The Second Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards, which has been realized for the first time in 2008 and is a design evaluation system organized in collaboration with Undersecretariate for Foreign Trade (DTM), Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and Industrial Designers Society of Turkey (ETMK), within the framework of TURQUALITY® programme in order to reward good design in Turkey, will be organized in 2010.

Applications for Design Turkey, the most prestigious and comprehensive design evaluation system, which has been realized for the first time in 2008, will start on July 12, 2010.

The event calendar for Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards, which is organized in collaboration with Undersecretariate for Foreign Trade (DTM), Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and Industrial Designers Society of Turkey (ETMK), within the framework of TURQUALITY® programme in order to reward good design in Turkey, will be announced on July 10, 2010.

This year the theme for the conceptual design awards within the framework of Design Turkey will be “Humanitarian Design”.

Product Classes

The application for and evaluation of product design awards will be done with reference to below listed sector classification:
1. Packaging: All types of packaging of goods which are used for the purposes of transportation, protection and presentation to the consumers and the graphics related with the packaging
2. Lighting: Indoor and outdoor lighting equipment, pocket lamps
3. Electronic Equipment : Electronic consumer goods, audio visual devices, computers and related equipment, communication devices
4. Electrical Household devices: electrical tools and devices for cooking and cooling food and washing and cleaning purposes at home: White goods and electrical household equipment
5. Home and office devices and accessories: Devices and tools for cleaning, cooking utensils, tableware, office accessories and stationary
6. Public and commercial products: Urban furniture excluding lighting, display and point of sale products and systems
7. Furniture: Home and Office furniture, furniture accessories
8. Sports, hobby, game, and personal products : Devices used for sports, hobby, game, leisure or personal care activities: Sport goods and devices, personal care products, musical instruments, games, toys, baby care products, functional shoes, innovative jewellery and fashion accessories.
9. Transportation: Interiors and exteriors of land, rail and water vehicles and aviation products and their accessories
10. Building components: Components and devices used for the interior and exterior of buildings: sanitary ware, sanitary fixtures, heating devices, airconditioners, electrical fittings and related hardware.
11. Capital Goods : Devices for Professional purpose: industrial machinery agricultural machinery, construction machines and tools, hand tools
12. Medical equipment and devices: Hospital and laboratory devices, rehabilitation, patient care and medical operation appliances, protheses.