Resumé

EXPERIENCE
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Sony Ericsson - UX Creative Design Center, Lund Sweden (11/2004-present)
Senior Industrial Designer

Sony Ericsson - Creative Design Center, Lund Sweden (1/2004-6/2004)
Intern Industrial Designer

Electrolux AB, Sweden (9/2003-1/2004)
Collaboration, MA Project
Air Cleaner Project

ABB, Sweden (9/2002-1/2004)
Collaboration, MA Project
Wearable Communication Device

Interaction Design Lab - Umea, Sweden (3/2003-present)
Student Researcher, Designer, Web Author
• Research for future technologies (for ABB)
• Safe Effective Transports Research Program Website (for Volvo Trucks)
• Concept generation for Mobile Service Technician (for ABB)

Umea Institute of Design - Umea, Sweden (3/2003-present)
Web Designer and Editor
• Complete renovation of www.dh.umu.se
• Web update and Website design (for Sason School of Design)
• Banner Design (for UID and Sason School of Design)

Umea Institute of Design - Umea, Sweden(3/2003-4/2003)
Alias AutoStudio Tutor
• Alias Advanced Modeling and Rendering MA course

Can Yalman Design, Istanbul Turkey (3/2002-9/2002)
Sr. Industrial Designer
Several industrial design projects including:
• Numarine 52’ Motoryacht Exterior Design
• JTI Tobacco POP Design
• Teba Oven & Washing Machine

BuroMob Furniture, Istanbul Turkey (3/2000-1/2002)
Freelance Alias Surface Modeler / Consultant
• Modelled various cast-aluminium parts
• Provided design consultancy
• Delivered flawless surface models

DD Group (Subsidiary of Koc Group), Istanbul Turkey (6/1999-3/2002)
Industrial Designer
• Koc Group is a Fortune 500 company operating internationally with 150 companies
• Responsible for Industrial Design of many heating appliances for Demirdokum
• 7 Industrial Design Patents
• 5 Products on shelf

EDUCATION
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Umea Institute of Design Umea, Sweden
Master of Arts - Advanced Product Design , (June 2004)

Folkuniversitetet Umea, Sweden
Swedish as a Second Language, 1, 2 and 3

ITU Istanbul, Turkey
Master of Science - Industrial Design, (prevailing)

METU Ankara, Turkey
Bachelor of Arts - Industrial Design , (June 1999)

HONORS
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Sony President's Award (2007)

Idesign Award 'Degree Project of the Year'
Idesign AB, Stockholm (2004)

Rotary International Scholarship
Rotary International , Umeå (2004)

TSE Golden Packaging Award
Panel Radiator Packaging (2002)

1st Rank Among Applicants
ITU BSc. Entrance Examination (1994)

SKILLS
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• Graphic Design
• Model Making
• Photo Compositing
• Quick & E.ective Sketching
• Product 3D Animation
• High-Quality Surface Modeling
• Production Knowledge & Experience
• Project Management

COMPUTER
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• Autodesk - Surface, Maya, ImageStudio
• Mcneel - Rhinoceros 3D
• Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, AfterEffects, Flash
• PTC - Pro/Engineer
• Macromedia - Flash, Dreamweaver, Freehand
• Newtek - Lightwave
• Microsoft - Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• AutoDesk - AutoCAD
• ...(read: quick learner)

LANGUAGES
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• English: Fluent
• Swedish: Intermediate
• German: Basic
• Turkish: Native

Projects by Bilgi Karan

Porsche Vacuum
6 Files

Communicating with Emotions
5 Files

Memory Drops
6 Files

Tau Air Cleaner
9 Files

Hybrid Urban Transportation
5 Files

Sketches
1 File

Seet
2 Files