Trained in industrial design at Loughborough, then a year in-house at Contex Textile in Istanbul. I design where sport, culture and everyday style meet.
A portable, battery-powered shoe dryer for athletes, designed to cut moisture and odour wherever they train. I took it from user research to a working prototype and a complete brand: packaging, retail and a co-branded campaign.
Open AERØ
Liman means harbour in Turkish. A summer label rooted in İzmir, where I spent my childhood summers: name, script logo, olive-tree mark, palette, packaging and a five-piece oversized drop cut from one cropped block.
Open Liman
A unisex capsule for young Shanghai players who go from a late pickup game straight into the city. Basketball warm-up wear with stand collars, offset fronts and pankou knot closures, reworked so they actually work as sportswear.
Open Night Court
A modular clothing system that keeps climbers warm, mobile and comfortable as conditions change at altitude. Inspired by the Annapurna range and the Himalayan Monal, its shell, mid and base layers and zip-off vented panels let the wearer adjust protection through the climb.
I built the moodboard around the Monal’s iridescent colour shifts and the textures of snow and rock, then translated them into gradient prints and blocked panels. Next I’d add technical flats, a fabric and trim list, and a toned-down colourway for a wider customer.
I asked how the look and feel of basketball footwear affects players’ confidence, identity and performance. As a BUCS player myself, I could talk to athletes as a teammate, not an outsider.
A year in-house as Product Design Development Intern at a garment manufacturer in Istanbul and its London sister company, Conuk Ltd. The back-and-forth with suppliers, sample rounds, specs and the presentation that wins the order. I also redesigned the Conuk Ltd website in Figma.
The ranges I worked on are confidential, so no product images are shown.
Range direction from the customer
Suppliers on fabric and trims
Samples between factory and team
Specifications for production
Brand materials for buyer meetings
What it taught me: creative intent always meets cost, lead time and factory capability. Raising issues early saves a sample round.
A handheld scanner that reads spoilage gases and bacteria to show if food is safe to eat. Storyboarded, sketched and rendered, with a companion app.
An Arduino wearable that learns good and bad posture from motion data and vibrates to correct it. Colour range tested across the bands.
I researched my parents’ places of origin and turned that heritage into the symbol on a hand-made silver ring. Culture as a starting point, the same way Liman and Night Court started.
Rhino form studies, a rapid-prototyping project and furniture pieces, including a reclaimed-timber chair made at Grymsdyke Farm for London Design Festival 2025.
I design where sport, culture and everyday style meet.
I’m a London-based designer who trained in industrial design at Loughborough and spent a year in-house at Contex Textile in Istanbul, around garment sourcing, sampling and buyer presentations. I played BUCS basketball for two seasons and wrote my dissertation on how what players wear shapes their confidence and identity on court.
Who is it for, and where do they wear it?
Research, trends and market into one clear opportunity
Narrative, moodboard, colour and material
Sketches, flats, construction and fit
Specs, feedback rounds, clear presentation
