Decor November December 2019

Vocational School Director Assoc. Dr. Necip Fazil
Yilmaz, TIM Carpet Sector Board President Salahattin
Kaplan, President of the Chamber of Carpets Mehmet
Törer, GAIB Coordinator President Ahmet Fikret
Kileci, Chairman of the Faculty of Fine Arts, and many
guests and the students of the Faculty of Fine Arts
faculties of universities attended.
We are second in the world after China in carpet
export
Noting that Turkey is the second country after China
with 2.3 billion dollars in exports GAHİB, President
Ahmet Kaplan said “Turkey, after China’s carpet
exports, with about 2.3 billion dollars, is the second
country in the world. As a member of the Southeastern
Anatolia Exporters’ Association, the carpet
exports we have made are 1.5 billion dollars. This
constitutes 66.5% of Turkey’s carpet export. Carpet
sector in Gaziantep is a locomotive sector. Approximately
150 manufacturers in the sector, more than
700 exporters directly employ 25,000 people. Together
with a large number of sub-industry and supplier
companies, it provides indirect employment to 50
thousand people”.
Good news from Rector Gür for carpet design department
Stating the importance of the design for not only
carpet industry but all sectors, Gaziantep University
Rector Ali Gure gave a good news to Gaziantep carpet
producers by opening carpet design department at
the university and said “We need designers for carpet
industry, one of the most important sectors of Gaziantep
and Turkey. In the world, design has a very high
added value in terms of added value. If the world holds
a sixty percent share of the machine carpet, Gaziantep
has to make every effort not to leave this share.
There is not any design department in the universities
in Turkey. We are working on the establishment of
this department at Gaziantep University. The carpet
design department will be opened in a short time and
when it is opened, we will make a new generation that
makes qualified and qualified beautiful designs”.
evaluated by the jury consisting of various universities
and sector representatives, the first 5 works were
awarded. Gülbahar Gümüşten Infinity won the first
prize with Infinity design, the second was Şansım
Televi Boğa with Prehistoric Narration, Nazlı Parçaoğlu
won the third prize with Aura, Güneş Turhan won
the fourth prize with Lodos and Şenay Subaşı became
the fifth with Rusty. As a result of the competition, 15
thousand TL was given to the first, 11 thousand TL
to the second, 8 thousand TL to the third, while the
fourth and fifth ones took laptop. The other finalists of
the competition were given various awards and participation
certificates.
Academics, designers and industry representatives
were the guests of the design days
Within the scope of Design Days 2019 activities, academics,
designers and industry representatives expressed
their opinions by participating in discussions
and panels held on the carpet and fashion and declared
the importance of carpets and its future. Kastamonu
University Lecturer Assoc. Dr. Ruhi Konak,
Bahçeşehir University Lecturer Günseli Kato, Fashion
Designer Fırat Neziroğlu, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation
University Professor Dr. Aydın Uğurlu, Design
Director Kunter Şekercioğlu, Master Architect Ceren
Uğurluer, Decor Magazine Editor-in-Chief Enes Karadayı,
Gaziantep University Faculty Member. Dr. Prof.
They designed, the carpet producers of Gaziantep
wove
For 6th Machinery Carpet Design Contest, realized
with the slogan “Design, let’s weave”, 126 design applications
were taken. As a result of the evaluation of
the first jury, 20 designs were qualified for the finals.
These 20 designs turned into carpet with the support
of the sponsoring companies. Among the designs
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