I design products, from concept to manufacture.
Industrial designer and design engineer in Paderborn. I combine product design, CAD and prototyping with hands-on manufacturing experience.
Selected Work
01Pioneer MKII: Underwater Vehicle Redesign
Mechanical and product design for the ITU ROV Team: sensor packaging, head compartment, structure, hydrodynamics and serviceability. TEKNOFEST 2023 Design & Presentation Award.
02Rockhounder
A backpack and digital service that support rock collectors from field exploration to organizing their finds. Best Graduation Project Award, 2nd Prize (ITU, 2023).
03Herptile: Exercise System for Pregnancy
A product-service system for safe, controlled exercise during pregnancy, on land and in water: reformer, poolside station and service journey.
04Peanut: Mini Tracked Robot
An Arduino-based tracked robot kit designed at Robotistan as both a product and an assembly experience. Launched commercially with its own packaging and an 18-page assembly manual.
Construction, product, furniture and glass design
05.1TUS Metallbau
Technical design and production documentation for metal construction projects.
05.2F1 SIM Steering Wheel
An F1 sim racing steering wheel, designed and built as a personal project.
05.3Coffee Table
A coffee table with a laser-cut metal frame and a glass top, designed and built for my own home.
05.4Spiegelau: Design Language Exploration
Glassware concept based on Spiegelau's design language. Academic exercise, unaffiliated with Spiegelau.
More projects
Shorter case studies, outside the PDF portfolio's main selection.
About
My work spans underwater robotics, educational robot kits, consumer products, furniture and steel construction. I develop form, mechanisms and manufacturing details together.
Market research → idea generation → sketching → CAD → engineering → prototyping → verification
Constraints stay visible
Production pressure, a material limit, an unverified assumption. All of it stays visible in the project, not tucked away.
Designed as a system
Not a single object, but its maintenance, its use cycle and the user journey, considered together.
Manufacturing shapes form
Sheet bending, laser cutting, welding, injection molding, 3D printing, DIN standards. The chosen method is part of the design, not a note added later.
How I work
Design
Product & mechanism design · CAD modeling · technical drawing & tolerance notation · system/service design
CAD & Rendering
HiCAD · SolidWorks · Rhino · Fusion 360 · KeyShot · V-Ray · Blender
Manufacturing knowledge
Sheet bending · laser cutting · welding processes · DIN standards · injection molding · 3D printing (FDM) · steel structure & glass facade detailing
Prototyping & Visual Communication
Hand sketching · mock-up making · Photoshop · Illustrator
Languages
Turkish (native) · English (C1) · German (B1–B2, in progress)
Timeline
Industrial Designer & Design Engineer, TUS Metallbau
Since 2023, over 150 of my steel-construction designs have gone into production: balcony systems, canopies, railings, steel structures and glass facades. I make design and manufacturability decisions together: BOM preparation, on-site measurement, tolerance and assembly optimization, all under real production pressure. See selected TUS Metallbau projects →
Industrial Design Intern, TUS Metallbau
Design Engineer, ITU ROV Team
Worked on watertight enclosures, structural chassis and sensor/propulsion integration. The Pioneer MKII nose module design is mine, see the full case study.
Product Design Intern, Robotistan
Designed injection-molded enclosures, snap-fit connections and microcontroller integration for Arduino-based educational robotics kits. One of these, Peanut, shipped as a real product with its own assembly guide, see the full case study.
B.Sc. Industrial Design, Istanbul Technical University
Verified results
- Best Graduation Project Award, 2nd Prize, ITU 2023 (Rockhounder; jury included Otokar and Arçelik representatives)
- FURNITUR 2023, Prize & Mention, Türkiye Tasarım Vakfı
- TEKNOFEST, Design & Presentation Category (Pioneer MKII)
- TAC Challenge (Norway), 3rd Place with the team's Explorer vehicle
- Design for Export, Finalist (OAIB & Ministry of Commerce)
“Bedirhan stands out for his strong commitment to the design process and his exceptional attention to detail. His sketching skills, prototyping ability, and engineering-oriented approach allow him to translate ideas into well-resolved design outcomes with confidence. This combination of technical rigor, perseverance, and openness to learning makes him a promising industrial designer.”