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Musings on the whys and hows of Design Disciplin itself.
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Platform Update: March 2023
Our regular readers may have noticed, what drew me into the world of design was a love for objects. From my interview with Anthony Hobday: Finally, when I was in high school, my parents bought our first home. With the new home, came new furniture. Some of this furniture was more interesting. It was more expensive. It received more care. I was instructed to be careful with it... I remember asking my mom, “Why is this stuff more important?” She
Mar 4, 2023
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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How To Find Your Way as a Designer
Introducing Design Navigator
Feb 3, 2023
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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Platform Update: January 2023
We're back to our regular posting schedule, after a brief intermission to take in the new year. Even though we haven't released any new articles, videos, or podcast episodes, we have been busy during the last few weeks. We just launched our new collection of Offerings: a set of products and services by designers, for designers, to upgrade your creative work and navigate your future with ease. We previously offered an Advisory Service where we helped students, creatives, and innovators
Jan 27, 2023
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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Platform Update
My first vision for Design Disciplin was a content play: a blog, podcast, and YouTube channel. It was meant to be a resource – to read, watch, and listen to. Today we reach 1,500 subscribers on YouTube, and 1,200 monthly website visitors. Though this volume is minuscule by internet standards, having come this far in a year is validating and encouraging. The time has come to think about the next level, and build the steps to take us there.
Nov 5, 2022
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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Building Institutions for Design Innovation
Design Disciplin proudly presents: We proposed the Building Institutions for Design Innovation panel at SXSW 2022 to discuss experiences in creating and growing institutions – laboratories, companies, policy initiatives, research programs, and more – at the leading edge in design, innovation, technology and creativity. Vote for us: panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/116989 Panelists Mehmet Aydın Baytaş, Timmy Ghiurãu, Dan Hill, and Esranur Kaygın will compare experiences spanning university labs, start
Aug 10, 2021
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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The Bookstore
Editor's Note: Since we published this meta-announcement, we have been iterating on our offerings. The Bookstore may or may not be available at the time of your reading. After a long period of planning, preparation, and design, I am proud to launch the Design Discipline Bookstore. Contents The Bookstore presents a collection of hand-picked must-haves for the library of any designer or design enthusiast. Every single title that appears in the Bookstore is either chosen by myself after a cove
Mar 30, 2021
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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Episode Zero
Episode Zero of the Design Disciplin podcast and YouTube channel is now online. This is a "prototype" episode I made to explain a bit about what you'll find at Design Discipline, and to iterate on technicalities. Frames Design Discipline is a new publication that represents and promotes variety of perspectives on "design" in an inclusive fashion, and makes connections between them. These perspectives, which I also like to call "frames" around design, include viewpoints like business, crafts
Feb 15, 2021
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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The Divide
Editor's Note: I wrote this "meta" essay to outline one of the reasons why I started Design Disciplin. There are other reasons, which should come to light over time. I’ve been immersed in the academic world for some years now, but in truth I’m fascinated by business. In college, I majored in economics alongside engineering. Almost half of my library is business books. My research and teaching happens at intersection of design and computer science, which is as
Feb 1, 2021
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş
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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
Conversation
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
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