Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
YEDİ: SANAT, TASARIM VE BİLİM DERGİSİ, sa.31, ss.257-266, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
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 laborintensive
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.