Izmir University of Economics

PROJECTS 2022

Bio-balloons

Alara Ertenü, İdil Akünal, Zehranur Tekin, Begümnur Küçükcan, Yağmur Yeşilyurt, Mohammed Saad

The team prototyped balloons from biomaterials as a biodegradable alternative to commercial foil balloons.

Outstanding Presentation Prize Winner

Instructors 2022

Derya Irkdas Dogu

Derya Irkdas Dogu is a lecturer of Industrial Design. She holds a PhD from Istanbul Technical University in Industrial Design education, an MA in Product Design from Domus Academy, and a BA in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design from Bilkent University. She was a visiting scholar at the Parsons School of Design in Art & Design History and Theory during the 2016-17 academic year and has been a full-time member of the department since 2010. She mainly teaches biomaterials, sketching & rendering, and portfolio courses, and she coordinates the senior year Product Design Studio. She is also a member of the Design Research Center (EKOTAM), where she undertakes design and research projects on co-design, new product development, graphic design and university-industry collaboration.

Raul Pereira Pinto

Raul Pereira Pinto studied in Portugal and opened his own design studio focused on interior and product design (Estúdio Ama) after graduating in Product Design (ARCA-EUAC). In 2009, he received his Master of Science degree in Engineering Design (IST) and in 2011 the title of Specialist in Product Design. Since 2010, he has been a lecturer in Portugal and is now at IEU in Turkey. Between 2016-18 he was Project Manager (Design Led Developer) at Design Factory Aveiro in the Creative Science Park Aveiro Region. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Aveiro where he is studying and working with living-systems.