Creative Practice Lab · Karaca Erdem
Consultancy, project development and implementation support for producer communities, businesses and organizations. The scope may include product and brand development, production coordination, market readiness and organizational practices.
Each assignment responds to a defined need and the conditions for implementation. Consultancy, learning, design and field coordination come together according to the scope of the work.
This work develops the production, business management and collaborative skills of artisans, small producers and producer communities. Needs assessment, skills development, governance and livelihood support can form complementary parts of the same project.
Needs and capacity assessment · Learning materials and workshops · Collaborative practices and governanceProduct and collection development connects with materials, production conditions, brand direction and the target market. The work supports the progression from an idea to a viable product through designer and producer coordination, product assessment and market presentation.
Product and collection development · Designer and producer coordination · Brand direction, product presentation and cataloguesThis work focuses on how businesses and organizations define responsibilities, coordinate tasks and communicate. Unclear roles, gaps in information flow and coordination between teams are addressed in the context of day-to-day operations.
Roles and responsibilities · Workflows and decision-making · Communication, collaboration and management trainingEngagements can take the form of a defined consultancy assignment, a project or ongoing implementation support. Priorities, responsibilities, deliverables and timelines are agreed at the outset.
Assessment of a defined need, with clear priorities and a practical implementation plan. The engagement may be a specific assignment or ongoing advisory support.
Design and coordination of work with defined objectives, activities, specialist contributions and deliverables.
Coordination and follow-through across producers, designers, organizations and specialists, including responsibilities, feedback and field activities.
Design, learning and implementation
Creative Practice Lab brings Karaca Erdem's work in design, production, capacity building and organizational development into a shared framework. Product development considers production conditions; learning connects with everyday practice; strategy reflects the capacity to implement it.
Explore the approachExamples of work in practice, from design and production coordination to capacity building.
A design program in which emerging designers work with different materials and advanced manufacturing technologies under real production conditions.
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Governance, learning, product and brand development, and digital catalogue work undertaken at the request of UNDP Türkiye.
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Identifying and evaluating producers in Türkiye and developing their relationships with an international wholesale platform.
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Community-based production projects connecting design, skills development and market opportunities.
View the workSelected organizations and brands across Karaca Erdem's project, consultancy, teaching and coordination experience.
Share the area you want to develop, the current context and the expected outputs. These provide the starting point for scoping a consultancy assignment or project.
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