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Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium

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Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium

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Modern design practice has long been shaped by a paradigm based on the Cartesian subject-object duality. The human-centered approach that developed as a result of this paradigm has caused great ecological harm to the world. Designers, by altering the appearance and functioning of our material world through the objects and systems they design, are among the actors responsible for this. This study aims to bring together Tony Fry’s concept of being-designed, which critiques this approach, and Timothy Morton’s concept of the mesh, and to question how this intersection manifests in contemporary ecological design practices. Accordingly, the study consists of two parts. In the first part, the theoretical frameworks of Fry and Morton will be addressed through three layers: the being-designed of the designer, the user, and the world. The conceptual analysis method was used for the first part because it allows for an in-depth analysis of Fry’s and Morton’s concepts. In the second part, this theoretical discussion will be materialized through concrete mycelium-based design examples under the same three headings, and the reflections of ontological design on contemporary design practice will be discussed. In this section, the single case study method was used to make the counterparts of abstract philosophical arguments visible in concrete design practice, and mycelium-based design practices, which have come to the fore in the recent ecological design literature, were chosen as the focal point. In conclusion, the study proposes to transform design from a unidirectional and hierarchical act into a practice of coexistence in which non-human actors also participate equally. Furthermore, by addressing the limitations of this transformation within capitalist production relations and the risk of greenwashing, it calls for a political and ethical stance for future research.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sürdürülebilir Tasarım, Tasarım Kültürü ve Toplumsal Bağlam, Tasarım Tarihi, Teorisi ve Eleştiri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

4 Ağustos 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Haziran 2026

Kabul Tarihi

26 Temmuz 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Sayı: 2026

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ateş, A. (2026). Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium. TASARIM DİSİPLİNLERİ DERGİSİ, 2026. https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA
AMA
1.Ateş A. Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium. JODED. 2026;(2026). https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA
Chicago
Ateş, Ahmet. 2026. “Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium”. TASARIM DİSİPLİNLERİ DERGİSİ, sy 2026. https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA.
EndNote
Ateş A (01 Ağustos 2026) Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium. TASARIM DİSİPLİNLERİ DERGİSİ 2026
IEEE
[1]A. Ateş, “Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium”, JODED, sy 2026, Ağu. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA
ISNAD
Ateş, Ahmet. “Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium”. TASARIM DİSİPLİNLERİ DERGİSİ. 2026 (01 Ağustos 2026). https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA.
JAMA
1.Ateş A. Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium. JODED. 2026. Available at https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA.
MLA
Ateş, Ahmet. “Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium”. TASARIM DİSİPLİNLERİ DERGİSİ, sy 2026, Ağustos 2026, https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA.
Vancouver
1.Ahmet Ateş. Ontological Design in the Ecological Mesh: Being Designed with Mycelium. JODED [Internet]. 01 Ağustos 2026;(2026). Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA76NG59JA