Awards, exhibitions, and press – selected recognition from two decades of design, education, and art practice.
AWARDS
Design Turkey — Superior Design Award, Istanbul, 2017
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) — 2nd Place, Design Yiwu category, Hangzhou, China, 2018 — GOM was shortlisted from 8,000 products to the final 100.
Creative Women Entrepreneur, London, 2018 — featured in Vogue Turkey with Meta.
Meng Xi Cup, Song Yun Culture Innovation Competition — Silver Award, Hangzhou, China, 2023 — for Song Zhǐ Dēnglóng.
The ICAS Best Presentation Award — ISAS & KNUE Convergence Education Research Institute, 2025 — for “Integrating Design Education, Spatial Pedagogy, and Entrepreneurial Innovation into STEAM.”
EXHIBITIONS
Light Up — Interlight Lighting Fair, Istanbul, 2002 (exhibition curator)
We Are Doomed — A/D Design Days, Istanbul, 2003
Istanbul Embraces Water — Istanbul Design Week, 2005
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou — GOM in the permanent collection, 2018–2023
World Wide Things — UNESCO Creative Cities Network, Graz, Austria, 2019–present
Song Yun Lantern — Meng Xi Cup Exhibition, Shenzhen, China, 2023
HAYALET / Dream On — Arch. for M.E, Bıçakçı Han, İzmir, 2023
Mother’s Day — Turhan Selçuk Cartoon House, Istanbul, 2026
Jury, Mentoring & Affiliations
Chamber of Interior Architects — Member No. 599, 1997–present
Advisor, Arts & Culture — Ataşehir Municipality, 2023
Advisory Board Member — Design Summit Istanbul, 2019
Project Manager — Design Week Turkey, 2005–2007
Guest lecturer & jury member — Özyeğin University (Interior Design Studio); Istanbul Bilgi University, Işık University İstinye University,
ITU Çekirdek Pre-Incubation Center — Entrepreneurship program, 2017–2018
Vogue Turkey — “She Means Business,” 2018
PRESS
HBT Magazine — “She Teaches Geometry,” No. 15, 2019
The Style Mate — UNESCO World Wide Things Collection feature, 2020
Business Channel (TV) — “GOM, a design toy,” 2015
Radikal Newspaper— Design Culture interview, 2005
Interior Design Magazine — Holy Coffee (2011); Akçansa Headquarters (2013)
Workshops and collaborations with institutions including Sakıp Sabancı Museum, the National Museum of Science and Technology (Stockholm), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, Özyeğin University, KORDSA, QNB Finansbank, Tohum Autism Foundation, and Koç School.