Harun Kaygan

E-mail

hkaygan@metu.edu.tr

Department

Department of Industrial Design

ORCID

0000-0002-6460-3092

Scopus Author ID

26435298900

Human-Thing Relations in Design: A Framework Based on Postphenomenology and Material Engagement Theory Aktaş, Bilge Merve; Tok, Tuğba; Gürtekin, Betül; Kaygan, Harun; Dilek, Özgün; Özçelik, Ayşegül; Akın, Fazıl; Büyükkeçeci, Elif (ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, 2022-6) Starting with the earlier work of Don Ihde, postphenomenological studies in philosophy of technology have been documenting the many ways in which technologies shape human beings’ relationship to the world. More recently, M...
Industrial design students’ reflections on cross-institutional and distance collaboration Kaygan, Pınar; Dilek, İrem; Kaygan, Harun (2019-10-12) As an inevitable outcome of the increasing globalization of design and manufacturing of new products, distributed design teams bring new opportunities and challenges for creative engagements. In recent studies, there is ...
"Cheapness is Not a Sense, George!": An Economic Critique of Design and Emotion Discourse Kaygan, Harun (2019-3-16) The body of works gathered under the title ‘design and emotion’, not surprisingly, constitutes a coherent set of definitions concerning their ‘subject’: This presupposed subject is capable of not only 'experiencing' the ob...
A pen that 'looks like a CEO in a business suit': gendering the fountain pen Kaygan, Harun; Kaygan, Pınar (2019-01-02) This article investigates the gendering of the fountain pen as a product category mainly used in the office environment. It draws on hobbyists' accounts and evaluations of fountain pen use from online forums. The accounts ...
Social Design in Turkey through a Survey of Design Media: Projects, Objectives, Participation Approaches Akdur, Selin Gurdere; Kaygan, Harun (Informa UK Limited, 2019-01-01) The literature on social design consists of studies that report on single cases on the one hand and global reviews that are offered for theoretical purposes on the other. There is a lack of local reviews that report on soc...
Bir Otoetnografik Anlatı: Stüdyo Ortamında Kamera Kullanımı ve Bedenleşme Gürtekin, Betül; Kaygan, Harun (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi; 2018) Fenomenoloji felsefi bir yaklaşım olarak insan bedeninin ve zihninin birbirinden ayrı anlaşılamayacağını, üstelik insanın, yaşadığı çevre ve dünyayla ilişkisinin de bütünsel olarak yorumlanması gerektiğini söyler. Fenomeno...
Ahlak dışı nesneler: Ulus’ta kentsel dönüşümün psikocoğrafyası Taşdizen, Burak; Kaygan, Harun (2016-12-01) Bir zamanlar genç Cumhuriyet’in siyasi ve ekonomik merkezi olan Ankara’daki Ulus semti, kentin hem cumhuriyetçi hem de manevi geleneklerine ev sahipliği yapmayı sürdürmektedir. Önce gecekondularla sarılmış, sonrasında Kızı...
Do you know what a sensor is?Peer learning in interdisciplinary design teams Kaygan, Pınar; Aydınoğlu, Arsev; Kaygan, Harun (2016-04-07) Recently we witness a rising interest in interdisciplinary collaboration in both industrial design and engineering education. This interest is triggered by the observation that professionals who do not experience interdi...
Material Semiotics of Form Giving: The Case of the Electric Turkish Coffee Pot Kaygan, Harun (MIT Press - Journals, 2016-03-01) The article discusses material semiotics as a valuable framework for the analysis of design processes, and focuses on form giving practices. For this purpose, the design processes of electric Turkish coffee pots are studie...
Beyond prevention: exploring the new technologies of graffiti Tuna, Nur Nagihan; Kaygan, Harun (null; 2014-05-16)

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