This year’s theme of the Design Festival, which is carried out by the Faculty of Fine Arts with a different theme each year, has been determined as “Digitalism”. The event, set out with the motto of “Digital Evolution in the Fields of Art and Design” and is planned to last for 3 days, will include interviews, seminars, workshops, workshops and various social activities with the participation of in-house and external guests. Preparations for the festival, which will be held online under the supervision of İGÜ GSF Lecturer İrem Fulya ÖZKAN and Lecturer Nihal EKİCİ DEMİR, continue at full speed. 25 students and 14 teaching staff actively take part in the preparations for the event. About the purpose of the festival, “It aims to enable all students within the Faculty of Fine Arts to put into practice the theoretical knowledge they have gained from the programs they are affiliated with, and thus to integrate their field expertise into social life.” Lecturer İrem Fulya ÖZKAN and Lecturer Nihal EKİCİ DEMİR, who made their comments, said, “In this way, the festival will provide an academic perspective to the new digital age and at the same time revive the spirit of fine arts and motivate students.” He expressed his views. Melek GÜLŞEN, Ayşe AKSU, Melike SÖALP, Fatmanur YÜRÜK, Sude Anda GAVRİLOV, Zeynep FIRAT, Gülben ALKAN, Tuğçe ÇAKIR, İlayda OĞUZ, Yeşim ADAM, Hazal GÜNEŞ, Rümeysa Hilal TONBUL, Fatma Gül YILDIRIM and Aysemen ‘ The Design Team, formed with the self-sacrificing contribution of the festival, contributes not only to the visual designs of the festival, but also to various special day and social responsibility projects. The social media team including Seray Nisa YAVUZ, Ahmet Taha DEMİRCİ, İlayda ÇELİK, Buse GÖRAL, Firdevs GÜLŞAHİN, Berkay GÜLER, Hilal DENİZ and Murat GARİPOĞLU also takes over the management of the social platforms created for the Festival. 

Applications for the “Digitalism Themed Illustration Competition” for high school, associate and undergraduate students held in the butchery of the festival continues until April 20, 2021. For all the detailed information about the Design Festival and Illustration Competition, you can visit the “tasarimfest.gelisim.edu.tr” website and follow the @tasarimfestigu Instagram page.