Koc University Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries (KUAR), founded jointly by Koç University and Arçelik A.Ş. in 2015, aims to add value, via research, that increases the efficiency and competitiveness of the creative industries, mainly in Turkey.
ABOUT KUAR
ABOUT ARCELIK
Having operations in durable consumer goods industry with production, marketing and after-sales services, Arçelik A.Ş. offers products and services around the world with its 25,000 employees, 14 different production facilities in five countries (Turkey, Romania, Russia, China and South Africa), its sales and marketing companies all over the world and its 10 brands (Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Blomberg, ElektraBregenz, Arctic, Leisure, Flavel, Defy and Altus).
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Prof. Dr. M. İrşadi Aksun
Chairman of the Board
Vice President for Research and Development and Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Koç University
Prof. Dr. Oğuzhan Özcan
Director of KUAR
Professor of Design at Koç University
Prof. Dr. Aylin Küntay
Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Professor of Psychology at Koç University
Prof. Dr. Hakan Ürey
Director of OML and Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Koç University
Asst. Prof. Dr. A. Evren Yantaç
Assistant Professor of Design at Koç University
Emre Oğuz
R&D Director at Arçelik A.Ş.
Serdal Korkut Avcı
Industrial Design Director at Arçelik A.Ş.
ADVISORY BOARD
Dan Boyarski
School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University
Richard Buchanan
Design & Innovation, Case Western Reserve University
Richard Coyne
Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, The University of Edinburgh
Meredith Davis
College of Design, North Carolina State University
Daan van Eijk
Department of Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology
İnci Eviner
Faculty of Art and Design, Kadir Has University
Bill Gaver
Interaction Research Studio, Goldsmiths, University of London
Jan Gulliksen
Human Computer Interaction, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Bilge Mutlu
HCI Lab, University of Wisconsin–Madison
John Zimmerman
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
CONTACT
Email: kuar@ku.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (212) 338 3733
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