Innovation designer combining design thinking and strategy with a hands-on design approach.
Born and raised in Istanbul, Ilayda works across media and scale to improve human behavior and conditions.
She works in-between digital and hands-on physical world, merging her spatial and experiential knowledge with strategic design thinking. She has worked in multi-disciplinary design and architecture studios, where she engaged in different parts of the research and design development stages as well as execution.
Education
2020-2022
-> Global Innovation Design, MA & MSc
at Royal College of Art & Imperial College
Fall 2021 at Pratt Institute, Industrial Design
Summer 2021 at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
2014-2019
-> Bachelor of Architecture, BArch
at the University of Southern California
Spring 2018 at Università degli Studi di Roma Tre
Work Experience
Nov 2022 - September 2023
-> Experiential Designer at Immersive
June 2021 - Feb 2022
-> Design Strategist at TOGG, Future of Electric Vehicles
Oct 2019 - May 2020
-> Architectural Designer at Bureau Spectacular
Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
-> Creative Director and Co-Founder at Flux House
June - July 2018
-> Course Assistant at USC Architecture School
June - September 2017
-> Marketing & Communications Associate at SELMACILEK
June - July 2016
-> Architectural Design Intern at Emre Arolat Architects (EAA)
Awards & Features
-> 2023, ‘Data Box’ Installation at the National Science Museum of Thailand
-> 2021, Winner of ‘Designing the New Extraordinary’ by OPPO X RCA, with C-Earth
-> 2021, London Design Festival, New Contracts Exhibition
-> 2021, Artfulliving Magazine, Interview
-> 2021, Winner of RCA Grand Challenge ‘Design for Safety’ by RCA x Logitech, with MOWO
-> 2021, ‘The Future Happened: Designing the Future of Music’, LADdesign x CCA x Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
-> 2014-2019, Merit Scholar, Trojan Scholar Society at USC
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