Academic Staff

She completed her BA in Visual Communication Design in Turkey and Portugal and her MA in Graphics in Turkey and Italy. In her professional career as a designer, she specialized in gastronomy and ceramics as well as digital visualization. Since 2007, she has worked in advertising agencies for local and global brands and took an active role as a designer in the marketing and design teams of international companies. Within the scope of European Voluntary Service, she worked as a volunteer designer in Porto, Portugal for a while and participated in Erasmus+ projects in Europe. As of 2023, while continuing her career as a research assistant in the Department of Visual Communication Design, she took part in Art and Design Studio I, Art and Design Studio II, Drawing Studio II and Design Studio IV courses. She frequently took part in the events organized within the faculty and department; she also undertook the process of designing the visual identity of the graduation exhibition and fashion show of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design in 2023 and 2024. At the same time, she continues her research in the design studies PhD program.

She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Fine Arts Education Department in 2002. In 2007, she completed her master education. In 2013 she had her Ph.D degree from Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Fine Arts. During the Fall Semester of 2013-14 Akademic Year, she worked as a visiting researcher at UdK (Universität der Künste Berlin) Institute for Art in Context with DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) scholarship. She worked as a research assistant at DEU Faculty of Fine Arts Painting Department between 2005 - 2013 and as an assistant professor at MKU Faculty of Fine Arts Graphic Department between 2014-2018. Currently she is working as an assistant professor at Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Visual Communication Design. As an artist and curator, she participated in various exhibitions in Izmir, Istanbul and Finland. She has researches and artistic studies on the relationship between literature and visual arts and publishes articles in art magazines such as Art Unlimited, Milliyet Sanat, Warhola and Istanbul Art News etc. She is the co-founder of the collective art space KARANTİNA and the Dahili Bellek independent research initiative.

N. Toros Mutlu (b. 1986) graduated from Izmir University of Economics in 2010 with a BA degree from the Faculty of Communication and enrolled to MA Photography programme in University of Brighton in the same year. Following his graduation in 2011, he worked as a photographer and an image editor in a London studio for about a year. Mutlu joined Izmir University of Economics in 2013 and in the following year co-founded KartonKitap with Umut Altıntaş, an art book initiative focuses on inviting artists to collaborate and reinterpret their works in the book form. He completed his doctorate studies in 2020 at Yaşar University with his thesis titled, “The Photobook as an Autonomous Medium and a Work of Art” and accompanying final work, “A Place for Everything When Everything in Its Place”. Mutlu currently teaches at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design in Izmir University of Economics and continues his photography projects.

Can Dereli, visual communication designer, graduated from the Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Graphics in 2011, holds more than 10 years of experience in the sector, having worked in both conventional and digital agencies, and with several leading companies such as Vestel, Gratis, Good Year, TV2, Renaissance Hotel, and Turkiye Finans. He graduated with a master's degree from the same department in 2017, exhibited a digital installation, “The Game” in 2017 at the Izmir International Congress of Art and Design, conducted a seminar titled “The Designer’s Road in the Sector” in Istanbul Yeni Yuzyıl University, and completed the Bambu 2018 Entrepreneurship Education Program. He is currently lecturing in the Department of Visual Communication Design, Izmir University of Economics, specializing in game design field.

She grautated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts in 2004. In 2007, she completed her master education. In 2013 she had her P.h.D degree from Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Fine Arts. During the Fall Semester of 2015-16 Akademic Year, she worked as a visiting researcher at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in Germany. Currently she is working as an instructor / lecturer at Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Visual Communication Design.

Sena Adalı was born in İzmir in 1994. She studied Visual Communication Design at Yaşar University between 2012 and 2017. In 2016, she went to Czechia as an Erasmus student and took courses in the Faculty of Multimedia Communications in Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně. After her graduation, she worked as a designer for two years and got professional experience in web design, social media, motion graphics, and newsletter design. In 2019, she started to study master's in the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylül University. She continued to work as a designer during the first year of her master's studies. In March 2020, she took the exam for the research assistant position at İzmir University of Economics, and her career in the academy started. Sena Adalı completed her master's studies with her thesis entitled “The Use of New Technologies in Illustration After 2000”. Following her graduation, she was accepted as a PhD student in Design Studies at İzmir University of Economics. She has been working as a research assistant since September 2020 and so far she has assisted teaching in courses such as Art and Design I, Art and Design II, Interaction Design Fundamentals, Portfolio Design and Professional Practice. She has also been involved as a designer in many projects within İzmir University of Economics, where she works as a research assistant and a PhD student.

Gökhan Mura received his Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design in 2001 from the Department of Industrial Design, Middle East Technical University. After completing his Master of Arts degree at Istanbul Bilgi University Deparment of Visual Communication Design, he recieved his Ph.D degree from the Department of Industrial Design at Istanbul Technical University. During his Ph.D study he spent an academic year as an exchange student in Malmö University School of Arts, Culture and Communication where he also taught courses and participated in a research project. After a year's leave to work as a Research Associate for an EU funded ENGAGE project at Loughborough University, he resumed his PhD study.

Daniele Savasta is an Interaction Designer and Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design at Izmir University of Economics. He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial design from the University of Palermo and master's and doctoral degrees from Iuav University of Venice in design sciences. Daniele has delivered lectures and workshops across Europe and Japan, with his work featured in numerous exhibitions. His research centers on interaction ecologies, information design, archive visualization, game design, and exhibition design. He founded the Yaşar Interaction Design Lab (xLab) and currently directs FlowLab at IEU, both dedicated to advancing research in physical computing and computational design.