3rd Year Student at Middle East Technical University, Ankara - Turkey aburakaktas@gmail.com

Ahmet Burak AktasIndustrial Design Portfolio

Education Middle East Technical University | Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Industrial Design, Class of 2013 - CGPA: 3.60

Ankara Ataturk Anatolian High School |Ankara, TurkeyGraduated June 2008.

Computer SkillsAdobe Creative Suit: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign3D Modelling: Rhinoceros, 3ds Max, V-rayMicrosoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Design SkillsSketching, Creative Ideation, Brainstorming, TeamworkModel Making experience on: Wood, Metal, Ceramics, Model Making experience on: Wood, Metal, Ceramics, XPS Foam, Plastic Thermoforming

CollegeWinner | iF Concept Design Awards 2012Honorable Mention | IMMIB National Industrial Design Awards 2011Honorable Mention | WPO Worldstar Student Awards 20112nd Prize | ASD National Packaging Design Awards 2010First Rank Student on All Semesters 2009-2012College High Honour List on All Semesters 2009-2012College High Honour List on All Semesters 2009-2012

High SchoolGold Medal | National Mathematic Olympiads, Organised by TheScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2004

English: Fluent, TOEFL Score:94, May 2011, Certificate on CompletingIntensive English Course, August 2006 | Stony Brook University, NY

Japanese: Pre-Intermediate, Certificate on Completing Elementary Level,Turkish - Japanese Foundation, January 2011| Ankara, Turkey

Turkish: Native

Turk Traktor AS., Case & New Holland| Ankara, TurkeyIntern at R&D Design Department, July - August 2011Assisting Designers and Engineers on Prototyping of New Tractor Designs at Factory Workshop.

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Skills

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Awards

ContactKumeevler 1602.Sk. 71/70 Batikent Ankara, Turkeyaburakaktas@gmail.com +90 537 634 79 25

Hello, my name is Ahmet Burak Aktas, and I care about people. I observe them and try to give them more than they need. I love thinking big and acting brave.

In this portfolio, there is a selection of my works.

Please enjoy.

WashitShower Cabin and Washing

Machine Concept

3rd Year ProjectSeptember - October 2011

6 Weeks

Group Project WithAdem OnalanSalih Berk IlhanBurak SoylemezBurak Soylemez

Project Aim / Kick Off

Exploring House Chores

Project aim was designing a “Home Hero” that will make our everyday life better. There were no limitations on the project. We were free to explore, so we started exploring!

We have routines. And there are “Heroes” that helps doing our routine work much more easily.

Here are some “Home Heroes” :

ResearchIn one week, we visited approximately 60 houses and interviewed people in order to define our problem.

We asked them about their daily life problems, their indispensible products that they use everyday and their dream domestic life.

After analyzing the feedback, we started making quick scenarios, focusing on different needs and potential problems and got feedback from participants that we invited to our studio.

We exibited our scenarios at public places like faculty canteen, university cafeteria and cultural center in order to get more feedback.

Findings

But we use approximately 150 liters of water for a 15 minute shower.

And 38 liters of water for washing our clothes in piles, which is an exhausting activity.

Water is Everything.

What if we were able to use the same water for those two activities?

Shower Cabinet + Washing Machine ?

+

Ideation

Lets think these two heroes as one!

Sketch credits: with Adem Onalan

Final Concept

We designed two different kinds of Washit.

The user puts his clothes intoWashit.

After choosing the user starts Washit.

Washit starts washing clothes by the time it is able to gather gray water.

After the shower, user takes his cleaned and dried clothes from Washit.

Then user takes a shower while his clothes are being washed.

Domestic UseWashit is a product that changes our daily routines. It is responsible to our most precious resource: Water. With Washit, washing clothes in piles will become a thing of the past. Every time that user wants to take a shower, it will be an opportunity to wash his/her a few pieces of clothes without using any extra water.

The user puts his clothes into Washit.

After choosing the appropriate program the user starts Washit.

Washit starts washing clothesby the time it is able to gathergray water.

User takes off his clothes insideof the product with privacy.

At airport user sees a Washit and decides to take a shower.

After the shower, user takes hiscleaned and dried clothes from Washit.

Public UseWashit can be modified specially for public usage. The washing machine part of the Washit is accessible from inside, which enables user to take off his/her clothes and put them into the machine from the inside of the cabinet. Public Washit has the ability to refresh clothes with Airwash technology which enables user to take his/her clothes back quickly, without bad odors and sweat.

heater

filters

water pumps

water tank

Graywater that comes from shower outlet goes to filters with the help of the first water pump. After filters, clean water goes to water tank. When user starts to use Washit, the second water pump starts to drain water from water tank to both showerhead and washing machine. So the cycle is completed.

Inside of Washit

Filters

We designed an interface that shows the life of each filter. Also we made the filters easily accessible from outside so that dead filters can be removed by the user.

More Details

The openings on the top of the Washit enable steam to go out. Integrated shower head offers pleasure.

Washitthe new way of washing clothes.

GreenDustpanDustpan&Broom Set Used With

Waste Plastic Bags

2nd Year ProjectDecember 2010 - January 2011

8 Weeks

Project Aim / Kick Off

Interviews With Street And Subway Cleaners

Market Research / User Observations

Project aim was designing a dustpan&broom set for a spesific user group that we were free to choose. I started the project with some market research. I tried to find as many different types of dustpan&broom sets as i can and analysed them. During my research, i realised that there is also a non-domestic usage of dustpan&brooms, which would be an interesting topic to work on. So I decided to do some interviews with street and subway cleaners, with the help of my classmates.

Findings / Insights / Dimensions

Dustpan + Used Plastic Bags?

Rarely Recycled

Soil Pollution.

Billion Plastic Bags500Worldwide.

are used

Every year

They are

they cause

and

Ordinary dustpanshaveLittleCapacity

Hard to Empty

trash carrying

andthey are

spilling the trash around the trash can.

without

While i was trying to solve the problems of non-domestically used dustpans, i realised that integrating plastic bags to dustpans could be a great solution to the both capacity and emptying problems. So i also did some research on plastic bags and found out that they are a source of pollution. Then i thought of giving a second life to the used plastic bags, which are the ones that we always get from supermar-kets and only used once.

Ideation I did some research on current plastic bags of supermarkets in order to have an idea of their sizes. Then I found out that most of the supermarkets use the same size of plastic bags. So the size of that most common ones was my starting point of design process. I thought PP would be a right material choice since it is affordable, durable to outdoor conditions, easy to shape and has the natural hinge ability which i would use while designing the attachable tear-protector part. I also tried to make the plastic bag easily attachable and detachable. So i designed a detail that user can easily fix the plastic bag to the dustpan.

Final Product User Scenario

In the finalising stage, I further developed details. I also focused on broom, designed it with the same design language that i did to dustpan. I added some details that will make this product couple easily manufacturable with single injection moulding process. I also decided the colour of the product as green and named it GreenDustpan, sice it is a ‘green’product.

GreenDustpan

Plastic bag isfixed here

Material details for manufacturing

Attachable/Detachabe back part

Tear protector

PVC pipes

Natural hinge of PP

Snap fits when folded

Details

Model MakingAt the end, I made a full scale working model using plywood, polyester putty and PVC pipes.

IMMIB National Industrial Design AwardsHonorable Mention

2011

GreenDustpanSweep trash to plastic bag.

CubeRaki Glass Package Design

1st Year ProjectMarch 20102 Weeks

Project Aim / Kick Off

Raki Glass Understanding Material

Project aim was designing a package for 2 raki glasses. The package should have been innovative, easy to manufacture, cheap and attractive to consumers. There was a material limitation. The package had to be made of corrugated board.

Raki is a traditional Turkish alcoholic bavarage. Raki glass is traditionally shaped like a slightly tapered cylinder. Its shape is suitable for prismatic packages.

Corrugated board is the most common material in packaging industry. I anlysed corrugated board packages around me and tried to absorb the way that it is used.

IdeationI tried to put two raki glasses together in different ways. Then I had the idea to put one of the glasses vertical and the other one horizontal. This concept enabled a funky design without making any concessions from easy storage. So I dwelled on this concept and made a single piece package that does not need any gluing.

Graphic DesignThe graphic design on the package is expressing the coupling of the packages. I placed the latters of the word ‘RAKI’ on the every side of package consciously that the word can be read whether there is one package or a pair of it. So the consumer is able to buy the single package with two glasses, but definitely encouraged to buy a pair, since the word is much readable and the package seems completed.

Prototyping

User Scenario

I finalised the expansion of the package and made the final model with 2mm corrugated board and sticky paper. The manufacturing standard of the corrugated board is 100cm in width and the expansion of the package is 14cm in width. So there is just a little material loss, if the packages are manufactured the way that I illustrated.

Details

Open/Close

Package can be opened and closed easily with this simple detail.

Protect

This protector detail is made by folding a band from the surface. It keeps the glasses stable and safe.

Final Product

WorldStar Student AwardHonorable Mention

2010

National Packaging Design Contest2nd Prize2010

Wing3 Person Tent With a Significant

Ventilation System

2nd Year ProjectJune 20113 Weeks

Group Project WithAdem Onalan

Project Aim / Kick Off

What Do We Have?

Tent?

Project aim was designing and prototyping a 3 person tent. The tent should be built and packed in no more than 3 minutes each.

Tents are easily foldable and transportable living spaces. They have to be waterproof, durable to outdoor challenges and they should maintain proper air conditioning.

Waterproof fabric is a must use item. Lots of colour choices are available.

Poles are the main structural elements. They consist of flexible fiberglass sticks and aluminum tubes. They can be easily joined and folded.

Ideation

We started working on different structures in order to find the most suitable one for 3 people to camp in. Moreover, we tried to make all of those structures easily foldable without making any concessions from the comfort of the users. We also thought on a ventilation system that users could control easily. So we picked a structure that we can easily adapt our ventilation system and started to make small models.

What Makes This Tent Special?

So we agreed on that one of the most important things in a tent is its ventilation and we designed a wing type ventilation unit that also gives its name to our tent.

Users can easily open this unit when they need fresh air and close it on rainy weathers.

Wing is controlled from the inside of the tent easily.

We spent a night in a tent and it was not an alarm clock but the heat of the tent that woke us up!

Lets Make It!

Final ProductIt took 3 days to make this final working prototype with some help from a local tailor.

It is completely waterproof and ready to camp in!

Pitching The Tent

Details of Wing

Opening the Wing Storage at the entrance

Opening at the rearClosing the Wing

Sketches

Thank you.I would love to hear from you.

aburakaktas@gmail.com+90 0537 634 79 25