Head of the Turkish stone association voices criticism over own design competition: „What is needed are realizable design drafts“

Award-winners and IMIB-Officials at the award ceremony - President Ali Kahyaoğlu, fifth from left, first row. Photo: IMIB

President of IMIB, Ali Kahyaoğlu, strives for submissions with more rapport to the market

Turkish natural stone trade association IMIB welcomed professional designers and students to its fourth design competition. But the organizer voiced harsh critique which he addressed at participants: IMIB’s President, Ali Kahyaoğlu, stated that he was far from satisfied with the submissions. „We need drafts and prototypes that are realizable and for which there is a market… Align your dreams with reality“, freely translated.

There were a number of different categories: Hotel Lobby and Mall Entrance, Landscape and Street Furniture, Turkish Bath and Bathroom, Floor and Wall Tiles, Sacred Spaces.

The awards were, as always, lavish: from Turkish Lira, TRY 20,000 (US-$ 6,590, € 5,830) to TRY 5,000 (US-$ 1,647, € 1,458), students were endowed with awards ranging from TRY 10,000 to TRY 2,500.

Below we show the award-winning submissions, first students’ ideas and then the design-professionals. Stone-Ideas.com is happy to establish contact to the award-winners for our readers. Write a mail introducing yourself (Mail).

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Rendering: Students, Designers

Students, First Prize category Landscape and Furniture: Kemal Şahin Yılmaz from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.Students, Second Prize category Fandscape and Furniture: Ogün Çanga from Marmara University.Students, Third Prize category Landscape and Furniture: Çağrı Yıldız from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.Students, Honorable mention category Landscape and Furniture: Pınar Yumruktepe from Kocaeli University.Students, First Prize category Turkish Bath and Bathroom: Gülesin Özkoç and Burak Bozok from Middle East Technical University.Students, Second prize category Turkish Bath and Bathroom: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Burak Kocak.Students, Third prize category Turkish Bath and Bathroom: Melih Öz from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.Students, Honorable mention category Turkish Bath and Bathroom: Metin Özhan, Nur Eryılmaz and Burak Aykan from Kocaeli University.Students, First Prize category Hotel Lobby and Shopping Mall Entrance: Emre Günay and Soyer Bayraktar from Karadeniz Technical University.Students, Second Prize category Hotel Lobby and Shopping Mall Entrance: Mehmet Danış Eryılmaz from Marmara University.Students, Third Prize category Hotel Lobby and Shopping Mall Entrance: Nurullah Kürkçü and Sefer Kurtoğlu from Okan Üniversitesi and Yeditepe University.Students, Honorable Mention category Hotel Lobby and Shopping Mall Entrance: Metehan Erdoğdu from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts UniversityStudents, First Prize category Floor and Wall Tiles: Nazım Dağdeviren and Emel Topuz from Kocaeli University.Students, Second Prize category Floor and Wall Tiles: Ahmet Polat from Selçuk University.Students, Third Prize category Floor and Wall Tiles: Engin Kofraz from Kocaeli University.Students, Honorable Mention category Floor and Wall Tiles: Ömer Yeşildal from Izzet Baysal University.Students, First Prize category Sacred Spaces: Ömer Yeşildal from Abant İzzet Baysal University.Students, Second Prize category Sacred Spaces: Nazım Dağdeviren and Emel Topuz from Kocaeli University.Students, Third Prize category Sacred Spaces: Seda Öznal, Ege Acar and Özgüç Bertuğ Çapunaman from Bilgi University.Students, Honorable Mention category Sacred Spaces: Muhammet Emin İlbak, Fatih Han Soylu from Istanbul University.Professional designers, First Prize (category Landscape and Furniture): Özgün Yücetürk, Benek Çincik, Tuğba Özkan and Emre Özdemir.Professional designers, Second Prize (category Landscape and Furniture): Emre Özdemir and Tuğba Özkan. Professional designers, Third Prize (category Hotel Lobby and Shopping Mall Entrance): Abdullah Karsan.Professional designers, Honorable Mention (category Turkish Bath and Bathroom): Özge Dinç and Kerem Ekinci.

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(10.10.2015)