Short Biography

Dr. Cobanli is the founder of OMC² Design Studios and Jury Coordinator of several high-calibre awards including but not limited to A’ Design Award and Competition, +Like Award and Museo del Design Premio d'Oro. Dr. Cobanli is the ideator of "Language Icon" that helped push multi-lingual internet in its early days, and is board member of five Italian innovation companies.

Formal Education and Research
Dr. Cobanli holds a Ph.D. degree from Advance Design Department, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy where he used to be a research fellow. Dr. Cobanli is also alumni of Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Advanced Design Unit where he used to teach industrial design as a Professor. Dr. Cobanli also holds a Master of Science degree in Furniture Design, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy and Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

Dr. Cobanli's scientific research and study covers topics in design competitions in the contexts of; collaborative innovation, branding for businesses, out-of-the box innovation, as a government subsidy & as a policy to incubate design, interaction between designers, bridging companies and designers, making design «measurable» for companies by means of ranking, self-assessment for designers through design competitions, creating a basis for evaluating design, evaluating the ability of a person to use and understand design-language, creating a standardized test for design, a social communication network to bring like-minded people, design competitions as platforms to promote designers and countries, competitions for education of design at workshops, to promote design and create awareness for good design practices and principles.

Hobbies and Interests
Dr. Cobanli actively practices design by creating artifacts that reflect his personal style, his works have been featured in hundreds of design magazines worldwide. Dr. Cobanli's work mainly focuses on industrial design and graphics design.

Curriculum Vitae

Citizenship : Italian.
Residence : Como, Italy.

Academic Experience

• Professor : Bologna University, Bologna (Italy), Design Del Prodotto Industriale - Industrial Design Course. Academic Years, 2014 - 2016.
• Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Academic Years, 2014-2018.
Research on the value of design, innovation through design and design policy.
• October 2013–February 2014 Teaching Assistant : Laboratorio di Metaprogetto 2013-2014 Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy). Assisted Laboratorio di Metaprogetto class as Teaching Assistant.
• October 2012–February 2013 Teaching Assistant: Laboratorio Sviluppo Prodotto 2012-2013 Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) Assisted Laboratorio Sviluppo Prodotto class as Teaching Assistant.
• October 2011–February 2012 Teaching Assistant: Laboratorio di Metaprogetto 2011-2012 Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) Assisted Laboratorio di Metaprogetto class as Teaching Assistant.
• October 2010–February 2011 Teaching Assistant: Laboratorio Sviluppo Prodotto 2010-2011 Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) Assisted Laboratorio Sviluppo Prodotto class as Teaching Assistant.

Education

• Ph.D. in Design, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2010-2013.
• Teaching Assistant (Laboratorio Sviluppo Prodotto), Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2012.
• Teaching Assistant (Laboratorio Metaprogetto), Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2011.
• Teaching Assistant (Laboratorio Sviluppo Prodotto), Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2010.
Thesis: "Design Competitions: New Value Propositions"
• M.S. in Furniture Design, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2009.
• B.S. in Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Administration,
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, (with honors), 2006.
• High School Eskişehir Anadolu Lisesi, Eskişehir, Turkey (with honors), 2002.

Professional/Work Experience

• Coordinator, A' Design Award & Competition, 2009-Present.
Coordinating jury, public relation efforts and co-curate the exhibitions.
• Business designer, OMC² Design Studios, 2006-Present.
Designs business, corporate communication schemas and advertisements models.
• Graphics designer, OMC² Design Studios, 2003-Present.
Worked in projects such as creating web pages, designing product packages or logos.
• Designer interm, Tokyo University of the Arts, Summer 2008.
Worked with Prof. Seichi Onobori on creating neo-traditional Japan inspired designs.
• Designer interm, xO-Design, Summer 2007.
Developed new products, recomended on engineering and provided design solutions. [Recommendation]
• Substitute web specialist, Bilkent University, Summer 2005.
Updated Bilkent University web site and worked on the future design of the site.
• Graphics designer intern, Turkuaz Media Press, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2001.
Designed page layouts, logos, booklets, business cards.

Academic Publications

• Generative Design using Design DNA, p.60, Generative Art, Proceedings of GA2009 XII Generative Art Conference, edited by Celestina Soddu, Domus Argenia Publisher, Italy, 2009. ISBN 978-88-966-1000-8. [Abstract][Paper][Presentation]
• Design DNA Approach for Defining "Styles". Proceedings of INTED 2010 session of Pedagogical & Didactical Innovations. Learning and Teaching Methodologies, published and edited by L. Gomez, D. Marti, I. Candel et al., Spain, 2010. Proceedings ISBN 978-84-613-5538-9 & Abstracts 978-84-613-5536-5 [Abstract][Paper][Presentation]
• Evolution of Design Competitions: A Scientific Study on the State-of-Art of Design Competitions, Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, edited by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, Cabell Publishing Inc, USA, 2011, ISSN: 1833-1874. [Paper]
• Design Competitions: Focus on Ceramics Industry : Opportunities to foster Innovation in Ceramic Industry. SERES’11 II. International Ceramic, Glass, Porcelain Enamel, Glaze and Pigment Congress. [Paper]
• Integrating End-Users to the Design Process Through Design Competitions, DPPI '11 Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces Article No. 59 . [Paper]
• Humanities Centered Innovation through International Design Competitions : originalresearch on utilizing the diversity of designers for culture oriented result driven design competitions. 4th International Forum of Design as a process, scientific thematic meeting of the Latin Network for the development of design process, Proceedings, v.1 ed. Sebastiana Lana, Rita Engler, Regina Alvares Dias. [Paper]
• Service Design in Public Sector: Boosting innovation through design, Service Design Geographies. Proceedings of the ServDes.2016 Conference, Issue 125 Art 36 Pages 448-457, inköping University Electronic Press, Linköpings Universitet, ed. Francesco Rizzo, Alessandro Deserti, Onur Mustak Cobanli. [Paper]
• From Social Design to Design for Social Innovation, The Social Innovation Landscape, Global Trends, Social Innovation Atlas, Pages 66-69, 2015 ed. Francesco Rizzo, Alessandro Deserti, Onur Mustak Cobanli. [Paper]
• Design and Social Innovation For The Development Of Human Smart Cities. Nordir Design Research. No 6 (2015): Nordes 2015: Design Ecologies, ISSN 1604-9705. Stockholm, www.nordes.org ed. Francesco Rizzo, Alessandro Deserti, Onur Mustak Cobanli. [Paper]
• The Milano Design Week: Events, operators, business models : IFKAD, International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics Conference, Bari 10-12 June. 2015. ed. Francesco Rizzo, Alessandro Deserti, Onur Mustak Cobanli. [Paper]
• Introducing Design Thinking in Social Innovation and in the Public Sector, European Public and Social Innovation Review, Vol 2 (1), 2017, ISSN 2529-9824. Francesco Rizzo, Alessandro Deserti, Onur Mustak Cobanli. [Paper]

Books

• Book: A' Design Award - Product Winner Designs 2021-2022, Hardcopy Edition (260 Pages) Vol. 47-P. ISBN 978-88-97977-49-0, Designer Press, 2022. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Spatial Winner Designs 2021-2022, Hardcopy Edition (312 Pages) Vol. 48-S. ISBN 978-88-97977-53-7, Designer Press, 2022. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Communication Winner Designs 2021-2022, Hardcopy Edition (286 Pages) Vol. 49-C. ISBN 978-88-97977-52-0, Designer Press, 2022. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Platinum, Gold & Silver Winner Designs 2021-2022, Hardcopy Edition (173 Pages) Vol. 50-I. ISBN 978-88-97977-51-3, Designer Press, 2022. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Bronze and Iron Winner Designs 2021-2022, Hardcopy Edition (314 Pages) Vol. 51-N. ISBN 978-88-97977-50-6, Designer Press, 2022. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Winner Designs 2021-2022, Digital Edition (1683 Pages) Vol. 52-X. ISBN 978-88-97977-54-4, Designer Press, 2022. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Product Winner Designs 2020-2021, Hardcopy Edition (381 Pages) Vol. 41-P. ISBN 978-88-97977-34-6, Designer Press, 2021. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Spatial Winner Designs 2020-2021, Hardcopy Edition (428 Pages) Vol. 42-S. ISBN 978-88-97977-37-7, Designer Press, 2021. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Communication Winner Designs 2020-2021, Hardcopy Edition (459 Pages) Vol. 43-C. ISBN 978-88-97977-39-1, Designer Press, 2021. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Platinum, Gold & Silver Winner Designs 2020-2021, Hardcopy Edition (355 Pages) Vol. 44-I. ISBN 978-88-97977-41-4, Designer Press, 2021. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Bronze and Iron Winner Designs 2020-2021, Hardcopy Edition (479 Pages) Vol. 45-N. ISBN 978-88-97977-43-8, Designer Press, 2021. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Winner Designs 2020-2021, Digital Edition (2223 Pages) Vol. 46-X. ISBN 978-88-97977-47-6, Designer Press, 2021. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Product Winner Designs 2019-2020, Hardcopy Edition (334 Pages) Vol. 35-P. ISBN 978-88-97977-31-5, Designer Press, 2020. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Spatial Winner Designs 2019-2020, Hardcopy Edition (336 Pages) Vol. 36-S. ISBN 978-88-97977-35-3, Designer Press, 2020. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Communication Winner Designs 2019-2020, Hardcopy Edition (368 Pages) Vol. 37-C. ISBN 978-88-97977-38-4, Designer Press, 2020. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Platinum, Gold & Silver Winner Designs 2019-2020, Hardcopy Edition (387 Pages) Vol. 38-I. ISBN 978-88-97977-40-7, Designer Press, 2020. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Bronze and Iron Winner Designs 2019-2020, Hardcopy Edition (457 Pages) Vol. 39-N. ISBN 978-88-97977-42-1, Designer Press, 2020. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Winner Designs 2019-2020, Digital Edition (2296 Pages) Vol. 40-X. ISBN 978-88-97977-45-2, Designer Press, 2020. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Product Winner Designs 2018-2019, Hardcopy Edition (456 Pages) Vol. 30-P. ISBN 978-88-97977-27-8 , Designer Press, 2019. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Spatial Winner Designs 2018-2019, Hardcopy Edition (465 Pages) Vol. 31-S. ISBN 978-88-97977-25-4, Designer Press, 2019. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Communication Winner Designs 2018-2019, Hardcopy Edition (478 Pages) Vol. 32-C. ISBN 978-88-97977-29-2, Designer Press, 2019. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Platinum, Gold & Silver Winner Designs 2018-2019, Hardcopy Edition (435 Pages) Vol. 33-I. ISBN 978-88-97977-21-6, Designer Press, 2019. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Interior Bronze and Iron Winner Designs 2018-2019, Hardcopy Edition (466 Pages) Vol. 34-N. ISBN 978-88-97977-23-0, Designer Press, 2019. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Winner Designs 2018-2019, Digital Edition (2296 Pages) Vol. 29-X. ISBN 978-88-97977-30-8, Designer Press, 2019. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award - Winner Designs 2016-2017, Digital Edition (829 Pages) Vol. 22-X. ISBN 978-88-97977-20-9, Designer Press, 2017. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2016 - 2017, Vol 18-P (Product Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-46-9 (508 pages), Designer Press, 2016. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2016 - 2017, Vol 19-C (Communication Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-48-3 (390 pages), Designer Press, 2016. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2016 - 2017, Vol 20-S (Spatial Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-44-5 (423 pages), Designer Press, 2016. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2016 - 2017, Vol 21-I (Interior Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-19-3 (564 pages), Designer Press, 2016. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2015 - 2016, Vol 14-P (Product Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-11-7 (430 pages), Designer Press, 2015. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2015 - 2016, Vol 15-S (Spatial Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-16-2 (541 pages), Designer Press, 2015. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2015 - 2016, Vol 16-C (Communication Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-17-9 (254 pages), Designer Press, 2015. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2014 - 2015, Vol 10-S (Spatial Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-10-0 (316 pages), Designer Press, 2014. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2014 - 2015, Vol 12-P (Product Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-33-9 (331 pages), Designer Press, 2014. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2014 - 2015, Vol 11-C (Communication Design). ISBN: 978-88-97977-14-8 (185 pages), Designer Press, 2014. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2013 - 2014 (Spatial Design), ISBN 978-88-97977-07-0, Designer Press, 2013. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2013 - 2014 (Communication Design), ISBN 978-88-97977-12-4, Designer Press, 2013. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2013 - 2014 (Product Design), ISBN 978-88-97977-32-2, Designer Press, 2013. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2012 - 2013, ISBN 978-88-97977-08-7, Designer Press, 2013. Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: A' Design Award, Winner Designs 2011 - 2012, ISBN 978-88-97977-03-2, Designer Press, 2012.Editor: Onur Mustak Cobanli, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book: I Design Awards Yearbook 2012, ISBN 978-88-97977-06-3, Designer Press, 2012. Editors: Onur Mustak Cobanli & Swapna Chakraborthy, DesignerPress, Milan / Italy.
• Book (Chapter/Partial): LIGHT WORKS – EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT 2011,ISBN 978-88- 38761191 Editor: Francesco Murano, Con saggi di Jacqueline Ceresoli, Gabriella D’Argenio e Onur Mustak Cobanli Edizioni Maggioli 2012 Milan / Italy.
• Book (Sections/Partial): "RED, ROSSO, ROJO, Tectum", 2009, ISBN 978-88-7906-767-6 (Pages: 68-69,74-75,72-73), Tectum Publishers, Editor: Franco Busti, Antwerp / Belgium.

Memberships

• ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale), Member, 2009 - 2016.
• ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design), Corporate Member, 2011 - 2016.
• ICOGRADA (International Council of Communication Design), Corporate Member, 2012 - 2016.
• IFI (International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers), Corporate Member, 2013 - 2016.

Language skills

• English: Native
• Italian: Native
• Turkish: Near-Native
• Japanese: Pre-Intermediate
• German: Beginner
• Spanish: Beginner
• Arabic: Beginner
• Chinese: Beginner


Computer literacy

Graphics/Modelling/Web Design Programs: Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, NewTek Lightwave. Programming/Coding: JavaScript, PHP, DHTML, XHTML, HTML, MySQL. Office Suite: Excel, Word, Outlook and others.


Hobbies and Interests

Design, Ceramics, Tango Dancing, Movies, Anime.


Conferences, Courses, Workshops and Seminars

Speaker
•Jingdezhen Ceramic Fair Conference, "Study of ceramic furniture, focusing on modernization of classical Chinese ceramics through collaborative innovation". Jingdezhen, China, 18-22 October, 2010.
• Product Design Days'12, "Marketing and branding product designs – the Italian way.",Chennai, India, 22-23 November, 2012.

Participant with Paper
• Ph.D. Week, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. 2013. • Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, Design Conference, Milan, Italy. 2011.
• Design Principles and Practices, Design Conference, Rome, Italy. 2012.
• Generative Design Conference, Milan, Italy. 2009.

Participant without Paper
• Brandmarker, Marketing for Individuals, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey. 2008.
• Design for Mass-Production, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2007.
• Innovative Product Design and Development Conference Series, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. 2006.
• International Ceramics Symposium, Tacoma College, Seattle, United States. 2005.
• International Ceramics Symposium, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey. 2004.


Awards and Certificates

• Middle-Anatolia Wood Products and Producers Association, Jury Grand Award in Bathroom Furniture Design Category, National Design for Export Competition 2010, Istanbul, Turkey. [Award-Certificate]
• Letter of Appreciation, Bilkent University (For organizations held by Classical Dances Club.)
• Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), Rotary International.
• Professional Chess Player Certificate, National Youth Chess League, Turkey.