Hazal Gumus-Ciftci

Conference Proceedings (All Peer-reviewed)

Gümüş Çiftçi, H., & Peters, G.* (2025). Mobile Fixer Studio: How to repair one item at a time on campus. Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), (6). https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10271

Ortega- Pallanez, M., Gumus Ciftci, H., Fehler, M. (2025) Designing with The Desert: Crossborder Pedagogies for Sustainable Bioregions Workshop. Cumulus MTY 2024. Monterrey.

Merve Aktaş, B., and Gümüş-Çiftçi, H. (2024) Conversations, Intra-views and Diffractions as Tools for Analysis: Design Research when Conducted by a Team, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), Design Research Society 2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/ 10.21606/drs.2024.655

Gumus Ciftci, H. (2023) Following in the Footsteps of Circular Design. International Design Conference 2023 Industrial Designers Society of America Education Symposium Paper, 23-25 August 2023. https://www.idsa.org/education-paper/following-in-the-footsteps-of-circular-design/

Gumus Ciftci, H., Plymire, K.* (2023) Think with Your Hands: Exploring the Future via Prototyping. Experiential Knowledge Special Interest Group Conference 2023. Milan, Italy.

Gumus Ciftci, H., Beecher, M.A., Proulx, S., Nickley, W. (2022) If it’s broken, don’t just fix it: Exploring repair as design through a two-week design charrette. Cumulus Conference 2022. Design for Adaptation Proceedings. Detroit, USA.

Ugur Yavuz S. & Gümüş Çiftçi H. (2021) Çeyizlab: Co-imagining the transformation of a Pre-wedding Ritual in Turkey. Senses &Sensibility 2021 Designing Genera(c)tions Conference Proceedings. Bari, Italy.

Gumus Ciftci, H., Nickley, W., Proulx, S. (2021) Rekindling Student Connection and Engagement: A Covid-Era Design Charrette. EAD 14 Safe Harbours for Design Research Conference, 11-16 October 2021. Online.

Nickley, W., Gumus Ciftci, H., Proulx, S. (2021) No distance too far: Adapting Education + Industry Collaboration for Covid and Beyond. International Design Conference 2021 Industrial Designers Society of America Education Symposium Paper, 22 September 2021. https://www.idsa.org/educationpaper/no-distance-too-far.  

Gumus Ciftci, H. & Walker, S. (2021) Design for Social Impact and Crafts Communities in Turkey. Design Culture(s), 2020 Cumulus Conference, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

Journal Articles (All Peer-reviewed)

Gümüş Çiftçi, H., & Aktaş, B. M. (2025). The communities and materials of repair: collectively reflecting on repair practices of everyday artefacts. CoDesign, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2025.2452575[Scopus]

Tenange, E., Agazhie, T., Reta, M., & Çiftçi, H. G. (corresponding author) (2024) Exploring the design motifs of Wollo Gabi in Ethiopian textiles and design development of women's fashion accessories. Discern: International Journal of Design for Social Change, Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 5(1), 54-65.

Gümüş Çiftçi H., & Ugur Yavuz S. (2021) ÇEYIZLAB: Crafting a Speculative Manifesto: Video Article. FormAkademisk - research journal of design and design education, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.4409  [Scopus]

Gumus Ciftci, H. & Walker, S. (2017) Design for Grassroots Production in Eastern Turkey through the Revival of Traditional Handicrafts, The Design Journal, 20:sup1, S2991-S3004, https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352808 [Scopus]

Chapters In Edited Books 

Gumus Ciftci, H. (Forthcoming) Designing for Others: Moving beyond Intuition in Design in Action, Intellect, London, UK. 

Aktas, B.M., Shafqat, S.N., Gumus Ciftci, H. (Forthcoming) A Different Kind of Growth: Challenges and Opportunities of Mycelium for Product Design. Springer Nature, London, UK.

Gumus Ciftci, H. (2018) ‘Oltu-Stone Prayer Beads: A Journey into the Art of Carving Tasbih’, Chapter 7, Design Roots: Local Products and Practices in A Globalized World by Walker, S., Evans, M., Cassidy, T., Jung, J., Twigger Holyrod, A. DOI: 10.5040/9781474241823.ch-010 (Eds) Bloomsbury.