KARYA    

multidisciplinary designer with focus in biodesign, sustainability, and social design.  

 




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Wearable EcosystemSustainable FuturesSeptember 2024

Wearable Ecosystem – The Pod

The Pod is a wearable ecosystem with long-term goals of creating more sustainable, planet-conscious futures and encouraging responsible, engaged publics.

Zurich, 2024


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SMOG - Air PollutionClimate Change and BiomimicryJanuary 2025
SMOG - Air Quality Indicator

SMOG is a portable air quality detection device inspired by algae and lichens as natural bioindicators of environmental health.

Zurich, 2025


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CalciCoralsOcean HealthMarch 2025
CalciCorals
 
Calcium carbonate-based CalciCorals inspired by the movement patterns of fish, designed to support marine ecosystem regeneration.

Zurich, 2025


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Metopolis FestivalInternshipMarch, 2023
Metropolis Festival Identity Project – Studio Nul, Rotterdam (Internship)



GMK AWARDS/
Professional Association of Graphic Designers Turkey

1.Best Poster Design Award (Category Award)

2.Ihap Hulusi Special Award




Rotterdam, 2023


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Circly The Growing FurnitureStorytelling and Product DesignJuly, 2024
Circly - A New Type of Furniture

Circly The Growing Furniture challenges throwaway culture by restoring emotional connections we have to belongings. Designed to grow with its users, it transforms into a living record of memories, offering a meaningful alternative to disposable design.

Willem de Kooning Graduation Show 2024


AWARDS //
Graduation Project Success Award- 43rd Graphic Deisgners Exhbition GMK,Istanbul


July, 2024


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Living OrganismsLiving SystemsSeptember 2024

Research on Living Organisms 

Ongoing Research

2024, Zurich


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Wearable EcosystemsMoss-in-MovementDecember 2024
Moss-in-Movement

Moss in Movement is a project advocating for conscious living through cohabitation with another species, offering a thought-provoking challenge to the principles of fast fashion.


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Material ResearchLiving SystemsJanuary 2025

Mycelium Research

Research into mycelium in the context of design.

Zurich, 2025


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