Second-year students of Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts, Department of Industrial Design, visited the IKEA Ankara store as part of the Product Design course, through the technical trip organized for the second time this year.
The main objective of this visit is to enable students to observe firsthand in the field the theoretical knowledge they acquired in the studio environment, within the context of mass production, user-centered design, flat-pack furniture systems, and spatial organization.
The event was realized under the guidance of course instructors Asst. Prof. Dr. Taner Aşçı and Res. Assist. Ece Erden. Throughout the visit, students had the opportunity to analyze ergonomic standards of products, material diversity, assembly/connection details, and user experience scenarios on-site.
Examining the relationship between scale, proportion, function, and production costs directly through the products within the store, the students compiled research data and sketch notes that will form the basis for their design projects throughout the semester.
