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Türkiye

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Opening ourselves to our holistic being as humans, we enable our creative human-to-human potential to collaborate. Co-creating a future based on human values now, is our primary responsibility for the real growth within as humanity. The design methodologies have evolved into bridging our human essentials to the ways we innovate.Let’s reach for the future we desire rather than escaping a present we dislike, starting today. It’s time to bring our people together, opening their hearts, minds and bodies to play.Design is designating meaning, and playing is joyful learning. Within their balanced circular flow, we live through applied-dreaming.#LifeIsPlay#DesignTogether #DesignPlaying

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Building a self-reflection guide to enhance meaningful partnerships. At SWAN Collective we’re exploring tools that will empower people to self-evaluate readiness for collaboration and co-creation in a long-lasting, sustainable and more effective ways.

In order to help teams communicate better, I help them improve their ability to listen to each other so that they can move towards the emergence of collective new thinking, where thought addictions start to crumble.This is purely a philophical method I apply with concrete transformational impact.I also facilitate on stage Socratic Dialogues instead of panel moderation where great minds communicate in a new way (unrehearsed). It gives both the audience and the attendee a unique experience of the emergence of collective wisdom, live.

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To create a collaborative world with a meaningful and purposeful way of living, where continuous learning, inner child, curiosity, love and sharing is valued, I develop inspirational methodologies for leaders to design together.

Istanbul, Turkey

// Global Learning and Leadership ProgramChange Making in ActionI create a design playing environment for students, helping them dream new worlds while learning from their dreams.

Istanbul, Turkey

Created a methodology called Service Persona, which helps define the value proposition of aservice or a brand through personification.* Lead and guide ad-hoc design teams to build impactful services* Develop service design business for better customer experience.* Lead the design of Customer Experience Platform tool for omni-channel experience.* Help the clients understand their service goals from customers’ perspective.* Set the KPI’s for projects, and lead their success.* Help clients define new services and service needs.* Lead design thinking workshops.

Istanbul, Turkey

Created a methodology called Interaction Mapping that can be used for stakeholder workshops, startups and analysing UX Research. Worked on intrapreneurship and tried to bring lean product and service development to the company. A service called Solla was to be born. It definitely was not a success.* Understand vision, business goals and technical requirements, and craft the design process necessary for the solution. Help shape the business proposals in the process.* Design Information, gathered through UX and Usability Research by the UX Researchers and present them as an easy to understand service map or customer journey.* Set the standards for each service mapping and customer journey process by creating an outline of what needs to be presented. Moreover craft the data links together with the UX Research Team.* Design feedback systems based on UX and Usability Research and present them as wireframes. * Design visual interfaces* Design sound for interfaces* Train and give seminars on UX, Usability, Customer Journey and Service Design to Developers, Analysts, Product Managers, Managers, Entrepreneurs* Turkcell Academy Trainer on Design Thinking

Istanbul, Turkey

* User Interface and Interaction Design* Wireframing* Prototyping* Information Architecture Design* Giving seminars and training about UX and Usability to Developers, Analysts, Product Managers- Areas I worked at are Web Apps, Mobile, Loyalty Apps, ATM, Learning Management Systems, News Paper (reader-ad-content interaction, readability, navigation), B2B Applications, Intranet Interfaces

Istanbul, Turkey

// Fine Arts, Design and Architecture FacultyVisual Communication Design Department:Design Tools for Digital MediaThis class aims to get first and second year students to understand how they can approach design in digital, showing them basics of the tools and a method to learn new tools as needed.Industrial Product Design Department:Design Studio I / Designing the Digital Experience Of SensesI am one of the 3 design leaders of this class. My role in this class is to supervise students to create and design a digital realm for the physical artefacts/prototypes/mockups of the previous design leaders, spawning an holistic experience for the 5 senses.

I work closely with teams to help them design together. I develop new methodologies appropriate for each team. I help create a common language where concepts and ideas can be concretely prototyped and iterated. I also make the teams visualize research and help them understand key insights to come up with innovative ideas. This helps the teams to figure out the challenge ahead early on in the design process.I am not the designer. I empower leaders to reach their best designer role within their work for a much more sustainable success.Some of my clients are:ScottyTEB VodafoneMaryapiKarakutugmPlyAhtapotAnadolu InsuranceBNP ParibasTurkcell

My friend who calls himself equinox lucky and I created a group called 2GET4. We play at parties together (2GET4). We are two DJs and producers. We create engaging experience for the audience.Some of our performances include venues such as:Indigo (with FarTooLoud)Garaj İstanbul (with Dj Kissy Sell Out/Temps d'Image Festival)Mute (with Kele from Bloc Party)The Hall MachineDirtyBeat (with Style-Ist)Connect (with Gooseflesh)We worked on the video for Topman's İstanbul Nişantaşı Store opening and produced a song for it (https://vimeo.com/66903474). We also worked closely with DiaryofMu.com making a mixtape (https://soundcloud.com/2get4/tapemeup) and producing songs for the videos (https://vimeo.com/57139231).

Istanbul, Turkey

I was invited to the Entrepreneurship Class for MBA students:1) to facilitate a Socratic Dialogue2) to help them understand what Service Design is and how/what to prototype.

Working with companies to create visual languages to represent their identity.

Istanbul, Turkey

MEIM project is an abbreviation of the names of us 4 close friends. We were seeing opportunities not to limit ourselves with any specific subject, but create original projects and ideas within media and entertainment business. We provided consultancy to Vespa for combining art and design with their events, also to increase market penetration among free souls. It was an attempt to entrepreneurship within Entertainment business.

I was an exchange student, studying interaction design in Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. I worked with 5 other people to create an application for cellphones to let people go through the info about the movies that will be shown in Nederlands Film Festival. So, as a school project we worked for a real company, getting the brief from them. This project was selected the best project among the 3rd year projects in HKU.

I acted in two commercials. One was for a window manufacturer Egepen Deceuninck and the other one was Garanti Bank. My contract ended in 2008, but i still work with them unofficialy.

I was in 2 different TV Shows. One is where I worked a day or two, according to the requirement, every week at a different job, getting experience and evaluating the job itself in terms of salary and work hours. I brought my character into the realms of that work environment. The TV Show was similar to Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs. The second was a summer match making TV Show in which I guided 4 people, 3 from one gender 1 from the opposite gender, to ask each other questions and even race to get the attention of the one person they are racing for. It was such a fun experience.

Bachelor, Communication Design, 3.21

My education was all based on interactive media design. It was a combination of finding new interaction models, and developing.

Undergraduate, Interaction Design, A

The project our group did, received first prize among all the projects done that year in that faculty.

Summer School, Interaction Design, Information Design, Visual Communication Design

For a total of 12 days, 10 coming from each of 4 universities participated, 40 students have intensively worked as groups of 4 to come up.

Highschool, Science

Activities and Societies: Radio DJ, Rugby Team, Volleyball TeamI received a plate for my achievements and success in the fileds of Arts.