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Ali Tomak was born in 1968 in Samsun, Turkey. He graduated from Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Education The Department of Fine Arts Education in 1994. He graduated Master of Fine Arts Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Education Department of Fine Arts Education in 1997. After that he graduated Philoshopy Doctor of Graphic Design, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts at Graphic Design Department in 2002. He became an Assistant Professor in 2007, Associate Professor in 2011 and later Professor in 2018. He has participated in national and international poster design competition and exhibitions. He has taken so many solo and group poster exhibitions in Turkey and abroad as well as in all editions of the social content of the poster design contest for example Good 50x70, Poster For Tomorrow, Utilita Manifesta, 4th Block another International Poster Design Projects. Also, he was invited to poster exhibitions. His works are in the numerous collections in museums and private collections in Turkey and abroad. He is currently work on a educator member at Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Visual Communication Design, Samsun, TURKEY.

Designer, filmmaker, educator and activist, Chaz Maviyane-Davies has been described by the UK’s Design magazine as “the guerrilla of graphic design”. Debbie Millman, of Design Matters, called him “one of the most powerful voices in the world of graphic design.” For over four decades this controversial, award-winning artist has marshalled the power of design to enable effective communication for social change, taking on issues of consumerism, health, nutrition, social responsibility, the environment and human rights.

He achieved an MA in Graphic Design and an Advanced Diploma in Postgraduate Film-making from the Central St. Martins School of Art and Design London. He spent a year in Japan studying three-dimensional design and ten months in Malaysia working on various world-reaching design projects for the International Organization of Consumers Unions and JUST World Trust.

From 1983 until 2000 he ran a highly acclaimed design studio in Harare, Zimbabwe; The Maviyane-Project. The social and humane nature of his work was often confrontational and challenging to the authorities, so it was not surprising that, in 2001, with the adverse political climate at the time, he felt compelled to leave his homeland for a post at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. He taught at there until 2016, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Design.

He was recognised with the 2018 AIGA Boston Fellow award. The highest distinction an AIGA chapter can bestow upon one of its members. In 2009 the University of Massachusetts Lowell conferred on him an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. He is also the recipient of the inaugural Anthon Beeke International design award in Amsterdam and recognised by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with an award for outstanding innovator in his commitment to the struggle to transform society and create a just future.

His work has appeared in scores of international magazines and newspapers and he has been acknowledged in many publications. It has also included in permanent collections in various galleries around the world and has been seen at over 200 extensive individual and group exhibitions. He has lectured widely and been a judge on many international competitions. His work is included in several international permanent collections in various galleries.

He has won several International and National awards for design and advertising.

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1975. Art director and graphic designer. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, majoring in oil painting. Freelance since 2011.

Moved from fine art to the world of graphic design, working mainly on paper media. She is active in a wide range of design fields including book design, poster design, branding, VI/CI, and facility signage design. She has participated in many international poster exhibitions. She is also active in her own publishing activities and has been the organizer of Little Book Label YOU ARE HERE since 2017, and has participated in art book fairs such as Tokyo Art Book Fair, New York Art Book Fair, and Taipei Art Book Fair.

Member of Worldwide Graphic Designers (wgd)

Member of Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA)

Member of Asia Designer Communication Platform (ADP)

Member of C-IDEA, Red Internacional de Creadores Visuales A.C. (RINC), China

Grapis Poster Annual Silver, Gold, Platinum

Graphis Design Annual Silver, Gold

Warsaw International Poster Biennale

BICeBé International Poster Biennial Bolivia 2019

International Poster Biennial Mexico

Cyprus Poster Triennial

Shenzhen International Poster Festival

Macau Design Award

Cow International Design Biennale

International Biennale of Theatre Poster Rzeszow

NY TDC

Tokyo TDC

Graphic Design in Japan

Graphis New Talent Annual Judges

Juror for the Worldwide Logo Design Award (WALDA)

Fons Hickmann is designer, author and founder of the design studio »Fons Hickmann M23«. He has taught at several universities, held lectures and workshops around the world and is currently a professor at Berlin University of the Arts. He is a member of the TDC New York, the AGI Alliance Graphique International and Borussia Dortmund. He has won more than 200 design awards. The studio is focused on corporate design for cultural events and is specialized for motion graphics. Since 2018 Fons Hickmann is the president of the association »100 Beste Plakate« (100 Best Posters of Austria, Germany, Switzerland). He has published a few books about design and football an he writes about all fields of art.

1953 Born in Seoul, South Korea. He specializes in Korean typography design, identity design and non-commercial images. He finished his diploma graduated with honors in 1978. In the same year he has begun his didactic work. In 1981-1984 he taught students at Seoul institute of Arts as a full time lecturer. He moved to Konkuk University from 1985-2019, where he taught many students as a designer and a professor, 2019 retired and is currently an emeritus professor. In 1991 and 2003 he got his sabbatical year at Syracuse University and Boston University as visiting scholars. Since 1978 he has been teaching graphic design and giving lectures on design concept. 1994-1996 and 2009-2011 he has served as the dean at the College of Art & Design, Konkuk University.

And He has published many papers, including A study on Graphic Design in the cognition and significance of culture and society (The Korea Society of Illustration Research). His professional interests include not only typography but also contemporary painting, graphics and art medias.

In 2017 he received Gold Minister Prize of the Korea Design Exhibition Awards, 2004 he received the President Prize of Education-Konkuk University. And 1994 he received the Grand Prize of Korean Font Competition. The font name is Korean Bright-font. After 2009, He continuously updated Bright-font and published as an open source font and donated profits to an organization that produces braille for the blind. He is invited professional designer of the Korea Design Exhibition Awards. And since 2002 he was in the jury member of Korea Design Exhibition Awards several times.

2013-2015 he was President of Visual Information Design Association of Korea(VIDAK). At that time, he became the chair of Steering Committee and Jury panel of the 2013 International Poster Exhibition Korea. He is a member of China International Design Educator Association (CIDEA), Borderless Graphic Designers Group / Canada, etc. He is Jury panel of the Calanca International Design Biennale 2020 Switzerland, the 17th International Biennial of Theatre Poster in Rzeszów, 2020 Poland and the Wonders 2020 International Poster competition-Borderless Graphic Designers Group / Canada. Now he is working on the development of Korean design through various design group activities. His poster works was recently introduced on the websites of Canada, Poland and Iran.

Professor and doctoral supervisor of Capital Normal University, and director of Visual Design and Education Institute of Capital Normal University; Council member of China Association of Higher Education; IcO-D member of International design association; AIGA member of American Graphic Design association; KSDS board member of Korea design association; Member of Beijing Design association and Director of Visual Design Committee.

Works have been selected in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism “Chinese Art Exhibition”; “Ningbo International poster Biennale”; “Italian International poster Biennale”; “Russian Golden Bee International graphic Design Biennale”; “Colorado CO2 Global poster Biennale” and so on. The selected works has been exhibited in 32 countries such as the United States, Germany, France, Italy and Japan, and has been collected by the Art Museum of Hamburg, Germany, the International Art City of Paris, France and the Capital Museum. In Poland, Korea, Jordan and China, he gave academic lectures on “the Arrangement and Design application of Traditional Chinese Characters.” The editor in chief of basic typographic and layout design won the national excellent textbook.

His works won the“German Red Dot Award”, the Lotus Award for“Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Macao's return to the Motherland”, Gold Award of“The 4th National Tourism souvenir Design Competition”, Silver Award of“FIFA International Football poster Exhibition”, nomination of“the third Polish Lublin International poster Biennale”, and the first prize of“the 4th University Games Emblem of the People's Republic of China”and so on.

The main design projects include: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs, International Department Central Committee of CPC, CCTV, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and so on. Organize and plan“Contemporary International Ink Design Biennale”,“International Public interest poster Exhibition”and other activities.

He was born 1970 in Erdemli. He'd graduated in Gazi University, Vocation Education Faculty, Graphic Department in 1996. He graduated from Social Sciences Institute, Painting Department with his master thesis "A Conceptual Approach to Application Areas of Illustration in Visual Communication" In 2001. He finished his doctorate degree with "Electronic Magazine Design" thesis at Hacettepe University, Social Sciences Institute, at Graphic Design Department in November 2006. He became Assistant Professor at Suleyman Demirel University Fine Art Faculty Graphic Design department, in 2008. He got Associate Professor Title and was appointed as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Graphic Design same university in September 2012. He has participated in national and international poster design, exlibris and calligraphy competition and exhibitions, such as, United Designs, VIDAK (Visual Information Design Association of Korea), COW 2017 Design Biennal Ukraine, Union of Artists of Russia and others. His works are in numerous collections in museums and private collections in Turkey and abroad. In 2019, he was appointed as Professor to the Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Süleyman Demirel University. Currently, he has been working his academics and arts, as head of department SDU Fine Art Faculty Graphic design Department

Doğan Arslan was born in 1970 in Turkey. He studied and graduated from the Graphic Design department at the Art and Design Faculty of Gazi University in 1993. He received a scholarship and went to New York to study master degree at the Pratt Institute, New York. He finished his master degree in 2000. Following year, he went to London to study his Ph.D in Art and Design at the University of East London. After receiving his doctorate degree from this university in 2007, he went back to New York to work as an Art Director/Designer in different companies. Later on, he went to Istanbul to establish a Visual Communication Design Department at the Istanbul Medeniyet University in 2013. He is currently teaching in this university as well as Işık and Yeditepe Universities in Istanbul.

His works were awarded 35 times in national and international competitions including; Two times of Graphis Gold and one times of Graphis Silver at Graphis Annual Poster competition, Third prize winner at the International Cow Festival, first and third prize winners at Aydın Doğan Cartoon Competition, First winner of International Homer Davenport Days, Second winner in Nasrettin Hoca Cartoon Competition and etc. His works were chosen at the prestigious competitions and exhibition like, Poster for Tomorrow, International Poster Biennial in Mexico, International Triennial of the Political Poster Show in Mons, Mut Zur Wut Poster Exhibition, Virtual Biennial Prague, 4th Block IX International Eco-Poster Triennial, Peru Design Festival, International Cyprus Biennial, Sarajevo 100 Poster Project and etc. He interested in art, design, illustration, cartoon and modern art. His works were published in many publications and catalogues as well as exhibited in galleries and museums.

He works and lives in Kadıköy / Istanbul

Born in Warsaw. She specializes in poster design, book design and non-commercial collages. She finished her diploma in poster and graduated with honors in 1999 under professor Julian Pałka and professor Mieczysław Wasilewski. In the same year she has begun her didactic work. In 2007 she got her phD degree at Art Faculty of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin for defending her doctoral thesis ‘Dadaist collage as an inspiration for my artwork’.

In 2002-2010 she worked with the publishing company Bertelsmann Media where she designed hundreds of book covers and layouts mainly for high-volume titles. She took part in numerous contests and group exhibitions. Since 2008 she has been teaching graphic design and giving lectures on history of graphic design in Warsaw School of Information Technology. Since 2010 she has acted as proxy of the dean at the Graphic Design faculty, she is also a member of the Senate of the University and of the Faculty Council for the term 2013-17 and 2017-21. In 2012 she received the Medal of the National Education Commission. In 2017 she was in the jury of International Poster Competition ‘Escucha mi Voz’ organized in Mexico under the patronage on UNESCO and in 2018 she was in the jury of international poster contest Ecuador Poster Bienal. She is a member of China International Design Educator Association (C-IDEA). Her professional interests include not only poster but also contemporary painting, graphics and art market. She is the founder and owner of Retroavangarda Gallery in Warsaw, Poland. In 2019 Anna Kłos became a curator to a second gallery – WIT Gallery in Warsaw located in the building of the school she works at.

WIT Gallery’s main goal is to present pieces of students and professors by organizing international exhibitions.

Website:

retroavangarda.com

Wikipedia PL:

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_K%C5%82os

Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Dean, Head of Public Health Department

İlhan, who was born in 1971 in Elazığ, Harput, graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. He completed his Public Health Doctorate (2001) and Hospital Management Master's Degree (2015) at Gazi University and his Occupational Health Doctorate (2008) at Ankara University.

He started his academic studies as a Research Assistant at Gazi University in 1999. He became a lecturer in 2004, an Assistant Professor in 2007, an Associate Professor in 2009, and a Professor in 2014 at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Public Health. He was elected as the Head of the Department of Occupational and Occupational Diseases in 2014 and as the Head of the Department of Public Health in 2018.

He was elected as the Dean of Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2020.

In 2021, he was elected as the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Council of Deans of Medicine.

In 2021, he was elected as the Chairman of the Interuniversity Board (ÜAK) Medical-Health Sciences Education Council.

He works as the Coordinator of the Board of Higher Education (YÖK) Recognition and Equivalency Commission, Advisory Commission for Health Sciences Fields (2017-), the CoHE Representative of the Vocational Qualifications Institution Health and Social Services Committee, and the Chairman of the Commission (2019-).

He is a Member of the Social Sciences Board of the Ministry of Health (2020-). He is a member of the Ministry of Health Medical Specialization Board TUKMOS Work and Occupational Diseases Commission (2021-).

He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Turkish Drug Addiction Monitoring Center (TUBİM) of the Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Security, Department of Combating Narcotic Crimes (2009-).

He is a Board Member of Gazi Technopark (2016-).

His academic studies are mostly in the fields of Community Mental Health, Health Management, Health Economics, Substance Abuse, Occupational Health and Safety, and Epidemiology.

He has 101 articles and 967 citations in Web of Science, with an h index of 18. He has 82 articles published in non-WOS peer-reviewed journals, 23 books and book chapters. He worked as a manager and consultant in 17 national and 23 international projects. He directed 59 theses.

He is a member of the Health Board of the Turkish University Sports Federation.

He is a member of Elazig İzzetpaşa Foundation.

He has worked and is working as a Member of the Turkish Delegation, Consultant, Consultant, Expert at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Health Organization (WHO).

He served as a Consultant on the Impact of Covid-19 on Health Services at the World Health Organization (WHO) (2021).

Interuniversity Board (ÜAK) Medical-Health Sciences Education Council Coordinator (2019-2021); Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences Dean (2017-2020), Social Services Department Founding Department Head (2017-2018), Gazi BEST Board Member (2018-2020), Ethics Committee Vice President (2016-2019), Medical Faculty Board Member ( 2011-2014), Deputy Chief Physician (2008-2011), Faculty of Medicine Term I and VI Coordinator (2005-2008).

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Necmi İlhan was honored with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus National Struggle Medal in 2019.

He was born in 1965 in Elazig. He graduated from Fırat University Faculty of Medicine (1989). In 2017, he was appointed as a Professor in the Department of Public Health, Gulhane Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences. He worked at the Ministry of Health between 1997 and 2006, and in 2006 he established the Department of Combating Tobacco and Alcohol Use and served as a branch manager.

He worked as an expert in the Fight Against Tobacco Use in the Turkey Office of the World Health Organization between 2007-2012 and in the Global Traffic Safety Project between 2013-2015. Since 2016, she has been working as the Program Manager for Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in the Turkey Office of the World Health Organization. He currently carries out projects related to "Effective Implementation of Smoke-Free Airspace", "Hypertension Control", "Reduction of Salt Use", "Elimination of Trans Fats" and "Remote Health Service Delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic".

During his duty at the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health; He made life-saving public health interventions to reduce tobacco use such as the signing and implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control by Turkey, the preparation of the National Tobacco Control Program, the preparation and implementation of the smoke-free law, especially in restaurants and cafeterias, and the application of flat packs. Provided technical support to nearly 60 countries on the preparation and implementation of national tobacco control programs and laws. He contributed to the enactment of laws and regulations for alcohol control, elimination of industrial trans fats and reduction of salt use. He worked in projects for seat belt use and speed reduction.

During his duties at the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization, he took active roles in the Marmara earthquake, the Indonesian Banda Ache earthquake and Tsunami, the Bingol earthquake, the Van Erciş earthquake, the Erzurum Aşkale earthquake, the Elazig earthquake and in the coordination of public health services for Syrian refugees. During the 2009 bird flu epidemic, he coordinated the trainings and surveillance activities given in the provinces of Van, Iğdır and Erzurum in the Eastern Anatolia region, and also directed the national vaccination campaigns in the same region in different years. He has participated in many activities and information programs to inform the public from the very beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic.

He has numerous publications on health promotion, prevention of chronic diseases and risk factors, combating substance abuse and tobacco and alcohol use. In 2016, he received the World Health Organization "Director-General's Reward of Excellence" award for his programs for Syrian Immigrants. He served actively in the UN Turkey task force, which received the "United Nations Non-Communicable Diseases Task Force Award" in 2018.

She graduated from Ankara University, Department of Journalism. She worked for many years as a reporter, editor and editor-in-chief in the national press in Turkey. She moved to England in 2016. Since 2019, he has been working in the international arena through the media company he started in London. She stepped into the publishing industry with the Fiyu magazine he founded for children living outside of Turkiye. She still continues to produce in the field of media in the Netherlands and England, together with magazines.