysis of the data indicates statistically significant differences between 3rd and 4th (on originality), 1st and 3rd (on usefulness), 2nd and 4th (on originality and usefulness), and 1st and 4th (on all dimensions) year students’ CEDA scores. Originality aspect of creativity seems to develop more as the students get into their final year, whereas the usefulness develops starting from the second year. While CEDA was useful as a tool to discuss our studio pedagogies, our expe...

Product design expertise has mostly been studied in relation to problem-solving and the act of de... more Product design expertise has mostly been studied in relation to problem-solving and the act of designing. In this paper, we approach the topic from another perspective and explore the differences in product perception of students from different education levels. We conceptualize product perception as a representation of critical thinking towards designed objects and professional assessment/understanding of artifacts. Our aim is to evaluate how students’ product perception change over the years of undergraduate product design education. Data was collected through students’ written product evaluations of a ball-point pen. 41 first-year, 29 second-year, 33 third-year, and 26 fourth-year undergraduate product design students participated in the study. We analyzed students’ product evaluations through initial and focused coding. Our findings indicate a shift from ordinary to professional sense-making between the second- and third-year students. There are three main points that define the...

E&PDE 2018: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education , 2018

This study reports findings from the administration of Creative Engineering Design Assessment (CE... more This study reports findings from the administration of Creative Engineering Design Assessment (CEDA) to product design. The aim is to assess the applicability of CEDA in this discipline for the analysis of students' level of creative problem-solving (CPS) abilities throughout the years of product design education. CEDA measures CPS in four dimensions; i.e., originality, usefulness, flexibility and fluency. 225 students studying at three universities from Istanbul, Turkey completed CEDA on a voluntary basis. The analysis of the data indicates statistically significant differences between 3 rd and 4 th (on originality), 1 st and 3 rd (on usefulness), 2 nd and 4 th (on originality and usefulness), and 1 st and 4 th (on all dimensions) year students' CEDA scores. Originality aspect of creativity seems to develop more as the students get into their final year, whereas the usefulness develops starting from the second year. While CEDA was useful as a tool to discuss our studio pedagogies, our experience in applying it in the context of product design illustrates the need to revise the instrument according to the nature of this discipline.

E&PDE 2018: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education , 2018

This paper reports a study that was conducted to analyze the differences in product design studen... more This paper reports a study that was conducted to analyze the differences in product design students' perception of products. While product perception is reported as one of the competencies of product design students, our knowledge on the development of this competence via design education is limited. In order to address this gap, students studying at different levels of design education at a 4-year product design programme were asked to participate in a keyword assignment study. Students were distributed a pen to analyze and asked to assign keywords that they associate to this product. The analysis of the keyword preferences across years indicates an increase in the use of keywords related to instrumental function of products. While students prefer using fact/description based keywords in the early years of design education, they rely more on opinion-based keywords in the later years. Most of these opinion-based keywords are associated with the instrumental dimension. Thus, the data from this case indicates more focus on instrumentality in the contemporary product design education.

The Design Journal , 2017

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences Journal, 2011

DRS- The Design Research Society 2014 Conference Proceedings online , 2014

In today's so called post-industrial societies, increasing influence of the symbolic use of objec... more In today's so called post-industrial societies, increasing influence of the symbolic use of object overwhelmingly dominates the relationship between human and object. As objects have become an important part of individual's social and psychological world, qualitative research approaches aiming to gather a deep understanding of human behavior and experiences have gained importance not only in the disciplines of social sciences but also in design related disciplines.

Journal of design research, 2023

The Design Journal, 2017

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011

E&PDE 2018: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education , 2018

This study reports findings from the administration of Creative Engineering Design Assessment (CE... more This study reports findings from the administration of Creative Engineering Design Assessment (CEDA) to product design. The aim is to assess the applicability of CEDA in this discipline for the analysis of students' level of creative problem-solving (CPS) abilities throughout the years of product design education. CEDA measures CPS in four dimensions; i.e., originality, usefulness, flexibility and fluency. 225 students studying at three universities from Istanbul, Turkey completed CEDA on a voluntary basis. The analysis of the data indicates statistically significant differences between 3 rd and 4 th (on originality), 1 st and 3 rd (on usefulness), 2 nd and 4 th (on originality and usefulness), and 1 st and 4 th (on all dimensions) year students' CEDA scores. Originality aspect of creativity seems to develop more as the students get into their final year, whereas the usefulness develops starting from the second year. While CEDA was useful as a tool to discuss our studio pedagogies, our experience in applying it in the context of product design illustrates the need to revise the instrument according to the nature of this discipline.

E&PDE 2018: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education , 2018

This paper reports a study that was conducted to analyze the differences in product design studen... more This paper reports a study that was conducted to analyze the differences in product design students' perception of products. While product perception is reported as one of the competencies of product design students, our knowledge on the development of this competence via design education is limited. In order to address this gap, students studying at different levels of design education at a 4-year product design programme were asked to participate in a keyword assignment study. Students were distributed a pen to analyze and asked to assign keywords that they associate to this product. The analysis of the keyword preferences across years indicates an increase in the use of keywords related to instrumental function of products. While students prefer using fact/description based keywords in the early years of design education, they rely more on opinion-based keywords in the later years. Most of these opinion-based keywords are associated with the instrumental dimension. Thus, the data from this case indicates more focus on instrumentality in the contemporary product design education.

The Design Journal , 2017

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences Journal, 2011

DRS- The Design Research Society 2014 Conference Proceedings online , 2014