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Editor's Choice: Profound Books I Read in 2022

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Editor's Choice: Profound Books I Read in 2022

I believe I'm extremely fortunate, because every morning I spend at least half an hour reading books. Every morning, one chapter, and I start the day feeling blessed – because I have the time and space to do this, and because I can afford to own books. As you might imagine, I end up reading a lot of books this way. I don't keep track of it very well, but this year I must have finished at least 20, and abandoned

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Dec 30, 2022

Mehmet Aydın Baytaş

OP.™ | Office of Possibilities

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OP.™ | Office of Possibilities

OP.™ – short for Office of Possibilities – is a multi-disciplinary design studio that creates objects and spaces based on well-informed strategic ideas. Their competences span architecture, art direction, exhibition design, industrial design, brand strategy, graphic design and innovation strategy. I've been following them since they moved into their Gothenburg studio, in the same building where I was living at the time. Since then, they have built a formidable portfolio of projects involving br

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Nov 28, 2021

Mehmet Aydın Baytaş

The Profession of Human-Computer Interaction

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The Profession of Human-Computer Interaction

The philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas argues that everything has an essence or ideal at its core, as well as an existence – an appearance and manifestation in the real world. The only being whose essence and existence are identical, according to Aquinas, is God. For all other things – material things, and ideas too – discrepancies between what is essential and what is existential are unavoidable. In trying to make sense of complex topics – like entire fields of academic and scientific research – I

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Jul 1, 2021

Mehmet Aydın Baytaş

Recommended

Human After All at ATÖLYE with Guest Speaker Volkan Ölmez

Event

Human After All at ATÖLYE with Guest Speaker Volkan Ölmez

Human After All is an event series hosted by ATÖLYE and Design Disciplin, exploring the present state and future visions for human-computer interaction, interaction design, and experience design with digital materials. Human After All brings an international cohort of experts and pioneers into ATÖLYE's IRL space in Istanbul, with opportunities to engage and participate in meaningful dialogues. The second convening of Human After All  focuses on web design, UI design, and digital branding with

May 23, 2023

Mehmet Aydın Baytaş

On Design Systems with Özlem Gürsoy-Bozkurt

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On Design Systems with Özlem Gürsoy-Bozkurt

Call me a digital nomad. This week, I'm working remotely, from a location I won't disclose yet. (If you're curious, you should follow our YouTube channel for the reveal.) As digital nomads, we get to immerse in diverse cultures, and that's great. But even better is how we get to hang out and collaborate with different people. This week, I've had the pleasure of co-living with a couple of my closest friends, who also happen to be in the design

Mar 25, 2023

Mehmet Aydın Baytaş