معرفی
Associate Professor Şölen Kipöz has been a founding academic member of Izmir University of Economics Fashion and Textile Design Department since 2001, delivering bachelor's, master's, and PhD courses in design theory. She serves as an educator in the IEU Design Studies Graduate Program and supervised the program's first doctoral thesis.
Education:
- Industrial Design, Middle East Technical University (BSc, 1989)
- Textile Design, Dokuz Eylül University (MA, 1995)
- Communications & Public Relations, Aegean University (PhD, 1998)
- Post-doctoral Research in Fashion Management, Bologna University (Italian Government Scholarship)
Her research pioneers conceptual fashion design and ethical/sustainable fashion, challenging boundaries between design, art, and crafts through exhibitions like Ahimsa: The Other Life of Clothes (2012) and Asteya: Waste-Free Upcycling (2017). She develops practical solutions for textile waste reduction and user-centered design.
Publication analysis reveals consistent focus on sustainable production systems (2015-2024), evolving from theoretical frameworks on ethical representation to technical solutions for waste minimization and cross-cultural fashion analysis.
Key awards:
- Turkish Patent for user-producible rag doll utility model (2015)
- Influential editorial work on 'Sustainable Fashion' (2015) and 'Slowness in Fashion' (2020)
- International presentations at Royal College of Art, London (2016) and Utrecht Social Design Biennial
She has supervised numerous graduate theses through collaborative projects with women, children, and youth, including industry partnerships like World Gold Council jewelry design initiatives. Her 'Dress Against Disaster' project (2007) established theoretical foundations for disaster-responsive fashion design.
Kipöz directs interdisciplinary research connecting textile engineering with social impact, notably through community co-creation models for sustainable fashion solutions and critical analysis of cultural narratives in garment systems.
