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Products that Age with Us: Carpet in the Turkish Household
Rengin Gurel (1,2), Ozge Merzali Celikoglu (1)
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Year:
2022
Editor:
Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
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Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: Istanbul Technical University, Turkey; 2: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, Turkey
Section:
Design for Sustainability
Page(s):
1011-1020
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ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
This paper explores carpet, an intergenerational product, that lives and ages with its users. An ethnographic study was conducted through participant observation and in-depth interviews to understand why carpet matters in Turkish homes. Exploring material culture of carpet unfolds its meaning as a signifier of culture in second-order semiological systems. Study finds carpet has socializing traits, is the maker of home, needs maintenance and can be an artwork or object. Examining a product’s importance and emotional durability can enable new understandings of product meaning and sustainability.
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