A Social Responsibility Project Example: Sustainable Fabric Toys Project
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Sustainability has emerged as a prominent and crucial topic in various domains and societies, aiming to create a more livable world. It represents a goal of establishing an ethical, greener, and progressive society and world in all its aspects. The awareness of finite resources, environmental concerns, and the significance of intergenerational resource transfer has brought forth several challenges, including excessive use of raw materials and natural resources, harsh and labor-intensive working conditions, environmentally damaging waste generated during production, as well as the issue of rapidly depleting textile products with short lifespans and subsequent waste. In light of these pressing concerns, it is of utmost importance for designers and artists to exert efforts toward sustainability, minimizing resource consumption, and fostering awareness and focus. This study focuses on the revaluation of surplus production or waste raw materials and accessories originating from the fashion and textile industries. The project "Sustainable Textile Product Designs of Cloth Dolls and Toys with Social Responsibility Awareness" encompasses activities that utilize these materials to promote and support social awareness and solidarity. This text, conveying the project, aims to draw attention to sustainability in textiles and toy choices for preschool children, anticipating it will contribute to awareness and recognition within the realms of environmental cycles, eco-design, and sustainability. Anchored at Dokuz Eylül University's Faculty of Fine Arts, this project, grounded in design, product development, and application, has employed an “applied” research methodology. The expectation is that the emergence of new and creative ideas focused on recycling and advanced transformation will foster a specific consciousness in society and individuals across various domains.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Social responsibility project, fabric toys, sustainability, play, play therapy
Destekleyen Kurum
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi
Proje Numarası
SBA-2022-2797
Teşekkür
Projenin gerçekleştirilmesi ve yaygınlaşmasına önderlik eden Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Nükhet HOTAR’a, projenin hazırlık aşamasında verdiği destek dolayısıyla DEÜ Tıp Fakültesi Dekan Vekili ve Onkoloji Enstitüsü Müdürü Prof. Dr. Nur OLGUN’a, proje etkinliklerinin gerçekleştirilebilmesine vesile olan DEÜ Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Dekanı Prof. Dr. H. Yakup ÖZTUNA’ ya, ana malzeme desteğinin yanı sıra fabrikanın tüm olanaklarını projeye sunan başta Akar Tekstil Genel Koordinatörü Nihal FİDAN olmak üzere tüm Akar Tekstil Yöneticileri ve çalışanlarına, Proje Ekibinde yer alan Onkoloji Enstitüsü Öğretim Üyesi Prof. Dr. Refik Emre ÇEÇEN ve Doç. DR. Deniz KIZMAZOĞLU’na, Konteyner Oyuncak Atölyesinin görsel çizimleri ve renklendirmesine emek veren Öğr. Gör. Özkan BİRİM’e, Proje oyuncak görsellerinden oluşan Boyama Kitabını hazırlayan DEÜ GSF Grafik Sanatlar Bölümü Öğretim Elemanlarına, Deprem bölgesi atölye çalışmalarında sürecin sağlıklı bir şekilde yürütülmesinde özverili çalışmalarından dolayı Doç. Dr. Yudum AKKUŞ GÜNDÜZ, Arş. Gör. Dorukhan Fırat AKTÜRK, Arş. Gör. Mehmet Ali ZEREN ve Arş. Gör. Ayça ÇAĞLAR’a, Projeye teknik destek veren DEU GSF Elektrik Teknisyeni Tuncay ARSLAN’a, Proje kapsamında oyuncak üretimleri için gerçekleştirilen atölye çalışmalarına katılan DEÜ GSF Moda Giyim Tasarımı Bölümü öğrencilerine teşekkür deriz.
Bu projenin geliştirilmesinde bize destek veren başta Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü ve Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırmalar Koordinasyon Birimi’ne teşekkür ederiz.
We would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Dr. Nükhet HOTAR, the Rector of Dokuz Eylül University, for her leadership in the implementation and dissemination of the project. We would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Nur OLGUN, the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and the Director of the Oncology Institute at DEU, for her support during the preparation phase of the project. Our appreciation also goes to Prof. Dr. H. Yakup ÖZTUNA, the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at DEU, for enabling the realization of project activities. We extend our thanks to the General Coordinator of Akar Textil, Nihal FİDAN, as well as all the managers and employees of Akar Textil, for their main material support and providing all the facilities of the factory for the project. We would also like to thanks who are part of the project team DEU Oncology Institute Prof. Dr. Refik Emre ÇEÇEN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deniz KIZMAZOĞLU, and supporting the project as a child development specialist Nihat AYGIN. We acknowledge the efforts of Inst. Özkan BİRİM, who contributed to the visual drawings and coloring of the Container Toy Workshop. We would like to thank the instructors from the Department of Graphic Arts at DEU Faculty of Fine Arts for preparing the Coloring Book composed of project toy visuals. Special thanks go to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yudum AKKUŞ GÜNDÜZ, Res.Assist. Dorukhan Fırat AKTÜRK, Res.Assist. Mehmet Ali ZEREN, and Res.Assist. Ayça ÇAĞLAR for their dedicated work in ensuring the smooth progress of the workshop activities in the earthquake-stricken areas. We are grateful to Tuncay ARSLAN, the Electrical Technician at DEU Faculty of Fine Arts, for providing technical support to the project. Lastly, we would like to thank the students of the Department of Fashion and Clothing Design at DEU Faculty of Fine Arts for their participation in the toy production workshops within the scope of the project.
We would like to express our thanks to Dokuz Eylül University Rectorate and Dokuz Eylül University Scientific Research Coordination Unit for their support in the development of this project.
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