Resumé

Professional Experiences:

Temo Mobilya A.S., BURSA / 2005- ...
(visit www.temomobilya.com)
Product&Stand Designer
Young Room Furniture collections are my responsibility as well as oour stands in domestic and international fairs like Dubai, Cologne. Target age of children is 8-24 and also baby rooms.

Cilek Youngs Furniture, BURSA / 2004-2005
(visit www.cilek.com.tr)
Industrial Designer
I was responsible for exhibit design at international furniture fairs like Milano, Cologne and Paris, also showroom design and design support for R&D.

Detay Design & Arch. Services, ISTANBUL / 2003-2004
(visit www.detaytasarim.com, not updated yet)
Industrial Designer
Detay Design is one of the leading firms in the field of Exhibitions.
I have designed both modular system stands and wood-steel construction system stands for customers like RAKS, WÜRTH, ISBANK, ASELSAN and VAIO-TURKEY.

Goldas Jewelry, ISTANBUL / 2002
(visit www.goldas.com )
Jewelry Designer
I've worked parallel with Trend Dept., prepared many collections both in jewelry as single or triple set, and valuable souvenirs; wathces and porcelain sets. Also I have experienced hand-molding closely and have used ModelMaker for computerized manufacturing.

Filpark Internet Solutions & Services, ISTANBUL / 2001
(visit www.bascuda.com )
Interface Designer (Part-time)
I've worked closely with IT and Graphic Dept. for construction of an e-shopping site. Our team was responsible for deciding colors, photographing products and designing their presentations, uploading images and texts, positioning links.

Mercedes Benz – Turk AS, ISTANBUL /2001
(visit www.mercedes-benz.com.tr )
Facelift Designer (sponsored school project)
Worked with professional team members of Design Dept and engineers. During 5 months of facelift design of CityBus O345 Conecto, I have prepared lots of sketch presentations with every week. That was a great experience for me to be in that rush in automotive industry.

Education:

Industrial Design, Technical University of Istanbul
(visit www.itu.edu.tr ) 1997 to 2002
High School of Science, Uskudar 1994 to 1997

Software:

I am proficient in the following programs on PC:
Office XP, AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop, Poser, Rhinoceros, Freehand, JewelCad.

Also intermediate level in the fallowing:
Alias Wavefront, Flash.

I am totally able to learn this kind of applications quickly and I can easily reflect my ideas in 3D both by hand and computer.

Language:

Turkish (native)
English (advanced)
Spanish (intermediate)

Projects by Tayfun GURKAYA