Journal Articles

Adams, L, Sinclair, M, Evans, M, Gürpinar, A (2026) Integrating ethnographic futures research with critical realism and grounded theory, Futures, 175, pp.103711-103711, ISSN: 0016-3287. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2025.103711.

Zhang, L, De-Bont, C, Gurpinar, A, Tang, M (2023) An exploration of the relevance between sustainable craft and service design based on a literature review study, Sustainability, 15(24), 16798, DOI: 10.3390/su152416798.

Gurpinar, A and Horsanalı, N (2022) Mixed Media on City: endogenous design in Istanbul, Disegno Industriale Industrial Design (DIID), 76(2022), pp.58-69, ISSN: 1594-8528. DOI: 10.30682/diid7622e.

CAN, NA and GÜRPINAR, A (2021) THE FURNITURE DESIGN HISTORY OF TURKEY, 1800-2000, The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, 11(3), pp.1004-1018, ISSN: 2146-5193. DOI: 10.7456/11103100/015.

Gurpinar, A, Yagou, A, Öğüt, ŞT (2016) Tactics of cultural adaptation: Design and production characteristics of toys in Istanbul, The Design Journal, 19(3), pp.451-472, ISSN: 1460-6925. DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2016.1149380.

Conferences

Duman, BS, Park, HP, Gurpinar, A (2026) Belonging to time: design infrastructure as mediator of urgency and continuity in emergency alerts and educational archives. In UD26 – Belonging: 14th Meeting on PhD Design Research; UD26 – Belonging: 14th Meeting on PhD Design Research – Book of Abstracts, University of Aveiro, Department of Communication and Art (DeCA), Aveiro, Portugal,ISBN: 978-989-9253-72-8. DOI: 10.48528/s6j0-gt80.

Gurpinar, A and Cürgen, C (2025) Ambiguous Standards Institute: the transitional agency of everyday in motion. In Akoğlu, B, Yıldız, E, Aysel, K, Eranıl, M, Güler, T (ed) 16th 4T Design and Design History Symposium; Procedings of the 16th 4T international design and design history symposium on the move: objects / images / spaces, 6-7 November 2025, Izmir, Turkey, pp.212-225, ISBN: 9786057290229.

Gurpinar, A (2022) Towards an object-oriented design ontology. In Lockton, D, Lenzi, S, Hekkert, P, Oak, A, Sádaba, J, Lloyd, P (ed) DRS2022: Bilbao; Proceedings of DRS2022 Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain,ISBN: 9781912294572. DOI: 10.21606/drs.2022.728.

Artefacts

Cürgen, C and Gurpinar, A (2026) Ambiguous Standards of the Archive: Unknownledge, saai | Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering, January 2026.

Gurpinar, A and Cürgen, C (2023) When Pigs Fly, April 2023.

Gurpinar, A and Cürgen, C (2021) Ambiguous Standards of Food: Eggs and Holders, June 2021.

Gurpinar, A (Accepted for publication) Le Grand K².

Cürgen, C and Gurpinar, A (Accepted for publication) Ambiguous Standards of the Archive: The Taxonomy of the Unknown.

Exhibitions

Gurpinar, A, Curgen Gurpinar, HC, Artut, S (2022) Ambiguous Standards of Time, Hansen House, 1 pieces (Beechwood, styrofoam, LED sign, various artefact), 22-06-2022 to 30-06-2022.

Gurpinar, A and Curgen Gurpinar, HC (2022) A Travelling Exhibition, Martin Hall Gallery, 10 pieces , 18-01-2022 to 21-02-2022.

Gurpinar, A and Cürgen, C Exhibition: An Institute Within An Institute, pieces , to .

Internet Publications

Gurpinar, A and Cürgen, C (Accepted for publication) Anatomy of a Contextual Model: Ambiguous Standards Institute.

Media

Gurpinar, A and Cürgen, C (2025) Ambiguous Standards of Food: Overspecification [video artwork].

Other

Gurpinar, A and Cürgen, C (2025) Farmland: Food, Justice, and Sovereignty // Ambiguous Standards of Food and Overspecification, Farmland: Food, Justice, and Sovereignty explores crucial questions of food knowledge, production, scarcity, and consumption. The exhibition examines the origins and effects of food security and food justice against the background of Michigan State University’s 170-year history in food production and consumption.Referred to as the “East Lansing Experiment,” the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan (now Michigan State University) sought not only to promote practical education in the agricultural arts but to turn the college into a model farm for the entire nation. It was the first institution for the study of agriculture of its kind, preceding its status as the first land-grant college.Avsar Gurpinar [SDCA] and Cansu Curgen [SABCE] have been invited to exhibit some of their research by design works of ASI in the Farmland exhibition. Two of their conceptual and four graphic artworks are produced in the UK at Loughborough University and shipped to the USA to be exhibited in the MSU Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, Michigan, from January 24th to July 25th, 2025. The works are acquired by the museum and thus will be part of their permanent collection to be featured in their temporary exhibitions and The CORE [Center for Object Research and Engagement][1]. They travelled to the USA for the exhibition opening to promote Loughborough University and to establish connections with the relevant schools at Michigan State University. They will also partake in the MSU Science Festival in April. They will deliver seminars and lectures to align their program with MSU's STEAM project (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). [1] The CORE is an active, educational space featuring art from the museum’s permanent collection. On view is a wide range of works that span 5,000 years of history. Through study and appreciation, these works offer a portal to different time periods and cultures..

Gurpinar, A, Horsanali, N, Cürgen, C (2022) Concrete sprouts and unfinished urban dreams, When you travel in Turkey, especially in metropolitan cities like Istanbul and specifically in the suburbs, you will most likely encounter iron rods springing from concrete columns. These are not always on the ground or in the foundation, but on the rooftops of one or multi-story buildings. These bars, called starter bars, are normally used to reinforce concrete in the foundations of new buildings and to provide structural support and strength when connecting different elements in buildings. The Turkish term for the starter bar is beton filizi, literally translated as concrete sprout. This is not an accidental neologism, since concrete sprout means much more than being a reinforcement or providing structural support in the context of urbanism in Turkey. These iron and steel rods reaching out to the skies are the veins of hope, signifiers of architectural possibilities, and monuments of unfinished urban dreams intentionally left open. This article delves into the history of concrete sprouts in Istanbul, an interconnected story of mid-century urbanisation, the Marshall Plan, domestic migration, informal urban transformation, and political opportunism..

Gurpinar, A (2022) Digesting rage, Arguably some of the more evocative sorts of protest are those which adopt objects, either as their symbol or as their chosen means of causing turbulence. That object might be a referential character that then becomes the name or face of the protest. Or it could be a food item, a readily consumable product — which by its very nature adds an extra layer of impact to the demonstration. We’re taking a look at various protests, notably those that have employed edibles..