Experiences
Recognitions
2014 - Laerdal Global Health, Industrial Designer
- Planning and conducting exploration of new focus areas for the organisation
- Leading design processes of training and therapy solutions in maternal and newborn health
- Fieldwork in high and low resource clinical settings
- Building new partnerships with organisations
2014 - OpenIDEO, Community Prototyper
- Supporting the online community by storyboarding and experience prototyping a selected idea and sharing the process through blogging
2013 - Happy Baby, Uganda Lead Designer
- Building a team of designer and social scientists
- Leading the design process and allocating tasks
- Hand-on design of a developing world product
- Proposing budget and accounting the resources
2011 - Designit, Copenhagen Strategy Intern
- Preparing co-creation workshops for clients
- Working on ideation and concept development
- Developing and presenting design proposals
2014 - TEDx Talk: Design Evolves in the Hands of Users
2014 - ChangemakerXchange by Ashoka Foundation
Selected to join a unique network of changemakers
2012 - OpenIDEO Two Winning Concepts
‘Supporting web entrepreneurs in creating businesses’
‘Creating Accessible Election Experience for Everyone’
2010 - INDEX: Design Challenge Jury special award
‘Designing for Education’ in collaboration with UNICEF
2009 - MOSDER National Furniture Competition
First Place in Sofa Category with Eel project
2009 - International Case Design Competition
Winner for Felissimo 500 Colored Pencils
2009 - International Student Packaging Contest
Honorable Mention Award
2009 - B’iota Laboratories Design Contest
Second Place with Bioxcin Shampoo Bottle
Studies
2013 - Coursera and UC San Diego Online
Human-Computer Interaction Most Creative Award
2013 - IDEO.org and +ACUMEN Online Class
‘Human-centered Design for Social Innovation’
2011 - Korea Advanced Institute of Sci. & Tech.
One year exchange program in South Korea
2010 - Delft University of Technology
One semester Erasmus program in the Netherlands
2007 - Istanbul Technical University
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design
2002 - American Robert College
High school from 2002 to 2007
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Toolkit
Human-centered Design
User Research Methods:
Groups/individual Interviews, observing and interpreting, focus groups, storyboards, role playing, personas, in-context immersion
Prototyping
3D Prototyping products, experience prototypes, Low/high fidelity sketching
Functional interfaces, User testing and Heuristic evaluation
Strategic Design
Client relations
Co-creation workshops with clients Presenting strategies and proposals Communicating with sponsors and NGOs
Leading Design Processes
Creating multidisciplinary teams
Tailoring, running design processes Budgeting and accounting projects
Languages
English: Excellent
Turkish: Mother tongue
Korean, German and Danish: Beginner
In my free time,
Rock climbing, Skiing, Swimming
Collecting different types of paper and fabric
