Izmir University of Economics

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 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.