Deniz joined ATÖLYE in 2021 as a Design Researcher for the Service Design team. He is now a part of the Service and Interaction Design team. As an all-rounder designer with an edge on design research and visual interaction design, he has competencies and hands-on experience in; design research, UI/UX, DLS building, multimedia design, video production/editing, conceptualization, event facilitation, illustration and co-design processes. His role focuses on envisioning holistic experiences and conceptualizing the many touch-points related to them. He has been involved in projects of varying complexity with different roles and responsibilities; from envisioning and conceptualizing innovative end-to-end services for an EV brand to structuring and designing the DLS of a modular education platform. With degrees in both Chemical and Biological Engineering as well as a double major in Media and Visual Arts, his expertise is grounded in a multidisciplinary approach that opens up new perspectives for people and projects. It is for this reason that he thrives the most here in ATÖLYE —by coexisting and co-designing among individuals who fuel his passion and curiosity.  

His previous experience involves working as a craftsman in an interdisciplinary design/art studio, interning in a process residues recovery unit in an oil refinery, being part of an interdisciplinary design lab as a design researcher, conducting an independent project as a laboratory research assistant and contributing to an international rebranding project as a UI/UX designer in a design agency.

Deniz is also an avid follower of cartoons and graphic novels and has a great interest for new forms and novel processes of material practice at the intersection of engineering and design.