EAD7  
DANCING WITH DISORDER: DESIGN, DISCOURSE & DISASTER  
  EAD07 AUTHORS   CONTACT  
     
CIGDEM KAYA  
Overcoming the Mental Barrier: Social and Environmental Responsibility in Design From a Newly Industrialized Country Perspective
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Born in Istanbul in 1980; Cigdem Kaya graduated from Istanbul Technical University, department of industrial product design in 2003. Kaya received her MFA in New Genres from The San Francisco Art Institute in 2006. She has been working as a research assistant at the department of industrial design in Istanbul Technical University since June 2006. She is a former Fulbright fellow.