Portfolio 2015 by Ahmet Burak Aktaş

AHMETBURAKAKTAS

INDUSTRIALDESIGNPORTFOLIO 2015

Hello, SVA IxD! I am Burak, Industrial Designer from Ankara. You can find a selection of my works in this portfolio.

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education

Middle East Technical University | Ankara, Turkey MS Industrial Design, 4.00/4.00 2013 - Ongoing

Middle East Technical University | Ankara, Turkey BID Industrial Design, 3.60/4.00 (2nd Rank) 2008 - 2013

experience

Inofab - Innovation Factory | Ankara, Turkey Partner // Industrial Designer, August 2014 - Ongoing METU Department of Industrial Design | Ankara, Turkey Research Assistant, December 2013 - Ongoing Metaphys & Hers Experimental Design Laboratory | Osaka, Japan Industrial Design Intern, June - August 2012 Turk Traktor AS., Case & New Holland | Ankara, Turkey Intern at R&D Design Department, July - August 2011 Solar Decathlon Team Turkey | Ankara, Turkey Interior & Furniture Design Team Leader, February 2010 - January 2013

language

computer skills

English: Fluent, TOEFL Score: 104, October 2014 - Certificate on Completing Intensive English Course, August 2006 | Stony Brook University, New York Japanese: Pre-Intermediate, Certificate on Completing Elementary Level, Turkish - Japanese Foundation, January 2011 | Ankara, Turkey Turkish: Native Software

Prototyping

Rhinoceros SolidWorks 3ds Max T-Splines V-Ray KeyShot

scholarships awards

Photoshop InDesign Illustrator After Effects Premiere Muse

Arduino 3D Printing Laser Cutting Clay - Ceramics Styrofoam Wood - Metal

Fulbright Scholarship, for Master's, Starting September 2015 1st Rank Finalist 1st Rank 1st Rank Bronze Winner 3rd Rank Shortlist 1st Rank Mention Mention Mention Finalist Silver Winner Mention Mention 2nd Prize

- Bogazici University Iste Bu Entrepreneurship Awards 2014 with Inofab - New Ideas New Businesses Entrepreneurship Awards 2014 with Inofab - UNDP / Every Drop Matters - Water Awards 2014 - TUBITAK Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards 2014 - International Design Excellence Awards 2014 - Ghost Project â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Social Innovation Competition 2014 - The Dieline Awards 2014 - iF Concept Design Awards 2014 - Automotive Component Design Awards 2014 - Cardboard Package Design Awards 2014 - WPO Worldstar Student Awards 2013 - ASD National Packaging Design Awards 2013 - International Design Excellence Awards 2013 - A' Design Awards 2013 - iF Concept Design Awards 2012 - IMMIB National Industrial Design Awards 2011 - WPO Worldstar Student Awards 2011 - ASD National Packaging Design Awards 2010

First Rank Student on All Semesters 2009-2012 College High Honour List on All Semesters 2009-2013 Gold Medal - National Mathematic Olympiads, Organised by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2004 ÂŠ2015 Ahmet Burak Aktas. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS AQUAKIT

SHEEPERD

System for villagers living without mains water

Interactive quadcopter game

POLY

BREADBX

Smart alarm clock

Electrical bread box

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WASH-IT

KANVER

Water saving washing machine and shower cabinet

Innovative blood donation system for Turkey

FLORA

WING

Hot-Desk furniture system for airports and expo centers

AQUAKIT System for Villagers Living Without Mains Water Graduation Project March - June 2013

Exhibited at:

In collaboration with:

BACKGROUND In Turkey, according to Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Local Authorities (2011), there are nearly 15.000 villages and arable fields that does not have water plumbing system.

This situation forces villagers to carry water from fountains, which are usually located at the center of the village.

Villagers carry water from 3 to 10 times a day. However, carrying the water is not the only problem. They store water in plastic buckets, use pitcher to wash their hands and use bowl and bucket to wash the dishes, for flushing and showering.

Farmers got used to live this way, since they have been living like this for many years. However, there is a great potential for an affordable product to break this cycle and improve the life standards of these people.

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RESEARCH / INSIGHTS Under the guidance of Human Centered Design Toolkit (IDEO), I conducted a field research to a local village area near Beypazari, Ankara. I also got some inspiration from the book Design for the Other 90% (Smith), which got me some courage to deal with this huge problem.

Analysing field research photographs to get insights.

DESIGN JOURNEY I focused on designing a kit for villagers, that will improve their quality of life by easing the whole process concerning water they use.

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The kit contains - Water Containers - Carrying Cart - Detachable Small Equipments

FINAL PRODUCT SYSTEM WATER CONTAINER

LID & TAP

It has 10 liters of water capacity. It is used with a metal stand that provides clean contact, tap height and tapers the container so that all the water goes towards the lid.

Quick connection detail provides easy connection of the tap. User can adjust the position of the tap easily, since it has a flexible hose.

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DETAILS

FINAL PRODUCT SYSTEM CARRYING CART Villagers can carry up to six containers at a time. The cart has large tires to cope with harsh terrains. Steel structure makes the cart long lasting.

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The main structure is made with just two cnc bended pipes, from a single 600cm standard pipe, which lowers the manufacturing costs significantly.

DETAILS

FINAL PRODUCT SYSTEM FUNNEL

FILLING ATTACHMENT

It eases the process of filling containers from a well with a pump. It can be screwed on the container for stable filling. The openings on the sides enable air to go out. It can be carried on the cartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pipe. It can be also used to fill the container with hot water at home.

It is screwed to the fountain pipe in the village, after cutting thread inside of it. It has a tapered screw head in order to fit more than one pipe. When the valve is turned, water goes through the hose.

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THE CYCLE AquaKit offers easy carrying, storing and using of water. With AquaKit, for a four people family, woman needs to get water once a day, instead of eight times.

MODEL MAKING - 1 Container and stand (1/1) - 1 Cart (1/3) - 6 Containers (1/3)

- 1 Funnel (1/1) - 1 Fountain with attachment (1/3) - 1 Containers (1/3): XPS + 3D Print

CNC Milling for Container XPS Body

Cardboard Cart Tires by Laser Cut, Body from Steel Bar

3D Printed Parts

Polyester Putty on XPS Body

Cart and Other Parts After Spray Painting

Functional 3D Printed Lid

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Final Models

Graduation Exhibition, METU 2013

SHEEPERD Interacive quadcopter game Master's Project September 2013 - January 2015

Group Project With Meric Dagli Emre Caglar Aslihan Tokat Yavuz Paksoy Pinar Simsek

Exhibited at:

CONCEPT Sheeperd is an interactive outdoor game. The aim of the project was to build a DIY open source quadcopter and create an outdoor multiplayer game with it.

The design team was able to fully design and prototype both the quadcopter and the game headsets from scratch, using Arduino.

The game is intended to be played outdoors in the dark, the drone is to be controlled by one player, while other players try to stay in the circle projected by the drone above with the help of a high power LED. Each player wears a headset which has a circuitry that senses the light and keep track of the playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

points until only one player is left. When one player steps outside of the circle, the cap sends feedback to the player by the vibration to inform that s/he loses points. If the player cannot stay in the circle for a total of 15 seconds then s/he is eliminated from the game.

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PROTOTYPING

Input Output Diagram

QUADCOPTER

The quadcopter is built using a frame kit, esc drives, brushless motors, radio transmitter, gps module, bluetooth module, battery and Arduino mega based MultiWii flight controller.

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Later we switched to another Arduino based flight controller, APM, since we had some stability problems that disappeared afterwards.

HEADSETS

Headsets are built using Arduino Nano and Arduino Pro Mini. They each had three light sensors that are placed different sides on them. There is a vibration motor driven by a L293D motor driver and a series of LEDs that gives feedback when the player is losing points. The circuit is powered by 4 AAA batteries and the game is started with the help of a pushbutton.

USER MANUAL The team also prepared a user manual that briefly describes the game and gives some advise on safety issues.

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VIDEO / BLOG

Please watch the video by clicking the image above or use this link: youtu.be/3bTX9Stylq0 Please visit project blog for development of the project and source codes: sheeperd.com

WASH-IT Water saving washing machine and shower cabinet 3rd Year Project September - October 2011

Group Project With Salih Berk Ilhan Adem Onalan Burak Soylemez

In collaboration with:

Mentioned & Exhibited in:

PROJECT AIM Designing a “Home Hero” that will make our everyday life better.

We have routines. And there are “Heroes” that helps us doing our routine work much more easily.

Here are some "Home Heroes" :

OUR FUTURE HOME HERO?

RESEARCH Research sessions took place on lots of different locations like houses, restaurants and in studio.

House interviews

Workshop with participants in studio

Presentation in faculty hall

Interview workshop

Feedbacks from the participants

Presentation in university cafeteria

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FINDINGS

Water is everything. But we use excessive amount of water in our bathrooms.

We use approximately 100 liters of water for a 10 minute shower.

And 38 liters of water for washing our clothes in piles, which is an exhausting activity.

What if we were able to use the same water for those two activities?

SHOWER CABINET + WASHING MACHINE ?

IDEATION

FINAL CONCEPT

DOMESTIC USE

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PUBLIC USE

DETAILS

While user is having a shower, Washit gathers graywater from shower cabinet to the water storage via filters. So all the water in storage is cleaned and ready to be used again either for showering and washing clothes.

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After the shower, user can take back his washed clothes or leave them there for Washit to dry. Washit refills itself from water main in case of water loss.

LEDs show filter life

Opening at the ceiling enables steam to go out.

Replacing filters

Integrated shower head offers pleasure.

KANVER Innovative Blood Donation System January - June 2014 Group Project With Andac Akarsu Adem Onalan Merthan Ozturk

PROJECT AIM / RESEARCH

Blood announcements collected from social media

Blood donation is a constant need According to American Red Cross, one in four people will need a blood transfusion sometime in their lifetime. However, in Turkey, only less than 4% of the population donates blood annually, which is not even near covering the blood needs of the

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people. Therefore, in emergency situations, people desperately develop their own ways of searching blood donors and try to contact them using social media or websites, which are not efficient ways to reach them.

IDEATION / BUSINESS MODEL

Building a blood network Data of the patient who needs blood is automatically entered to the KANVER databases that had been established to the hospitals. Potential blood donors are able to view these needs via their smart phones ,

tablets or personal computers. Thanks to this system, relatives of the patients, who are already facing a depressing and exhausting moment, does not need to worry about the blood searching problem.

User can view current local blood needs from NOW panel. If there is same type blood need, user can tap on the need and get information then directions to the patient.

In the PROFILE page, user can see his/ her past donations and blood test results. Moreover he/she can follow the health conditions of patients he donated blood. 35

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In the NEWS page, user can see blood activity feed of his/her social network, local statistics that he/she had contributed and news from blood banks.

In BLOOD CONTACTS can see the blood typ contacts.

User registers to the system with an official ID number. After choosing the blood type, social network tools and location information can be attached to the system. Therefore application is personalised and user can see emergency blood needs nearby and from user's social network.

If user accepts to donate blood, an online survey appears in order to determine whether user is suitable for donation or not.

If user passes the survey, application will automatically navigate user to the hospital.

S page, user pes of his/her

POLY Smart Alarm Clock February - May 2014

PROJECT AIM / RESEARCH Conceiveing and developing a bedside alarm clock taking a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Design for Interactionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approach centred on meaningful interaction.

How can the interaction of being woke up by a bedside alarm clock be taken into a particular meaningful direction?

Developing mind maps

Building moodboards of products and non-products

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IDEATION

Developing user scenarios

Interaction role play Acting out interactions

FINAL CONCEPT

Poly is a smart phone controlled alarm clock that aims to help its user to regulate his/her sleeping cycle with a simple and effective way. It is shaped as an icosahedron which has 20 faces.

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Every morning, a random face keeps blinking with a random sound, until the user finds that face and puts Poly down on it. Poly can also warn the user that it is time to go to bed, in order to get enough sleep.

THE APP

Poly can be controlled with a smartphone. When user opens the Poly App for the first time, it asks some directive questions to the user in order to guide him/her to the first alarm setting.

The Poly App kindly asks to the user the usual time he/she wakes up on weekdays and the amount of sleep he/she needs to get.

After setting the alarm for the first time, the regular screens appear. User can add more alarms and edit the current alarms on these screens.

The sleep reminder function is optional. If user activates this option, Poly will gently remind the user that he/she needs to go to bed in order to get enough sleep.

USER SCENARIO

After setting the alarm with a smartphone, Poly calmly reminds the user that it is time to go to bed, by blinking its random faces.

User can confirm that the alarm is set safely by simply touching Poly.

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When it is alarm time, a random face of Poly starts to blink, and it makes sound.

NO SNOOZING! Poly is designed to wake up the user on time without needing a snooze function, which is proved to be harmful for your health.

User needs to find the blinking face and put the Poly down on it to turn off the alarm.

PROTOTYPING

Building quick mock ups in order to finalize the form of the product.

Using Arduino for the functional prototype.

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AUGMENTED REALITY

Using augmented reality to present the idea more effectively.

Using augmented reality on posters in order to show animations.

BREADBX Electrical Bread Box That Vacuums The Air Inside November 2012 - January 2013

In collaboration with:

PROJECT AIM Designing a small electrical kitchen appliance, considering local values and experience design.

There are wide range of appliances, assisting people prepare, cook and store food.

RESEARCH Research on changing lifestyle and food trends in 5-10 years time.

HOW DO OUR LIFESTYLES ARE CHANGING?

BACK TO ORGANIC & HEALTHY LIFE!

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HANDS ON Hands on experience on different kinds of small electrical kitchen appliances.

Bread Maker

Turkish Coffee Maker

Hand Blender

Food Processor

FINDINGS

NEVER WASTE BREAD!

BREAD BOXES ARE USELESS!

In Turkish culture, bread is sacred.

People put the breads in bread basket with plastic bags, in order to prevent staling.

IDEATION

From this point, I decided to change my approach of freezing the bread. I focused on a better way to keep bread fresh in short term, which is vacuuming the bread box.

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USING VACUUM TO PROTECT BREAD

Vacuuming the bread

Testing the results after 48 hours

FINAL CONCEPT

User can activate and release the vacuum by just pushing one button.

Vacuum is done with the help of a small electrical vacuum engine.

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User can use the wooden part as a bread basket.

LEDs communicate with the user showing the vacuum process.

DETAILING

- No more plastic bags - Bread is visible thanks to transparent lid - Bread touches only the wooden basket

1/1 Scale Visual Model

FLORA Modular Workstation for Expo Centers 4th Year Project September - October 2012

Group Project With Salih Berk Ilhan Adem Onalan Merthan Ozturk

In collaboration with:

PROJECT AIM Designing a workstation, which will be used temporarily in order to work for short times, while using internet and power supply.

RESEARCH Searching possible potential places for temporary workstations.

Bus Terminal

CafĂŠ

Expo Center

Airport

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IDEATION

MOCK-UPS Building scaled and 1/1 mock-ups in order to understand proportions more efficiently.

Layout Design

1/1 Working Space Determination

Understanding Proportions

Scaled Mock-Up

Using Branches

1/1 Final Mock-Up

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FINAL CONCEPT

Internet enabled hot desk system that offers motivating space for visitors and participants to work individually or in pairs at expo centers.

Branches as a seperator

Lighting

Storage

Plug-in

DETAILING

Lots of different arrangments can be made.

Orta dikme H1220 Masa bağlantı elemanı

Profil bağlantı elemanı

Panel

Tip E H1220

Connection Detail 4

Priz kapağı

Masa tablası

Depolama

Flora is designed to get assembled and dissassembled easily.

2012 ODTÜ Adem Önalan / Ahmet Burak Aktaş / Merthan Öztürk / Salih Berk İlhan

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Tip A H720

PARÇA ŞEMASI

Tip E H1070

I have done the technical and assembly drawings 12 using SolidWorks.

PRODUCTION Flora is produced by one of the leading office furniture producers, DELTA Office. All of the production drawings are done by the team.

1/10 Visual Model

Production Phase

Assembled Product

Double Working Space

Final Product

CUBE Raki Glass Package 1st Year Project March 2010

PROJECT AIM Designing an innovative, easy to manufacture, cheap and attractive package for two raki glasses.

Raki is a traditional Turkish alcoholic bavarage. Raki glass is traditionally shaped like a slightly tapered cylinder.

IDEATION Putting one glass vertical and the other horizontal enables a funky and attractive package.

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Corrugated board is the most common material in packaging industry. It is suitable for packaging raki glasses.

FINAL CONCEPT Graphic design empowers the concept, encouriging user to buy two pairs instead of one.

PROTOTYPING - Single Part - No Need For Glue - Minimum Waste

Corrugated board

Expansion

WING 3 Person Tent With a Significant Ventilation System 2nd Year Project June 2011

Group Project With Adem Onalan

PROJECT AIM Designing a 3 person tent and building a 1/1 scale working prototype with the real materials.

Waterproof fabric is a must use item.

IDEATION Working with mock-ups is essential in order to simulate stresses on the structure.

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Poles are the main structural elements.

FINAL CONCEPT

A special ventilation part - Users can easily open this unit when they need fresh air and close it on rainy weathers. - Wing is controlled from the inside of the tent easily.

PROTOTYPING Building a 1/1 scale prototype with the real materials. After the process, the tent was waterproof and ready to camp in!

THANK YOU!

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