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Touch

Semiotics is extremely important for designers. Because every work that a designer who has mastered Semiotics will create is created with the awareness of creating the desired emotion in the target audience he wants to reach. The purpose of this design is to show the strength of the relationship between two people on the form together with the function. With the use of ceramics, a fluid and elegant appearance is achieved, while a passionate relationship is sculpted. The washbasin design has been transformed into an aesthetic object with functionality.

Created by Elif Günes

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Honored with the A' Design Award.

Elif Günes

Elif Güneş graduated from İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, from the department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. In 2007, she received her master degree and in 2011 she received her PhD degree from the same department of İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University. She is the head of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts Design and Architecture, Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey. She also is the director of graduate program. Her previous professional experience has included appointments as a research assistant and instructor, and she is currently works as an Asst. Prof. Dr. in the same department. She has published articles in various international journals and edited books, and her current research and teaching interests include interior design studio, color theory and psychology of color, color-emotion associations, space and emotion, lighting in interior spaces and wayfinding strategies.

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