Background
Ilhan was born on June, 1950, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ilhan Mesut Bilge
2000
Marmara Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Acıbadem Caddesi No:117 34718 Kadıköy / İstanbul
Marmara University Fine Arts Buildings in Istanbul
2010
Marmara Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Acıbadem Caddesi No:117 34718 Kadıköy / İstanbul
Marmara University Fine Arts
Nesin Trust Invitation
Ilhan was born on June, 1950, in Istanbul, Turkey.
• Bakırköy High School, 1966
• Bakırköy Secondary School, 1963
• Behram Ağa Primary School (Bakırköy),
• 1960 Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, 1967 (dropped from the first year)
Working style throughout his career: Advertising agency employee, Freelance designer, Design company founder, and Graphic Designers Professional Organization (Founding member and 7-term board member) and Instructor.
Turkey Traffic Accident Prevention Association, International Traffic Poster Contest, Honorable Mention, 1976, "Let's Protect the Future of Our Culture" Abdi İpekçi Poster Competition, Honorable Mention, 1981, Label Manufacturers Association National Label Printing Competition, Most Successful Label Award, 2003 Graphic Products Exhibition awards:
1st exhibition:1981 Brochure branch and Packing branch
3rd exhibition 1983 Message Magazine Special Award
4th exhibition 1984 Packaging branch
8th exhibition 1988 Packaging branch
9th exhibition1989 Packaging branch
20th exhibition: 2000 Packaging branches
28th exhibition: 2009 Packaging branch
29th exhibition, 2010 Packaging branch
36th exhibition:2017 Packaging branch
2009 Packaging branch
National and international events he served as a selection committee member:
• Turkey Travel Agencies Union, Signage Design Competition for Historical Sites and Historic Ruins, 1987
• Istanbul Municipality, Gülhane Activities Poster Competition, 1988
• Istanbul Chamber of Industry, "Environment Incentive Award Logo" Competition, 1996
• Ministry of Culture, “75. Year ”Logo Competition, 1998
• Hürriyet Newspaper “50. year "emblem competition, 1998
Graphic Products Exhibitions Packaging Manufacturers Association, •
• Packaging Design National Student Competition, 2004
• Şekeroğlu, “Good Idea” Plastic Packaging Design Competition, Konya, 2005
• Label Manufacturers Association, 3. Label Printing Competition Turkey, Istanbul, December 2005 • Conqueror Postcard Design Competition, Istanbul, June 2007
• Design Turkey Design Awards, Packaging Design Branch, 2008
• Electrical Works Survey Administration “ENVER” Label Design Competition, 2009 Packaging Manufacturers Association, Packaging Design National Student Competition, 2010
• Doğuş Archi Club Logo Competition, Doğuş University, 2013
• Usak logo competition, 2013
• IMMIB Packaging Design Competition, 2014
• Nilüfer Municipality Author of the Year Book Cover Design Competition, 31.5.2015
• Dalsan Logo Competition (Invited) 22.9.2017
National and international events attended as a speaker or workshop manager:
• IIDE'98, Istanbul International Design Meetings, Packaging and Brand Design Events, International Seminar, October 15, 1998, Beylikdüzü, Istanbul
• “Understanding and Telling”, conference, Maltepe University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, 28 November 2000 • "Packaging design", conference, Istanbul University Faculty of Communication, Istanbul, 2001
• Packaging design panel, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, 25.12.2002
• Packaging design panel, ITU, Istanbul, 30.1.2003
• Packaging design panel, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, 23.5.2003
• “Art and design dilemma”, conference, K2 Graphic Design Days, İzmir, 16.2.2004
• "tag designer eye", 1st International "label in the world and Turkey" panel, CNR Expo Center, 15.4.2004
• "Private Label" Solution Platform, Panel, Crown Plaza, Ataköy, 12.6.2004
• “Designing the competition”, conference, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, 4.4.2005
• “Language and Design”, panel, 9 Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts, Young Brainstorming, İzmir, 16.4.2007 • “1 + 1> 2”, workshop and panel, (joint project with Industrial Design and Graphic Design students)
Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, 30.4-5.5.2007, Istanbul
• “1 + 1> 2”, conference (with Ümit Celbiş), Marketingist, Tüyap, 22.9.2007, Istanbul
• Workshop, Emre Senan Design Foundation, Dikili, 18-30 August 2008
• “1 + 1> 2”, conference (with Ümit Celbiş), Design Symposium, Eskişehir Anadolu University, 22.10.2009
• “1 + 1> 2”, conference (with Ümit Celbiş), İzmir University of Economics, 28.11.2012
• “Design and language”, conference, Muğla University GSF, 27.4.2013
• "Is graphic design more important in packaging design or industrial design?" Interview (Gamze Güven, Orhan
With Irmak and Ümit Celbiş) Studio X, Fındıklı, 5 November 2016
• "Front and back of packaging", seminar, Fatih Sultan Mehmet University, 14.12.2017 • “Design. Virtuality. Reality. ”, Seminar, Hacettepe University, 24.4.2019
• “Design and Language.”, Seminar, Konya Selçuk University, 25.4.2019
Articles:
• “Printing, together with graphic design, can be the driving force of export”, Article, Dünya Newspaper Printing Supplement, 26.4.1982
• "Merger Efforts in Graphic Arts: Graphic Design Professional Organization" Republican Era Turkey Encyclopedia, Communication Publications, 1984
• “Economy does not tolerate coincidences” article, Journal of Graphic Art, 1987
• "Function determines design ...", article, Journal of Graphic Art, 9th issue (1987)
• "Packaging should reflect the properties of the goods inside.", Article, Ankara Ticaret Gazetesi, Packaging
Industry '89 (Special issue) 1989
• "Communication between producers and graphic artists is insufficient.", Article, Dunya Newspaper Packaging supplement (1990) • “To be 'himself' while speaking on behalf of someone else ...”, article, Yeni Yüzyıl Gazetesi, 11.2.1995
• What is the name of your 'company' ?, article, Notifying Magazine, April-May 2000
• "Let them produce cheap and good goods, let's buy the local." article, Notifying Magazine, December 2000
• "Cannot fit into the whole design", article, Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 13.5.2001
• “The only communication tool of the product on the shelf; packaging ”, interview, Turkish Time Magazine, August 2002
• “It is not enough to produce good things; you must be able to tell that he is good ”. Article, Euro Food Magazine, April 2004
• “Nobody understands the designers (!)”, Article, Etiket Magazine, April 2004
• “Don't do what you don't know”, interview, Print World Magazine, April 2003
• "If packaging had a language ..." Interview, Dünya Gıda Magazine, 2005
• “Are you an artist or a designer? the article, Radikal Design, November-December 2006 (Graphic Design magazine, January 2008
republished in the issue.)
• “More, bigger, heavier”, article, Radikal Tasarım, January 2007
• “İhap Hulusi: The designer of the Republic”, article, Graphic Design Magazine, March 2007
• Interview with Bak magazine, (Digital magazine), 21.7.2007
• Interview with the magazine, (Sayısal journal), March 2010
• “Who won the competition?”, Article, Graphic Design Magazine, September 2007
• “A criticism of criticism”, article, Graphic Design Magazine, October 2007
• “New trends in packaging design”, conversation, World Food Magazine, September 2008
• "Is political communication obligatory?" article, Graphic Design Magazine, April 2009
• “The back of the coin in graphic design education” article, Graphic Design Magazine, April 2009
• "The truth, only the truth, everything that is right ..."
• “Brand is the sum of what is designed for it” BrandAge interview, September 2010
• “Prejudices change perception” Food Technology Magazine, September 2010
• "On your Logo" Logo book to date in Turkey in the past, 2020
He's married to Canan Bilge who is a watercolor painter and an ex-libris artist. They have a son called Dogan Bilge, who is a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics, and a Lecturer of Koc University.
