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

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

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.

sometimes I tumble down mountains

sometimes I tumble down mountains

sometimes I tumble down mountains

you'll mainly find me reading

you'll mainly find me reading

you'll mainly find me reading

a-ha!

a-ha!

a-ha!
Testimonials
Testimonials
I.I.
Mechanical Engineer
E. vd K.
Chemical Engineer
S.M.
Applied Physicist