AG
I'm Alkin, an industrial designer with a degree from METU. I work across different subject such as furniture, mobility, ceramics, and machines, and I like designing things that look simple and hold up underneath, in reasoning, production and in use. I've worked inside furniture with Bekaliving, whose Salvador table and console I designed and are now sold through Beymen; in machinery at Tunca, on machine interfaces, manuals, and full factory layouts; and in pharma at UCB in Brussels, on UX research.
Most of my work moves from research to first sketch to something you can actually call a solution, and I care about the parts most people skip: whether a piece can really be made, shipped, and lived with. If that's the kind of designer you're looking for, have a look around in my example projects.
Contact me
Projects
My projects available for sharing, I hope you enjoy them

Designed for a Private Client
Nuntius means "news bringer." It's a coffee set for a private client who wanted an object that could sit on a yacht or a boardroom table and start a conversation either way. The cup stands alone or on its plate; the plate works as an ashtray and as a vessel for reading Turkish coffee fortunes. I designed the form, printed the mother molds, cast the plaster working molds, then slip-cast, glazed, and fired the trial batch by hand. The crimson glaze was chosen to hold its own against white decks and grey conference rooms.
Process
Alias for surface modelling and exploration
Fusion 360 for mold
FDM & Resin printing for mold parts
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Project for Bekaliving
Salvador is a dining table and console for Bekaliving, chosen from more than fifty concepts over a two-month engagement. What set it apart was that it could be made well and shipped honestly. The form resolves as cleanly in the production drawings as it does in the render. Both pieces are now produced by Bekaliving and sold through Beymen, Turkey's largest high-end retailer.
Process
Sketch & Geometric analysis on paper
Alias for initial modelling
Fusion 360 for production
keyshot - Midjourney - Sora for Rendering
View in Store
View Details

A project for experimentation
Lok is a coffee table system I set myself one rule for: no fasteners of any kind, and only what is necessary. The parts hold together through their shape alone with friction and gravity doing the work screws usually do. It assembles in under two minutes without tools. I drew it for laser cutting and sheet bending, planned the cut so one sheet yields two tables, and flat-packed it tight enough to fit sixteen units in the space a single conventional table would ship in. Simple to look at, worked out carefully underneath.
Process
Sketch and system planningFusion 360 for parts and tolerancesSheet metal and laser cut drawingsPhysical prototyping
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Graduation Project with guidance of TEMSA
ANT is my METU graduation project, designed in guidance with TEMSA and research contributions of Turkey's National Gendarmerie. It's an all-terrain vehicle for disaster zones, where blocked and broken roads are often what stops rescue teams from reaching people. I ran field research with JAK, AKUT, AFAD, and fire departments to map where response actually breaks down, then designed a platform that clears its own path: a hybrid drivetrain, a hydraulic loader arm, and a cabin that reconfigures for different crew sizes. It merges the utility of a tractor with the range of a truck.
Process
Field explorations, user interviews and extensive literature research
Sketch packaging explorations
Fusion 360 for modeling
FDM printing for prototyping
Sketching, Vizcom & Alias for Revisions
View Details

UI & Cosmetic parts design
for PAXENTA
Paxenta is a new vacuum-packaging brand going up against much bigger global players. For their first machine, the P 45-C, I designed the parts people actually touch and read; the touchscreen interface, the cosmetic polycarbon panels, the user manuals, the exhibition stands, and the official renders. The goal was to make a newcomer feel as considered and trustworthy as the established names, through design rather than budget.
Process
Sketching and prototyping
Adobe Illustrator and Indesign for printed materials
Fusion 360 with Keyshot for Stands
Figma for UI
View Details

A project just for fun
Keçi started as a thought exercise from a week of exploration . The rented vespa barely survived lost power on the climbs to the monasteries and coves. Keçi is my answer: a light electric moped built around the old Mobylette idea, with a low chassis for balance, storage built into the middle for weight distribution, and removable batteries below knee height. Proven, interchangeable parts, so it stays cheap to run and easy to keep alive for years.
Process
Sketching and Vizcom variations for exploration
Alias for surface modelling
Keyshot for rendering
View Details

Project for Tunca Technical Machines
This was a real relocation, not a study. I led the layout design for two production facilities at Tunca: an R&D machine shop and the TIM Polyplast extrusion lines. The work was about flow, fitting production, logistics, and storage into tight spaces without slowing anything down. That meant designated forklift routes, overhead crane paths for maintenance, ergonomic and safe work areas, and a separate room for fragile, expensive stock. Details are held back for contractual reasons, but the aim throughout was more output from the same walls.
Process
Building mapping with a precise laser caliper
Mapping of each machine and its requirements
Field research and interviews with workers on ergonomics
Flow optimisation with an industrial engineer
View Details
Software Capabilities
Autodesk Alias
SURFACE MODELLING
Fusion 360
PRODUCTION CAD
Keyshot
RENDERING
Figma
UI DESIGN
Illustrator & InDesign
PRINT & GRAPHICS
Photoshop
IMAGING
Vizcom
CONCEPT EXPLORATION
Ceramics · Sheet metal · Molds
HANDS-ON MAKING
Experience & Clients
UCB Pharmaceuticals
UX RESEARCH - BRUSSELS
Bekaliving Furniture
FURNITURE - ISTANBUL
Tunca Technical Machines
R&D - BURSA
TEMSA
GRADUATION RESEARCH
Yentek Model
SCIENCE KITS
JMT Machines
RENDERS
Microbend Machines
RENDERS
Paxenta Machines
RENDERS
+32 479079811
+90 5319246802
alkingultekin@gmail.com
1040 Brussels
34710 Istanbul
16130 Bursa
AG
I'm Alkin, an industrial designer with a degree from METU. I work across different subject such as furniture, mobility, ceramics, and machines, and I like designing things that look simple and hold up underneath, in reasoning, production and in use. I've worked inside furniture with Bekaliving, whose Salvador table and console I designed and are now sold through Beymen; in machinery at Tunca, on machine interfaces, manuals, and full factory layouts; and in pharma at UCB in Brussels, on UX research.
Most of my work moves from research to first sketch to something you can actually call a solution, and I care about the parts most people skip: whether a piece can really be made, shipped, and lived with. If that's the kind of designer you're looking for, have a look around in my example projects.
Contact me
Salvador
Dining table and console, sold through Beymen
IN PRODUCTION
Nuntius
A coffee set shaped around the client
PRODUCED
Val Studio
Ceramics brand currently being established, working as the main designer & a founding member
COMING SOON
Lok
A coffee table with no screws, no glue, just geometry
PROTOTYPE
ANT
Disaster-response vehicle with TEMSA and the Gendarmerie
GRADUATION
Keçi
A light electric moped, born from one rough week on a Vespa
CONCEPT
P 45-C
UI, cosmetic parts and manuals for Paxenta’s first machine
SHIPPED
Factory Layouts
Two production facilities relocated and redesigned for Tunca
IMPLEMENTED
Projects
My projects available for sharing, I hope you enjoy them

Designed for a Private Client
Nuntius means "news bringer." It's a coffee set for a private client who wanted an object that could sit on a yacht or a boardroom table and start a conversation either way. The cup stands alone or on its plate; the plate works as an ashtray and as a vessel for reading Turkish coffee fortunes. I designed the form, printed the mother molds, cast the plaster working molds, then slip-cast, glazed, and fired the trial batch by hand. The crimson glaze was chosen to hold its own against white decks and grey conference rooms.
Process
Alias for surface modelling and exploration
Fusion 360 for mold
FDM & Resin printing for mold parts
View Details

Project for Bekaliving
Salvador is a dining table and console for Bekaliving, chosen from more than fifty concepts over a two-month engagement. What set it apart was that it could be made well and shipped honestly. The form resolves as cleanly in the production drawings as it does in the render. Both pieces are now produced by Bekaliving and sold through Beymen, Turkey's largest high-end retailer.
Process
Sketch & Geometric analysis on paper
Alias for initial modelling
Fusion 360 for production
keyshot - Midjourney - Sora for Rendering
View in Store
View Details

A project for experimentation
Lok is a coffee table system I set myself one rule for: no fasteners of any kind, and only what is necessary. The parts hold together through their shape alone with friction and gravity doing the work screws usually do. It assembles in under two minutes without tools. I drew it for laser cutting and sheet bending, planned the cut so one sheet yields two tables, and flat-packed it tight enough to fit sixteen units in the space a single conventional table would ship in. Simple to look at, worked out carefully underneath.
Process
Sketch and system planningFusion 360 for parts and tolerancesSheet metal and laser cut drawingsPhysical prototyping
View Details

Graduation Project with guidance of TEMSA
ANT is my METU graduation project, designed in guidance with TEMSA and research contributions of Turkey's National Gendarmerie. It's an all-terrain vehicle for disaster zones, where blocked and broken roads are often what stops rescue teams from reaching people. I ran field research with JAK, AKUT, AFAD, and fire departments to map where response actually breaks down, then designed a platform that clears its own path: a hybrid drivetrain, a hydraulic loader arm, and a cabin that reconfigures for different crew sizes. It merges the utility of a tractor with the range of a truck.
Process
Field explorations, user interviews and extensive literature research
Sketch packaging explorations
Fusion 360 for modeling
FDM printing for prototyping
Sketching, Vizcom & Alias for Revisions
View Details

UI & Cosmetic parts design
for PAXENTA
Paxenta is a new vacuum-packaging brand going up against much bigger global players. For their first machine, the P 45-C, I designed the parts people actually touch and read; the touchscreen interface, the cosmetic polycarbon panels, the user manuals, the exhibition stands, and the official renders. The goal was to make a newcomer feel as considered and trustworthy as the established names, through design rather than budget.
Process
Sketching and prototyping
Adobe Illustrator and Indesign for printed materials
Fusion 360 with Keyshot for Stands
Figma for UI
View Details

A project just for fun
Keçi started as a thought exercise from a week of exploration . The rented vespa barely survived lost power on the climbs to the monasteries and coves. Keçi is my answer: a light electric moped built around the old Mobylette idea, with a low chassis for balance, storage built into the middle for weight distribution, and removable batteries below knee height. Proven, interchangeable parts, so it stays cheap to run and easy to keep alive for years.
Process
Sketching and Vizcom variations for exploration
Alias for surface modelling
Keyshot for rendering
View Details

Project for Tunca Technical Machines
This was a real relocation, not a study. I led the layout design for two production facilities at Tunca: an R&D machine shop and the TIM Polyplast extrusion lines. The work was about flow, fitting production, logistics, and storage into tight spaces without slowing anything down. That meant designated forklift routes, overhead crane paths for maintenance, ergonomic and safe work areas, and a separate room for fragile, expensive stock. Details are held back for contractual reasons, but the aim throughout was more output from the same walls.
Process
Building mapping with a precise laser caliper
Mapping of each machine and its requirements
Field research and interviews with workers on ergonomics
Flow optimisation with an industrial engineer
View Details
Software Capabilities
Autodesk Alias
SURFACE MODELLING
Fusion 360
PRODUCTION CAD
Keyshot
RENDERING
Figma
UI DESIGN
Illustrator & InDesign
PRINT & GRAPHICS
Photoshop
IMAGING
Vizcom
CONCEPT EXPLORATION
Ceramics · Sheet metal · Molds
HANDS-ON MAKING
Experience & Clients
UCB Pharmaceuticals
UX RESEARCH - BRUSSELS
Bekaliving Furniture
FURNITURE - ISTANBUL
Tunca Technical Machines
R&D - BURSA
TEMSA
GRADUATION RESEARCH
Yentek Model
SCIENCE KITS
JMT Machines
RENDERS
Microbend Machines
RENDERS
Paxenta Machines
RENDERS
+32 479079811
+90 5319246802
alkingultekin@gmail.com
1040 Brussels
34710 Istanbul
16130 Bursa
AG
I'm Alkin, an industrial designer with a degree from METU. I work across different subjects such as furniture, mobility, ceramics, and machines, and I like designing things that look simple and hold up underneath, in reasoning, production and in use. I've worked inside furniture with Bekaliving, whose Salvador table and console I designed and are now sold through Beymen; in machinery at Tunca, on machine interfaces, manuals, and full factory layouts; and in pharma at UCB in Brussels, on UX research.
Most of my work moves from research to first sketch to something you can actually call a solution, and I care about the parts most people skip: whether a piece can really be made, shipped, and lived with. If that's the kind of designer you're looking for, have a look around at my example projects.
Contact me
Salvador
Dining table and console, sold through Beymen
IN PRODUCTION
Nuntius
A coffee set shaped around the client
PRODUCED
Val Studio
Ceramics brand currently being established, working as the main designer & a founding member
COMING SOON
Lok
A coffee table with no screws, no glue, just geometry
PROTOTYPE
ANT
Disaster-response vehicle with TEMSA and the Gendarmerie
GRADUATION
Keçi
A light electric moped, born from one rough week on a Vespa
CONCEPT
P 45-C
UI, cosmetic parts and manuals for Paxenta’s first machine
SHIPPED
Factory Layouts
Two production facilities relocated and redesigned for Tunca
IMPLEMENTED
Projects
My projects available for sharing, I hope you enjoy them

Designed for a Private Client
Nuntius means "news bringer." It's a coffee set for a private client who wanted an object that could sit on a yacht or a boardroom table and start a conversation either way. The cup stands alone or on its plate; the plate works as an ashtray and as a vessel for reading Turkish coffee fortunes. I designed the form, printed the mother molds, cast the plaster working molds, then slip-cast, glazed, and fired the trial batch by hand. The crimson glaze was chosen to hold its own against white decks and grey conference rooms.
Process
Alias for surface modelling and exploration
Fusion 360 for mold
FDM & Resin printing for mold parts

Project for Bekaliving
Salvador is a dining table and console for Bekaliving, chosen from more than fifty concepts over a two-month engagement. What set it apart was that it could be made well and shipped honestly. The form resolves as cleanly in the production drawings as it does in the render. Both pieces are now produced by Bekaliving and sold through Beymen, Turkey's largest high-end retailer.
Process
Sketch & Geometric analysis on paper
Alias for initial modelling
Fusion 360 for production
Keyshot - Midjourney - Sora for Rendering
View in Store
View Details

A project for experimentation
Lok is a coffee table system I set myself one rule for: no fasteners of any kind, and only what is necessary. The parts hold together through their shape alone with friction and gravity doing the work screws usually do. It assembles in under two minutes without tools. I drew it for laser cutting and sheet bending, planned the cut so one sheet yields two tables, and flat-packed it tight enough to fit sixteen units in the space a single conventional table would ship in. Simple to look at, worked out carefully underneath.
Process
Sketch and system planningFusion 360 for parts and tolerancesSheet metal and laser cut drawingsPhysical prototyping
View Details

Graduation Project with guidance of TEMSA
ANT is my METU graduation project, designed in guidance with TEMSA and research contributions of Turkey's National Gendarmerie. It's an all-terrain vehicle for disaster zones, where blocked and broken roads are often what stops rescue teams from reaching people. I ran field research with JAK, AKUT, AFAD, and fire departments to map where response actually breaks down, then designed a platform that clears its own path: a hybrid drivetrain, a hydraulic loader arm, and a cabin that reconfigures for different crew sizes. It merges the utility of a tractor with the range of a truck.
Process
Field explorations, user interviews and extensive literature research
Sketch packaging explorations
Fusion 360 for modeling
FDM printing for prototyping
Sketching, Vizcom & Alias for Revisions
View Details

UI & Cosmetic parts design for PAXENTA
Paxenta is a new vacuum-packaging brand going up against much bigger global players. For their first machine, the P 45-C, I designed the parts people actually touch and read; the touchscreen interface, the cosmetic polycarbon panels, the user manuals, the exhibition stands, and the official renders. The goal was to make a newcomer feel as considered and trustworthy as the established names, through design rather than budget.
Process
Sketching and prototyping
Adobe Illustrator and Indesign for printed materials
Fusion 360 with Keyshot for Stands
Figma for UI

A project just for fun
Keçi started as a thought exercise after a week riding a Piaggio across Greece. Loaded with my gear, the bike bottomed out on potholes and lost power on the climbs to the monasteries and coves. Keçi is my answer: a light electric moped built around the old Mobylette idea, with a low chassis for balance, storage built into the middle for weight distribution, and removable batteries below knee height. Proven, interchangeable parts, so it stays cheap to run and easy to keep alive for years.
Process
Sketching and Vizcom variations for exploration
Alias for surface modelling
Keyshot for rendering
View Details

A project for Tunca Technical Machines
This was a real relocation, not a study. I led the layout design for two production facilities at Tunca: an R&D machine shop and the TIM Polyplast extrusion lines. The work was about flow, fitting production, logistics, and storage into tight spaces without slowing anything down. That meant designated forklift routes, overhead crane paths for maintenance, ergonomic and safe work areas, and a separate room for fragile, expensive stock. Details are held back for contractual reasons, but the aim throughout was more output from the same walls.
Process
Building mapping using a precise laser caliper.
Mapping of each machine, and their requirements.
Field research and interviews with workers to understand the ergonomic requirements.
Flow optimizing for revenue maximisation with an Industrial Engineer
View Details
Software Capabilities
Autodesk Alias
SURFACE MODELLING
Fusion 360
PRODUCTION CAD
Keyshot
RENDERING
Figma
UI DESIGN
Illustrator & InDesign
PRINT & GRAPHICS
Photoshop
IMAGING
Vizcom
CONCEPT EXPLORATION
Ceramics · Sheet metal · Molds
HANDS-ON MAKING
Experience & Clients
UCB Pharmaceuticals
UX RESEARCH - BRUSSELS
Bekaliving Furniture
FURNITURE - ISTANBUL
Tunca Technical Machines
R&D - BURSA
TEMSA
GRADUATION RESEARCH
Yentek Model
SCIENCE KITS
JMT Machines
RENDERS
Microbend Machines
RENDERS
Paxenta Machines
RENDERS
@alkin_gultekin
www.linkedin.com/in/alkın-gültekin-815220209
1040 Brussels
34710 Istanbul
16130 Bursa
+32 479079811
+90 5319246802
alkingultekin@gmail.com