about me

Long before I studied to become a designer at university, I had found my way into it. I spent my teenage years playing around with Photoshop and Illustrator, making little designs, building simple websites, changing bits of HTML and CSS to shape how those pages looked and worked, and creating custom Tumblr themes. This small corner of the internet was also where I met my future wife.

After we got married, neither of us was sure what should come next. What started as a small idea became a big decision, and we moved to Thailand. We worked as English teachers in Bangkok for two years, traveling when we could, enjoying the food and culture, and finding an ordinary life that was very different from the one we had known.

When we returned to Turkey, I wanted to see if one of my biggest passions could become a career. I joined an intensive culinary arts program and started working in a professional kitchen. The work was fast-paced, exacting, and physically demanding. It meant long hours, often on weekends and holidays, and learning to balance speed, precision, and care under pressure. It gave me a practical sense of craft: knowing what to adjust, what to leave alone, and how small decisions shape the final experience.

When the pandemic arrived, I stepped away from professional kitchens and found my way back to design. It did not feel like starting over, but like bringing what I had learned into a different kind of work. My work still depends on the same judgment and discipline: bringing many decisions into balance and caring about details that are felt rather than noticed.

Over the last six years as a product designer, that practical sense of craft has carried me through a wide range of products and teams, and eventually to Tallinn, Estonia, where we now live with our cat Efe, enjoying the calm order of the city and the beautiful nature around us.

Food is still a big part of my life, and I spend a good chunk of my free time in the kitchen: testing out new recipes, prepping ingredients, canning jams, brewing beer, and pickling pickles. When I am not in the kitchen, I enjoy reading and watching science fiction and fantasy stories or playing platformers and puzzle games.