akin bacioglu | industrial and graphic design factory

akinbacioglu

akin_bacioglu

AKIN BACIOGLU      |     INDUSTRIAL and GRAPHIC DESIGNER      |      RESUME DECEMBER 2009       |      MULTIFUNCTIONAL SIMPLICITY WILL SAVE THE WORLD


EDUCATION

Graduated in 2007 from
Istanbul Technical University
Department Of Industrial Design

DESIGN SKILLS

methodical problem solving
innovative concept creating
individual / group brainstorming
market research, brand identity
traditional / computer sketching
3d modelling / mock-up making

COMPUTER SKILLS

Rhinoceros 3d (flamingo)
Autocad , 3d Max Studio (vray)
Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator
MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Solidworks (learning)
Alias Studio Tools (learning)
HTML, CSS, Javascripts (Basic)
Frontpage, Dreamweaver (Basic)

LANGUAGES

Turkish (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Italian (basic)

PERSONAL INFO

Born in 1982, Corum, Turkey
Military service Apr - Sep 2008

INTERESTS

Basketball (licensed), cinema,
digital art, chess, word games









  
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 		 WORK EXPERIENCE

Nov 09 - Dec 09 / Empati Psikoloji - Mersin / freelance

He created a brand identity for a pyshology center in Mersin / Turkey.
This package icludes a logo, a business card (two sided), an envelope,
and a letterhead paper. The final design was one of 15 alternatives.

Sep 09 - Oct 09 / Ozlem Yalim Design - Istanbul / freelance

He was responsible for detail drawings of this huge product design and
decoration project. A lot of furniture and system design were created
This stylish place will serve his customers in Nisantasi / Istanbul soon.

Apr 07 - Mar 08 / Koleksiyon Mobilya - Istanbul / full time

One of Turkey’s biggest furniture and accessories design firms,
He was responsible for analysing the market, developing new concepts,
preparing presentations, 3d modelling and mock-ups for new ideas.

July 05 - May 06 / Damat Tween Life Project - Istanbul / part time

Normally, a fashion brand for men, Damat Tween, created a new
project to present a new lifestyle and furniture series for men.
Worked as an assistant designer and he was responsible for researching
the market, 3d modelling of the lead designers’ ideas, following the
product line for the prototypes and designing new furnitures.

INTERNSHIPS

Jun 05 - Jul 05 / Damat Tween Life Project - Istanbul

As an intern for 24 days, He has done a detailed researchment about
men’s life and identified a product family about them to design.
After the internship, they want him to stay and offered a part-time job.

Jun 04 - Jul 04 / Tarz Design - Istanbul

Tarz Design is a brand basically, sells internationally known designs.
At the same time, they have got a design center for creating new
furnitures. he got a chance to work on so many famous designs and
tried to created new ideas for the firm.

Jun 02 - Jul 02 / Saros Textile - Tekirdag

He designed graphics for socks and made organization and working
schemes about the firm due to the university’s summerwork plan.



  
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 		 GRANT and HONORS

Oct 09    I Love H cravate pattern design selected as
                finalist in Les cravates par Hermes
                design competition among 6133 designs.
                Winners weren't announced yet.

Apr 09    Also armchair was published in
                MD design magazine (Germany)

Nov 08   Also armchair was published in
                Abitare design magazine (Italy)

Jul 08     Bee product family won special mention award
                In Design for ITU souvenir design competition

Jun 08    Also armchair won special mention in
                Promosedia International Design Competition

Mar 08   Ya da armchair won 2nd price in
                1st National Furniture Design Competition

Sep 06   ID sunglasses design won third prize in
                Radical Movements Design Competition

Sep 05    Kisstanbul tshirt graphic design was selected in
                design workshop and produced by Mavi Jeans
                It is in the market since February 2006.

Jul 05     Clever packaging design won second prize in
                Recycling Fair 2005 workshop (group work)

Nov 04   Active packaging design was exhibited
                in MEdesign International Design Fair in Italy.
                (2nd grade school project)
If you are looking for a young, talented, hardworking, imaginative, passionate industrial and/or graphic designer and your company's conditions match with the criteria above and below, don't hesitate to contact him via mail or phone. you can drop a line on the guestbook, either.
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words
design_philosophy
Everyday, lots of new products jump to the market.
How many of them bring a solution for an existing
problem ? How many of them suggest a better or
easier way to do same job ?

I ask similar questions to myself while designing like

It is affordable and understandable for everyone ?
It will cost less this time ?
Can I use less materials for the same product ?
It will be functional or multifunctional ?

These questions help me thinking about my
existance and mission as an industrial designer.
I don't want to design just some trendy items and
waste some more precious materials.

I want to save the world !










design_methodology

These are the design steps which Akin Bacioglu follows while designing something. However, according to the project brief or the client's needs, this methodology can change a little. For example, there can be some collaborations and job-sharing with other designers and companies. In this case, some steps can be skipped or widened for reaching the goals in the design methodology below.

DESIGN STEPS GOAL PROCESS PRODUCTS
1  BRIEF Understand what the client wants
Define the product
 Meetings

 Product type
Target consumers
Budget, schedules, deadlines
Risks, benefits
2  RESEARCH Know your customer
Define problems
See the limits		 Costumer interviews, observations
What are their goals?
 Costumer goals identified
and aligned with business goals
Personas
3  INVENTION Innovation, Differentiation, Resonance Brainstorm, analyze, explore, sketch,
animate, write		 Ideas communicated through
sketches, graphics, animation,
words and widget prototypes
4  PRODUCTIZATION Pick one of the concepts Gain costumer and product team feedback,
through product user tests and iteration
Compare different concepts according to the brief		 Workflow diagrams,
functional specifications,
product prototypes
5  PRODUCTION Make the product Design all parts, molds, words, layouts, graphics,
Decide materials, colors, alternatives		 Working, safe, profitable products
6  MARKETING Inform your customer Brainstorm, analyze, explore, sketch,
animate, write		 Product Identity
(packaging, website, logo, etc...)
Campaigns, advertisements


works
also

     also
     Logo design of the also chair project 1/4

Also armchair is an multifunctional furniture which designed for teen rooms and small houses. It can be used as an reading chair and also a working table.
Just flip the armchair for 90 degrees, and now it is a working desk. Besides there is a bookcase behind the backrest of the chair to put your books or homeworks.
It works properly in both position. Because of the minimalistic lines of design and selected materials it is very easy to produce and very cheap to purchase.


button

button      Logo design of the button stool project 1/5

Button project inspired from buttons which used in electronics stuff for operating the system. Other inspiration source is the button word itself. When the letters was divided as butt+on, it gives the main idea about how this product works.

Having a beautiful light effects inside, i thought it would be a good idea using this stool as a lighting object at the same time. So along this concept, i created a button cafe project which used button stools inside. The cafe's lighting level depends on customers' number. The more customers means more brightness and a more colorful place.

minima

minima      Logo design of the minima chair project 1/7

According to the Istanbul Technical University's graduation project brief, it was asked to design a furniture for the sponsor firm (Siesta Mobilya) within 12 weeks semestry. They were responsible for providing feedback thorough development of the design and creating a prototype or obtaining the necessary fund for it.

Siesta Mobilya is one of the biggest furniture firms in Turkey especially in plastics category. They are the first manufacturer which uses gas-assisted injection molding technology in Turkey. So, they wanted a chair which is proper for gas-assisted injection molding. In addition to that, it must have armrests, be stackable, and it must have a powerful structure to show the strenght of production process.

stack

Soon...

mol

mol      Logo design of the mol cutlery project 1/5

In chemistry, mol defines a certain amount of atoms. Just like atoms join together and build molecules, then compounds.
In this design; the fork,the spoon and the knife by differentiating in length and shape, builds dinner and service kits and finally this 17 pieces cutlery set.
The letters in the mol word, impersonates the fork, the spoon and the knife left to the right.
m letter symbolizes the fork's sticks, o letter symbolizes the spoon's bowl and the l letter symbolizes the knife's sharp surface.

iceself

iceself      Logo design of the iceself martini glass project 1/4

Iceself was designed especially for Bombay Sapphire's Martini Glass Competition. Knowing that most of the drink are served with icecubes, iceself create them itself.


orva


Undisclosed project for few months

mood

mood      Logo design of the mood sunglasses project 1/6

Mood is a multifunctional accessories which you can listen music, make a phone call or just use as a sunglasses.
While wearing mood at the street or sunbathing at the beach, all eyes will be on you.

It has so many important features which make it new and different.
Mood's frame made of flexible yet durable plastic. It fits perfectly your face and doesn't slip like as ordinary headphones.
There is an embedded high quality microphone with sound cancellling feature inside of the headphone. Your voice is clearly transferred to the other side.
Thanks to the bluetooth technology, mood can establish a connection with computers and gsm phones.
You can store mp3 files inside of built-in memory and listen your music whenever you want.
Either at sunglasses position or headphone position, enjoy the high quality sound system.
Mood can be recharged by using USB connection. There is a lithium battery inside of headphone.

If you have some other wishes, please be patient for mood2.

dadi

dadi      Logo design of the dadi flower support project 1/5

Dadi means "nanny" in Turkish. It asist the people who is interested in flower gardening. While you are on a vacation or when you don't have any time for looking your plants, Dadi does it for you perfectly. It was designed for watering plants and flowers and keep them straight and together while growing.

Dadi can be used properly with flower pots. It helps the plants which need vertical supports while growing. Its under-soil part waters directly the root of the plants. Flowerlike appearance transforms it an decorative object.

parrot

parrot      Parrot festival logo (colored version) 1/3

This logo created for a cultural diversity festival logo competition which is sponsored by UNESCO.
It uses two graphic illusions for telling two stories about the cultural diversity and the festival.

story 1: the colorful stripes,actually illustrate a graphic chart which shows changing values and the colors represent different cultures . there are hands rising from these cultures and trying to reach higher in blue sky and saying " hey, I am here, too". maybe these same hands belong to people enjoying themselves with the music or different performances in this festival.

story 2: parrot is an one of the most attractive animals of the nature. beautiful colors and a special gift, "talking". For an organization which different cultures meet each other and talk about the future, parrot is a very proper symbol. In this logo, there is an illusion that hides a stylized parrot with colorful tail, a blue body part, a red-green beak and an eye watching over people.

Black / white and white / black versions of the logo also gives the complete message, maybe in a simplier way. They all can be used in different media.

bee

bee      Istanbul Technical University logo (colored version) 1/2

Istanbul Technical University is one of the biggest university in Turkey maybe in Europe. It is known as its hardworking students. Bees are hardworking and beneficial creatures, too. That's why, it was selected as the symbol of the university and used for a long time. In this logo, bee was reshaped with a new concept.
Bees use needles for defencing themselves. If we consider a student as if it is a bee, what would a student's weapon be ?

yes, it is knowledge...

eyca

eyca

This logo was designed for EYCA (European Youth Card Association) logo design competition. The aim was creating a symbol which will be added on the youth card, and reflects the organization's philosophy in a way. There is a negative space illusion in the logo. In the first look, you will see a travelling star.
In the second look, try to not seeing the star. This time, you should see a young, green-colored guy who is happy for holding his youth card.

factory

factory

In this logo, initial letters of Akin Bacioglu create two different stories. In first one, they form a comic character's head which is busy on dreaming about something.
In second one, they form a factory building with chimneys which is working non-stop. an industrial and graphic design factory ...

izmirguncel

izmirguncel

This banner was designed for a local news site (Izmir Guncel) in Izmir. It is one of the most beautiful city in Turkey along seaside.
The clock tower is the landmark of Izmir. Birds which turning around the tower watch over the city and follow what is going on, just like this website does.

awards

Also Chair | Special Mention | Promosedia International Design Award | Italy, 2008
Also Chair | Second Prize | 1st National Furniture Design Award | Turkey, 2008
Bee product family | Special Mention | Design For ITU Competition | Turkey, 2008
ID sunglasses | Third Prize | Radical Movements in Design Competition | Turkey, 2006
Kisstanbul t-shirt | winner | Mavi Jeans Design Workshop | Turkey, 2006
Clever packaging | Second Prize | Recycling Fair Design Workshop | Turkey, 2005
Active packaging | exhibited | ME Design International Design Fair | Italy, 2004