The analysis of function and design in producing ceramic giftware

The custom of giving present which we as a victim among first human beings has an important role in Turkish culture. Giving present in birthdays,weddings,bayrams,etc. has gone on for a long time in our society, new special days have been added to these, `present? has become a sector with the help of developing technology and the commonness of communication media.At the end of the machine age which started with the industrial revolution in 18th century, the features of a giftware were ignored because material anxieties stood in the front in the sector of giftware such as in many other sectors. However, the designer should assimilate the inherent, expressional values with the values of the society while producing the new product which will be submitted to the user; and while doing this, the designer should know the characters of the figures, the potentials and tendencies of colour and grain; he should organize the product in respect of these. The products should be functional, should come into contact with the emotions while fullfiling their function efficiently. This mean that the products should fullfil their function in the regard of pratic, symbolic and aesthetic in the best way in such a world which continuously needs new functions.With the study of ?The Analysis of Function and Design in Producing Ceramic Giftware?, it is aimed to underline the current problems of ceramic giftwares; to show the right methods of design; to be a guru in order to produce products which are useful, aesthetic, permanent, blooming and which correspond the needs of the age, instead of the products which are produced in only one point of view.