Industrial
Designer

Industrial
Designer

with a passion for designing future products, experiences and narratives.

with a passion for designing future products, experiences and narratives.

Selected Works

yellow poster with black text title "gondry", subtitle "AI guided wellness"
gondry

A project investigating the aesthetics and ethics of AI for homecare; after investigating market value, we designed and prototyped Gondry, an AI-guided device that adapts clinical EMDR therapy into a playful tool for daily stress reprocessing targeted to young adults.

AI

Human-Centered

Product Design

Interaction Aesthetics

B2B Strategy

yellow poster with black text title "gondry", subtitle "AI guided wellness"
gondry

A project investigating the aesthetics and ethics of AI for homecare; after investigating market value, we designed and prototyped Gondry, an AI-guided device that adapts clinical EMDR therapy into a playful tool for daily stress reprocessing targeted to young adults.

AI

Human-Centered

Product Design

Interaction Aesthetics

B2B Strategy

Ballance

Under the design brief to create a 'companion', we designed Ballance: a worktop companion to encourage balanced participation during creative discussions. This device uses real-time audio sensing and shifting weights to provide subtle kinetic feedback.

Companion Design

Product Design

3D Modelling

Arduino

Ballance

Under the design brief to create a 'companion', we designed Ballance: a worktop companion to encourage balanced participation during creative discussions. This device uses real-time audio sensing and shifting weights to provide subtle kinetic feedback.

Companion Design

Product Design

3D Modelling

Arduino

The (Rebellious) Dinner

Our team aimed to explore concepts of rebellion and authoritarianism through tangible experience rather than theoretical discussion. Existing political dialogues often remained abstract, so we designed and orchestrated an immersive speculative dinner that physically manifested these power dynamics through food, ritual, and interactive artifacts.

Speculative Design

Experience Design

Participatory Design

(Visual) Storytelling

The (Rebellious) Dinner

Our team aimed to explore concepts of rebellion and authoritarianism through tangible experience rather than theoretical discussion. Existing political dialogues often remained abstract, so we designed and orchestrated an immersive speculative dinner that physically manifested these power dynamics through food, ritual, and interactive artifacts.

Speculative Design

Experience Design

Participatory Design

(Visual) Storytelling

Brian as a Worm

The assignment required demonstrating principles of creative electronics within tight constraints. Existing soft robotics projects were often complex and resource-intensive, so I designed and built a simplified pneumatic earthworm robot that replicated natural photophobic behavior using accessible materials and basic electronics.

Soft Robotics

Human-Robot Interaction

Biomimetics

Arduino

Pneumatics

Brian as a Worm

The assignment required demonstrating principles of creative electronics within tight constraints. Existing soft robotics projects were often complex and resource-intensive, so I designed and built a simplified pneumatic earthworm robot that replicated natural photophobic behavior using accessible materials and basic electronics.

Soft Robotics

Human-Robot Interaction

Biomimetics

Arduino

Pneumatics

CMF & Trend Analysis

Design Research & Strategy

Design Research & Strategy

Value-Sensitive design

Narrative Design

Narrative Design

Speculative Design

Speculative Design

Product Design

Product Design

Experience Design

Experience Design

Participatory Design

Participatory Design

Prototyping & Fabrication

Prototyping & Fabrication

Interaction Design

Interaction Design

What I bring to the table

Interdisciplinary design skills, turning complex challenges into tangible, user-centered products and experiences.

Interdisciplinary design skills, turning complex challenges into future-proof products and experiences.

Hi, I'm Hazal

and I design tangible things for complex futures.

I am an industrial designer who believes the most profound futures are not just imagined, but felt through material, seen in a carefully chosen color, and experienced through the weight of an object in your hand. My practice is a commitment to making the abstract tangible: transforming the 'wicked' — complex sociopolitical, environmental, and technological challenges — into artifacts and experiences that are both critically engaging and deeply accessible.

My process is rooted in designing with, not for. This ethic of mutuality moves beyond empathy to foster genuine co-creation. It is a practice that honors lived expertise<>experience and avoids extraction, ensuring that the voices of those we design for are embedded in the very fabric of the outcomes. I leverage my interdisciplinary curiosity as a tool to trace connections between fields and reveal paths often overlooked.

I am driven by the emotional and communicative power of materiality. I strive to create work where aesthetic coherence is not an afterthought, but the primary language through which a product speaks, builds trust, and fosters care. Ultimately, design is the practice of embodying our values in the things we make: crafting the material conversations that will shape our shared tomorrow.

I am an industrial designer who believes the most profound futures are not just imagined, but felt through material, seen in a carefully chosen color, and experienced through the weight of an object in your hand. My practice is a commitment to making the abstract tangible: transforming the 'wicked' — complex sociopolitical, environmental, and technological challenges — into products and experiences that are both critically engaging and deeply accessible.

My process is rooted in designing with, not for. This ethic of mutuality moves beyond empathy to foster genuine co-creation. It is a practice that honors lived expertise<>experience and avoids extraction, ensuring that the voices of those we design for are embedded in the very fabric of the outcomes. I leverage my interdisciplinary curiosity as a tool to trace connections between fields and reveal paths often overlooked.

I am driven by the emotional and communicative power of materiality. I strive to create work where aesthetic coherence is not an afterthought, but the primary language through which a product speaks, builds trust, and fosters care. Ultimately, design is the practice of embodying our values in the things we make: crafting the material conversations that will shape our shared tomorrow.

Testimonials

Testimonials

“Seeing a [Hazal’s] completely unique perspective of the tech and engineering world has proved to be very useful - a great example of multidisciplinary collaboration.

I.I.

Mechanical Engineer

Hazal was active in the meetings and had good insights on what to improve based on the midterm feedback. This helped steer the group toward clearer communication and better alignment between the course’s goals and the execution of the final presentation.

E. vd K.

Chemical Engineer

Hazal showed good initiative and motivation...Especially in making sure that the final deliverables are up to standard.

S.M.

Applied Physicist