Great Success of Elif Atmaca , a graduate of Gazi University
6 July 2022 | 15:02

Elif Atmaca ,who is graduated from Industrial Design Department of Gazi University, succeeded great achievement at graduation project that is a toy called 'toyi' related with disadvantaged families children.

Elif Atmaca is designer, enterpreneur, business woman as well who succeded various achievements. Elif Atmaca worked with children at volunteering projects during her university period. Toy kit was the previous steps of "Toyi" which was university graduation project, aiming to improve potential of creativity for disadvantaged families children. Elif Atmaca ,who was working voluntarily at Türkiye Educational Volunteers Foundation 'TEGV' in her whole university life, combined her works of disabled children and her design aspiration, made a toy kit is called "Toyi". Actually, "Toyi" isn't a toy, it is a kit which shows to children that waste objects at nature can be converted to toys. By this kit children can make creative toys with a waste plastic bottle, milk carton or pine cone. By "Toy" kit, children are capable to do make toy by combining materials in which at nature and their homes.

In 2020, Elif Atmaca prize winner of İbrahim Bodur Social Enterprenur Advanced Stage Award has become first Turkish designer, whose products were sold at Museum of Mordern Arts store in New York. In 2021 The kit, which was designed by Elif Atmaca, was the first toy of prize winner of "IF Design Award" at the product category in Türkiye.

At the same time, Elif Atmaca is a founder of group including parents,educators, designers and also software developers which aims to emphasize that games are as important as food and shelter for children but ignored.

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