Merve Sert

Domus Academy

Milan, Italy

Work Experience

Ivan Pedri

Smart Reading Light

An interactive smart reading lamp which works with a smart phone. Its main features include text recognition, real-time query options, customizable notification alerts, personalized schedule reminders and the ability to share what you’ve captured with your network. The reading experience becomes truly enhanced with endless versatility.
February 2013 - Milan, Italy

LIQID

Interactive Teaser for "ALFA ROMEO-MITO"

An installation of a pop-up book that works with projection mapping and iPad, which provide to user an interaction.
January 2013 - Milan, Italy

Things

Active Workstage in Co-Working Spaces (DA Project)

Designing the interactions for a co-working space with focusing the furnitures, interior and exterior space. The project attented to “Social Media Week Conferance” in Milan.
December 2012 - Milan, Italy

Park Hyatt

Mobile Application Design (DA Project)

Designing a mobile application, that exclusive circle of Park Hyatt customers that have privileged access to the Park Hyatt’s offerings and services. These select few interact, through an intuitive app on their personal devices, with strategically placed symbols to perform functions within and outside the hotel.
The symbol hides in plain sight and is decipherable only by those guests who have the Hyatti app. It allows the guest to access all the services from anywhere at their fingertips while allowing a great degree of personalization, which is a luxury synonymous with the Park Hyatt.

The system, much like the hotel, learns from the guest’s input and experience to keep providing a better
December 2012 - Milan, Italy

Domus Academy

Instaportrait-Human Evaluation in Interaction Design

Focusing the future of Interaction Design with designing a device which works with human gestures.
October 2012 - Milano, Italy

Foiegras Media

Interface designer for interactive iPad&web magazines

Designing interactive, online magazines for famous publishers, which are are available on web, android and iPad. Also designing iPhone application interfaces, interactive adds and mailing designs for websites. Creative thinking and involving the user in interactivity is an other idea of focus.
May 2011 - June 2012 Istanbul, Turkey

Proje4L / Elgiz Museum Of Contemporary Art

Designer

To arrange the exhibition works like poster design, invitation cards, wall stickers and label design for paintings. Also updating the company website.
March 2011 - May 2011 Istanbul, Turkey

Interamerica Lowe Worldwide

Creative Intern

Supervised directly by the senior art director, created and implemented initial graphic designs for advertisement projects. Presented new ideas at customer presentations, helped sale team by implementing customer demands in new projects.
Get the first degree Intern Competition for "UNILEVER"
June 2010 - September 2010 Istanbul, Turkey

Vahit Tuna Design Studio

Creative Intern Graphic Design Assistant

Worked on one with the head designer Vahit Tuna on many projects varying from print design to interactive design. Sketch implemen- tation was another idea of focus. I
April 2010 - June 2010 Istanbul, Turkey

NTV Spor

Creative Intern – Graphic Design

Worked in promotion campaign of the television and edited some sports shooting in Adobe Premiere and Adobe Soundbooth.
July 2009 - August 2009 Istanbul, Turkey

IKSV

Designer Assistant

Worked as the personal assistant of senior designer Dejan Kršić on the design of “What Keeps Mankind Alive”11th Istanbul Biennale 2009 Catalogue. The Catalogue has been published as the main handout of IKSV.
September 2009 - October 2009 Istanbul, Turkey

Slag Gallery

Intern Gallery Assistant

Worked as the supervisor of the gallery visitors.
September 2009 - October 2009 Istanbul, Turkey

Time Out Magazine

Creative Intern – Graphic Design

Worked in magazine layout, with text and images in InDesign and Photoshop.
June 2008 - September 2008 Istanbul, Turkey

Education

Domus Academy

Interaction Design

Got the second degree in "Pay Attention Competition" and qualify scholarship.

Validated by the University of Wales, UK.
September 2012 - Present Milan, Italy

Sabanci University

Visual Communication Design

Graduated with distinction.
September 2005 - May 2011 Istanbul, Turkey

Languages

English (Fluent),
German (Advanced),
Italian (Beginner),

Awards

Domus Academy-Pay Attention Competition

2. Degree, got the scholarship

Skills

Adobe Encoder, Adobe Photoshop, Arduino, Digital Content Bundler, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Premiere, Branding Design , Dreamweaver, Edge, Editorial Design, FontLab Studio, Identity Design, Interface Design, Microsoft Office, Service Design, Soundbooth, Typography, Web Design, Wireframe,