Engin Akbaba

As a leading role in Design Team of Silverline Built-In Appliances;
- Active leading role in design conceptualisation, new product development and UX research & development and UI Implementation.
- Active role in developing design implementation tools -CMF / Silkprint data sheets for collaboration with R&D.
- Conducting usability testing
- Creating wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps and screen flows
- Creating product prototypes

As a leading role in freelance product design consultancy at innovative sectors;
• Active role in every stage of product design and development process using
human-centred design methodologies
• Analysing user-focused need by defining the scope of the design projects

worked on Smart Mobile Devices and Accessories projects
- Pursuing design process from its conceptual phase to manufacturing phase within a part of multidisciplinary team
- Take part in creation process of branding of Smart Mobile Devices family, collabrating with top management, marketing, product management and product development divisions and professors at Ege University.
- Work closely with product development, product prototyping and manufacturing teams to ensure that design specifications and color, material and finishing are implemented correctly.
- Active role in developing and articulating design concepts, ideas, and color, material and finishing directions.
- Explore, develop, and refine design concepts within the context of research, design, and graphics.
- Support Home ID team in visioning the future of smart mobile devices by researching consumer and technology trends.

Responsible of development of the design ideas in the project from basic products concepts through to fully worked-out design solutions for consumer electronics on BrownGoods such as TV, TV stand, settop boxes and remote controller, Small Domestic Appliances, Outdoor Lighting, Showcase stand as individually or in multi-disciplinary team.
- Work specifically on mass-customisation and product diversification according to ODM manufacturing strategy of firm.
- Work closely with multi-disciplinary product development and design prototyping teams to ensure that design specifications and color material and finishing are implemented correctly.
- Research and report on “Color, Material and Finishing” directions of consumer electronics by attending international fairs, such as global sourcing on mobile devices, International Automobile fairs and furniture fairs.
- Pursue firm and design consultancy to undergraduate degree students of industrial product design in “University Collaboration Projects”

Observation of the creation process of moving image and interactive media and participation in process on branding

2009/2010 Anadolu University Industrial Design department graduation project with collaboration of Vestel Electronics Industrial Design Department : Conceptualisation, design, prototyping and presentation of an interactive sound system of 2015 for graduation project thesis in collaboration with design team of Vestel Electronics and professors of Anadolu University.

Observation on the phases of metal manufacturing at metal-workshop and participation in an enhancement project of metal manufacturing process.

Experience in working with an international design team, participation of the on-going design projects such as led-lighting, furniture and fashion accessories by conceptualisation, detailing, prototyping and marketing phases.