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摘要

Opening the journal is an article that discusses how the forms of employment for industrial designers has changed in Turkey over a 30+ year period. It captivates. It brings into sharp focus the transformations that have occurred in the job market and why these matter to Industrial Design education in Turkey and to global design education more broadly. Authored by Pinar Kaygan, Ali Ilhan and Isil Oygur, from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, 'Change in Industrial Designers' Jobs: the case of Turkey, 1994-2018' shares the results of a longitudinal study. They cite a sizable growth in design as an industry, employer, and educational position which in itself brings an array of original findings to the table. The research offers genuine insight into the diversification of employment and it raises pertinent questions about the implications for design education, everywhere. Illuminating.