What I do.
I design products people live with — from medical devices to everyday objects — through my consultancy, my own ventures, and the studios I teach.
Design Demystified
A dialogue between two thinkers in every episode, challenging the status quo of design theory and practice.
In Turkish — made for design students
TRDoes Form Follow Function, or Meaning? Sullivan's Principle vs Krippendorff's Product Semantics
Should an object's shape serve its function or its meaning — modernism against semantic design.
TRThe Object's Two Authors: The Design Script vs Off-Purpose Use
The tense gap between the scenario a designer inscribes and the reality a user improvises.
TRThe Knowledge We Can't Put Into Words: Schön's Reflective Practice vs Cross's Designerly Knowing
The silent expertise a designer cannot articulate and knows only by doing.
TRThe Object That Speaks Without Words: Gibson's Affordances vs Norman's Signifiers
How objects communicate without language — perception, affordance, and the cues design provides.
TRFrom Proof of Status to the Play of Signs: Veblen and Baudrillard on Consumption
The sociological drift of objects from markers of status to a game of signs.
TRThe Responsibility a Designer Can't Escape: Papanek's Ethics vs Verbeek's Mediation
The moral responsibility a designer can't dodge, and how technology mediates our choices.
About the
Designer
I am Hakan Boğazpınar — an industrial designer, educator, and founder. My practice is built on the belief that design is not a purely visual discipline but a critical inquiry into how we live with the physical and digital world.
I lead projects at Venn IDC and co-founded Truwa. Alongside my practice I teach part-time, leading design studios at universities — guiding students through real design problems keeps my own work curious and rigorous.
I also curate Design Demystified, a podcast that digs into the philosophical underpinnings of the discipline. I bridge technical feasibility with narrative strength to deliver products that last.