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Alongside my design practice, I also contribute through academic publications that explore user experience, design methods, smart technologies, and cultural change. These articles reflect the research perspective behind my work and show how I approach complex design questions with both analytical depth and practical relevance.
2024
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, United States.
Gizem Çelebi, F Pınar Özemir
A study on how users interpret “smartness” in connected products, focusing on the cognitive and emotional qualities that shape trust, usability, and perceived intelligence.
2024
Design (ing) fiction in the studio
International Journal of Technology and Design Education, the Netherlands.
A study on applying design fiction in studio education to help students tackle complex future-oriented design challenges through speculation and systems thinking.
2022
diid disegno industriale industrial design, Italy.
Gizem Çelebi, Cigdem Kaya
A conceptual framework that rethinks products through performativity, showing how design can better account for action, interpretation, and interaction in everyday use.
2020
Pivot 2020: Designing a World of Many Centers – DRS Pluriversal Design SIG Conference, United States.
Pelin Efilti, Gizem Çelebi
A paper on how social media transforms traditional craft practices, expanding creativity, community, and maker identity through digital culture.