Arat Baran Keskin

Industrial Design, UX Design, illustration, character design

Arat Baran Keskin is a research assistant in the Visual Communication Design Department at Kadir Has University. He earned his B.Sc. in Industrial Design at Middle East Technical University, then he completed his M.Sc. at the same institution with the thesis titled “Gamification as a Method to Encourage Novice Players to Learn and Practice Drumming”. Between 2019-2023 he as an industrial designer and visual designer in sectors including field security, traffic security and healthcare. In 2023-2024 he worked as a part-time instructor in the Department of Industrial Design at Middle East Technical University. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in the Design, Technology & Society program at Kadir Has University.    

B.Sc. (2014-2019), Industrial Design, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Türkiye)
M.Sc. (2019-2023), Industrial Design, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Türkiye)
Ph.D. (2025-ongoing), Design, Technology & Society, Kadir Has University (İstanbul, Türkiye)

(2022-2023) Part-time Instructor, Middle East Technical University, Industrial Design, ID101&102 Basic Design Courses 

(2022-2023) Industrial Designer & Graphic Designer, Kuartis Technology and Consulting

(2019-2022) Industrial Designer & Graphic Designer, Mesan Electronic

(2018) Graduation Project Advisee, Ford Otosan

(2017) Intern, Mozilya Furniture Design 

(2016) Intern, Zümrüt Porcelain

(2018), Solo Exhibition, Füruzan Olşen Exhibiton Hall, Middle East Technical University, (Ankara, Türkiye)

(2024) First Prize, Hero Firefighters Mascot and Animation Competition (Mascot Category); Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul Fire Department and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality 
(2020) Mustafa Bora Special Award, Konak Municipality 4. Eflatun Nuri National Cartoon Competition 
(2020) Honorable Mention Award, Kartal Municipality International COVID-19 Cartoon Competition 
(2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) Honor student, Middle East Technical University
(2016-17) High Honor Student, Middle East Technical University
(2011) First Prize, FMV Işık Schools National Cartoon Competition 
(2008) Third Prize, Sinop Public Library National Cartoon Competition 
(2007) Special Jury Award, Istanbul Erkek Liseliler Foundation National Cartoon Competition 
(2007) Second Prize, Sinop Public Library National Cartoon Competition