{"id":53092,"date":"2025-09-30T15:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/?p=53092"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:01:03","slug":"kastamonu-entegre-becomes-sponsor-of-the-16th-national-furniture-design-competition-supporting-the-creative-potential-of-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/kastamonu-entegre-becomes-sponsor-of-the-16th-national-furniture-design-competition-supporting-the-creative-potential-of-the-next-generation.html","title":{"rendered":"Kastamonu Entegre Becomes Sponsor of the 16th National Furniture Design Competition Supporting the Creative Potential of the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The awards ceremony of the 16th National Furniture Design Competition, sponsored by Kastamonu Entegre, a global player in the wood-based panel industry, was held in Ankara. As part of the event\u2014where awards were presented across a total of 28 categories\u2014a special panel titled \u201cStories of Today, Materials of Tomorrow: Designing, Transforming, Sustaining\u201d was organized, moderated by Kastamonu Entegre\u2019s Global R&D and Innovation Director, Dr. H\u00fcseyin G\u00fcler. The panel featured leading experts and addressed a wide range of topics, from sustainable architecture and local building culture to alternative and recycled materials as well as innovative solutions for disaster-affected regions.<\/p>\n

As Turkey\u2019s leader and one of the world\u2019s top four producers in the wood-based panel industry, Kastamonu Entegre continues to advance its vision of supporting design and innovation through strong collaborations. Aiming to bring innovative ideas to life, strengthen design culture, and promote sustainable solutions in the industry, the company was among the sponsors of the 16th National Furniture Design Competition, which encourages young talents and helps steer the sector. At the awards ceremony held at Ankara ATO Congresium under the coordination of the Ministry of Trade and organized by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (T\u0130M) and the Central Anatolian Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters\u2019 Association (OMKO), nearly 1 million TL in prizes were presented across 28 categories.<\/p>\n

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Supporting young talent in design<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bringing together a wide audience each year\u2014from academics and students to professionals and children\u2014and creating a platform where designers can meet manufacturers to develop innovative products capable of competing on an international scale, the competition saw elementary, high school, and university students as well as professional designers stand out with their projects. Led by Honorary Chair Prof. \u00d6nder K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fckerman, the jury selected the winners, while the Kastamonu Entegre Gold Award was granted to the project \u201cKap\u0131c\u0131\u201d in the \u201cHome Furniture Associate\u2013Undergraduate Student\u201d category and to the project \u201cKeremiskus\u201d in the \u201cEncouraging Creative Solutions by Elementary, Middle, and High School Students\u201d category. Another key outcome was that the award-winning designers gained the opportunity to pursue education abroad with state support.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStories of Today, Materials of Tomorrow\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of the ceremony, a special panel titled \u201cStories of Today, Materials of Tomorrow: Designing, Transforming, Sustaining\u201d was held, moderated by Dr. H\u00fcseyin G\u00fcler, Global R&D and Innovation Director at Kastamonu Entegre.<\/p>\n

Speakers included Zeynep T\u00fcmertekin (Co-founder, Studio Mada), Kerim Miskavi (Co-founder, MAS), Yasemin K\u00f6se (Founder, ROKA \u2013 Circular by Design), Cavid Bayraml\u0131 (Co-founder, Wastespresso), and O\u011ful \u00d6ztun\u00e7 (Co-founder, Piknik Works). The discussion explored the role and accessibility of design in everyday life as well as the evolution of materials and their dynamic relationship with R&D. Participants shared striking insights on permanence versus change in design, the growing convergence between material and product, and the designer\u2019s triad of data\u2013empathy\u2013taste. Emphasizing the importance of user awareness and innovation in sustainable design, the panel underlined that recycling, upcycling, and circular material use are no longer luxuries but unavoidable necessities.<\/p>\n

Additional themes included the relationship between designer and user, whether design is a commodity of consumption, and the messages conveyed to the sector by the European Union\u2019s eco-design principles. The session concluded with reflections on the role of industrial upcycling in the furniture sector and inspiring advice for young designers. By bringing together experts from different disciplines, the event offered valuable exchanges on the future of design and inspired young designers to engage with production processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The awards ceremony of the 16th National Furniture Design Competition, sponsored by Kastamonu Entegre, a global player in the wood-based panel industry, was held in Ankara. As part of the event\u2014where awards were presented across a total of 28 categories\u2014a special panel titled \u201cStories of Today, Materials of Tomorrow: Designing, Transforming, Sustaining\u201d was organized, moderated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[232,254,179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fair","category-headline-news","category-journal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759213844_KEAS_16.UMTY_2-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53100,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53092\/revisions\/53100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}