Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

Cultural heritage is an important resource in the formation of cultural and social identity in the exchange of objects of their physical effects on eating and drinking habits. Food service products, which are shaped as a result of consumption habits, are made meaningful by the physical factors that generate the eating and drinking culture, traditions, environment and consumption routine. The life style of the society, which includes traditions and cultural features, carries this knowledge from past to present through objects. In this study, mortar, which is a food preparation product, has been discussed. Mortar has the same functions but different meanings by being associated with the region where it is used in its past and present uses. These uses, include the similarities and differences in the effects of product design. Conceptual relationships of these uses are discussed through the example of Turkey and Mexico. Within the scope of the study, material culture and cultural differences between societies and the reflections of this difference on objects of everyday life were investigated through the mortar sample. The methodology of the study was shaped by observation and semi-structured interviews with a Mexican product designer and Turkish product designer.