onur barış zafer
I am a graduate student at Middle East Technical University, and an inquisite industrial designer. My design approach orients around asking generative questions, looking for answers out of my diciplinary boundaries and combining them for the best of the others. It is my utmost goal to be always learning new concepts and implementing them into my design proposals. I hope you enjoy the time you take to go through my recent work. Thanks in advance.
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EDUCATION
SKILLS
MSc, Industrial Design 2019 - Present Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey
Computational
Personal
Autodesk Fusion 360
User Research
Rhinoceros 5
Ideation
Keyshot 7
Sketching
Adobe Photoshop
Communication
Adobe Illustrator
Presentation
Adobe After Effects
Time Management
Adobe InDesign
Rapid Foam Modeling
SketchBook
Laser Cutting
Microsoft OfďŹ ce
CNC Machining
BID, Industrial Design 2015 - 2019 Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey CGPA 3.46/4.00, Honor Student
High School 2015 - 2019 METU D.F. Private Schools in Ankara, Turkey CGPA 86/100, Scholarship Holder
EXPERIENCE
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Graduation Project Advisee 2019 Spring B / S / H / Tu r k e y
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Turkish
German
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Working on a project that was intended for the BOP market was a great challenging opportunity to push limits of my empathic understanding. Being consulted by a professional team that had already managed to design, manufacture and market a successful product for the intended ecosystem was a privilege.
REFERENCES
Industrial Design Intern 2018 Summer Arçelik Garage Did research and completed modeling tasks while also carrying out my own internship project. My project was on utilizing digital processes and systems of a freezer. Physical components of the freezer were revised to offer a better interaction with users while constructing the fundamentals of a future software that will be increasing the sustainability of the product.
Industrial Design Intern 2017 Summer Vestel Electronics Observing a variety of manufacturing techniques in a mega factory allowed me to realize how products come into being. Such experience further developed my knowledge in materials and production technologies.
Owain Francis Pedgley Senior Studio Instructor at Middle East Technical University pedgley@metu.edu.tr
Harun Kaygan Vice Chairperson at Middle East Technical University hkaygan@metu.edu.tr
Hasan Emrah Torun Senior Manager at B/S/H/ Turkey Hasan-Emrah.Torun@bshg.com
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1 NAVYA
2 GAEA
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In collaboration with MAN
3 RONDA
4 OCTA
5 POZ
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In collaboration with TEKA
In collaboration with LAV
navya 2019
GRADUATION PROJECT 14 WEEKS “Non-electric dishwasher to prevent waterborne diseases for Kenyan families who are living at the bottom of the pyramid” NON-ELECTRIC DISHWASHER in collaboration with
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2.7 billion people who are living with less than $2.50 a day make up the BOP community. Most of these people are living in rural or remote areas and with low-grade infrastructure that is limiting their access to clean water and electricity. Lack of health and education institutions is the main cause of wide-spread diseases and poor literacy. Top ďŹ ve countries with the most number of impact areas are India, Nigeria, China, Indonesia and South Africa. BOP community is widely accepted by companies as a proďŹ table consumer base that constitutes a market that is large enough not to be ignored.
USER RESEARCH As a part of my user research, I conducted an online survey with people who have spent some time in the impact areas of BOP. Both B/S/H/ Turkey and consulates that I conducted, expanded the reach of the survey. The survey allowed me to have an overall understanding about the BOP lifestyle under three sections. The first section is to understand the African diet to have an idea of what tools are being used in meal preparation and what kind of food in what characteristics interact with these tools. The second section concentrates on the dishwashing experience of African people, and asks specific questions such as the cleaning agents and tools they use in the task or the frequency of task itself. The third section provides information about water usage in Africa while collecting data such as their sensitivity about the amount of water that is used.
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AFRICAN DIET African diet in the impact areas of BOP is based on meals that are mostly prepared with maize. Fufu and ugali are dishes that are frequently consumed. Meals are being cooked over an open fire that causes an excessive amount of carbon monoxide emission. This emission is the main reason of many poisoning cases that result in death. DISHWASHING EXPERIENCE Dishwashing in the impact areas may not be easily defined as hygienic. These areas lack the cleaning tools and agents that enable the task to be healthier. Most of the dishwashing routines are based on soaking the dishes, and then rinsing them. When scrubbing takes place, it is done by making use of sand or egg shells. WATER USAGE Groundwater and rivers are the most common water sources. Women are visiting such sources daily, and carrying buckets of water. Filtration of the collected water is not as common, beacuse most people are more conserned with the amount of water they use in any task over the cleanliness of it. This is the main reason of many deaths caused by water-borne diseases.
IDEATION After completing my humble user research, I started generating ideas. Cultural integrity of the product, water efficiency and simple working mechanisms were the standing points of the process.
TECHNICAL RESEARCH At the end of my initial ideation, I intended to conceptualize the ideas into two distinct design offers. Both of these offers required common technical research on some of the key points of the project. Some of these key points were water decontamination methods, cleaning agents in nature, and water-flow mechanisms.
CONCEPTUAL EXPERIMENTS Before moving on with converging my ideas into two different concepts, I wanted to test two mechanisms that I will be making use of, but had doubts about. Emergency water filter was a filtration method to filter water by sand and stones, while water wheel is a structure that allows water to flow uphill.
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PRELIMINARY IDEAS Since a part of the process was to combine and develop certain initial ideas that give a logical output, I created two preliminary concepts that belong to two different settings.
The first concept was a single unit that decontaminates water by heat treatment. The second concept was a product family while having one member that filters water through a filter made up of sand and stones. 6 4
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FINALIZATION Navya moved on to take its final form and there appeared to be three crucial features to highlight about it. First, Navya cleans the water before it cleans the dishes, because there would be no cleaning of dishes without clean water. In such a case, people would keep on suffering from amoeba, bilharzia, cholera, dysentery and typhoid. Second, Navya is a sustainable product as it utilizes the materials around it. For instance, Navya benefits from a physical filter which is made up of sand, stones and charcoal. In such a case, Navya allows its own maintenance to be done in the context that it belongs to. Third, Navya does not alienate its users. Most of the products that are offered to the impact areas tend to be technological advancements. They have metallic finishes and require complex interactions. Navya, on the other hand, has no icon nor text to give instructions to its users. Considering the numbers of illiterate people, it is not the way they are familiar with to interact with products. Instead of that, Navya guides its users by simple cause and effect relations.
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Once set up, put up a fire. Then, place the dishes, and push them halfway.
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Collect the water by rotating the releasing cap that is located at the bottom of the washer.
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Pour the collected water onto the dishes, and let them rinse. Rinsing water will be refiltered.
gaea 2018
GROUP PROJECT 6 WEEKS “Autonomous urban architectural bus that is empowered by passengers” GROUP MEMBERS Fidan Ezgi Arar Eren Dönertaş Koray Canlar Selen Naz Sarıtaş CONTRIBUTION I was responsible of managing the overall design process as the team leader. In this process, I was also involved in the stages of conceptual ideation, model making and post-editing. in collaboration with
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FIELD RESEARCH PHYSICAL ISSUES
COMMON POSTURES
Most of the buses have a damaged outlook due to low-maintenance services. Passengers go through a variety of postures during a trip. These postures may Torn floor coverings, ripped fabrics of upholstered seats and inadequately be characterized by interactions of passengers with their belongings, the bus working air conditioning are common features that cause such an impression. or other passengers.
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After completing our small ďŹ eld research, we moved on to idea generation. In order to create coherent groups of ideas, we categorized them under three separate future scenarios.
Our model making process mostly involved 3D printing to maintain uniformity along the bus, and laser cutting to offer visual and textural diversity while reducing the overall cost.
FUTURE SCENARIO
Limited Resources
Environmental Laws
Public Transportation
Health Consciousness
Work-oriented and Busy People
Anti-social People in Need of Expression
USER SCENARIO
At peak hours, bus stations and buses are crowded.
Passengers rent bikes and search for alternative routes.
After payment, light indicates the released bike.
Collapsible Eco-bikes convert kinetic energy to electrical energy.
Collapsed bikes could be stored under the seats when attached to transfer energy.
BIKER’S APP Informs passengers about how much energy they supplied and got refund accordingly.
AEROPONIC FARM Aeroponic farm is an agricultural medium without soil. Certain plants could be grown to refresh the air inside the bus.
Sliding covers allow the easy removal of the farming units. This removal and harvest of plants could be done in terminals autonomously, and these plants could be sold by the municipalities to increase revenue.
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MATERIALS Gaea is made up of sustainable materials. This sustainable selection of materials are not resticted to their recyclability only, but also their ability to be reclaimed.
Roof Cover Glass Aeroponic Farm Frame PP Roof Safety Glass
Air Ventilation Fiber Reinforced Polyester & PU
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Front Light Cover Reclaimed Wood Exterior Body Fiber Reinforced Polyester & PU Parametric Door Reclaimed Wood Headlight PMMA
Front Light PMMA
ronda 2018
PAIR PROJECT 8 WEEKS “Flexible refrigerator and its accessories that offer accessibility and adjustability for large families.” PAIR Selen Naz Sarıtaş CONTRIBUTION In the early stages, I was involved in user research, product conceptualization and idea generation. In the later stages, I was responsible of 3D modeling and post-editing. in collaboration with
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FLEXIBILITY? PROBLEM
PROPOSAL
A refrigerator is a great convenience that unneccesiates daily shopping for fresh food. Such convenience allows users to have a flexible lifestyle in terms of food consumption. However, standardized refrigerators are not able to to meet diverse needs, preferences and habits of these users as flexibly.
Ronda is a flexible refrigerator that does not dissociate its users and contents from the concept of flexibility, and only stress to offer a flexible hardware. That is to say, Ronda consantrates on the triangular interrelation between these three subjects to offer a flexible solution.
Concept of flexibility is almost always intended to be attributed to certain features or parts of products. Such intent yields to non-holistic proposals.
Ronda prioritizes accessibility and adjustability to overcome storing and standardized non-customization problems.
USERS Every user is unique, and other than their demographics and cultural backgrounds, they have varying needs, preferences, habits and discomforts. Rotating rack increases the accessibility of contents that are out of reach for some users, and the height-adjustable racks allow users to customize their refrigerators as they please.
HARDWARE Refrigerators are one of the many home appliances that are well-standardized for mass production. This standardization lets so little change to be made in terms of hardware. Flexibility is not restricted to certain parts of a refrigerator. Easy-to-apply lighting solutions offer multi-sensorial flexiblity that makes almost no change in the hardware.
CONTENTS Refrigerators store contents that are different in shape, size, weight, lifespan, consumpsion frequency and so forth. Such variety requires authentic storage solutions. Width-adjusting separators and under-rack wrappers cradle contents while decreasing the unused space to minimum, and providing an organized layout.
INTERFACE User interface is a great opportunity to offer a flexible refrigerator usage. It requires no physical change but enhances the overall experience by providing smooth interactions and features of customization that make the users feel in control. Seperate Temperature Adjustment Cool box is a two compartment drawer that is located in the freezer. Temperatures of both compartments could be adjusted separately.
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Content Navigation Products that were previously barcoded and registered could be searched by using the search bar that is located on the main screen.
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octa 2018
GROUP PROJECT 7 WEEKS “Sustainable vitroceramic cooktop and its accessory” GROUP MEMBERS Sinem Dülger Melek İnür Görkem Kuvvet CONTRIBUTION My main concern was to integrate the flexibility concept into the product. This involved the upgrade of the burners for a more flexible interaction and the design of the UI. in collaboration with
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SUSTAINABLE? PROBLEM
PROPOSAL
Cooktops are frequently used appliances, yet they are less likely to be replaced as frequently. This expectation for an extended lifespan necessitates a sustainable offer for a cooktop design.
Octa is a sustainable cooktop yet is not only a construction of sustainable materials, but also a product of flexibility. User flexibility allows users to be free from the restrictions that any other cooktop user would have. Therefore, it is the flexibility that allows users to use Octa for a longer time.
The interface of cooktops should not be dissociated from this sustainable approach. A user-centered and engaging interface would increase the lifespan of the cooktops, and turn them into sustainable products at the end.
Also, the intuitive interface of Octa provides a smooth interaction with itself. This easy interaction allows it be a long-lasting product .
MOCK-UP TRIALS Most cooktops restrict users to use certain hubs for certain size of pots and pans. Eliminating such restriction by utilizing expandable hubs provides flexibility. An exclusive two-faced accessory was proposed to increase marketability. Since the main focus is to provide flexibility, the accessory offered versatile use and imposed no restrictions regarding the placement of it.
3D MODELING Various sizes of pots and pans along with Octa Grill could be ďŹ tted interchangeably on top of the cooktop. Two-faced Octa Grill demands double hub selection. For flexible use, one face offers a grilling surface, while the other face offers a non-stick one.
TECHNICAL UPGRADE Frying Intelligence (FI) ďŹ rst heats the inner and outer extensions. Then, while they are cooling down, it heats the middle entension.
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poz
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INDIVIDUAL PROJECT 7 WEEKS “Tea set for an engaging Turkish black tea experience” in collaboration with
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Although tea serving has a lot to do with Turkish culture, the way people serve and consume the traditional black tea turned out to be nothing close to a sustainable nor an engaging practice.
Poz aims to increase the sustainability of the tea set by considering material choice and packaging, and to increase the engagement of the user with the set by altering the form.
GLASS & SUGAR DISPENSER Fragmented form allows the glass and sugar dispenser to be easily held by offering various combinations of surfaces to contact.
SAUCER The saucer comes with three sustainable material options that are stainless steel, ceramic and glass. This range of options is appealing to different user groups.
PACKAGING All packages beneďŹ t from bent beams and columns to stabilize the products inside. This structure secures the products, while making it harder for them to be slipped off to be broken. S
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