
Area(s) of Expertise
Industrial Design, Design Fundementals, Drawing & Painting, 3D Digital technology RP, Digital Futures, Materials & ProcessesOverview
Mehnaz is an Industrial Designer, art & design professional with Interactive Design experience. She has been working in design industry both in Europe and Canada for more than two decades in various areas of design such as manufacturing, store planning, furniture design, interaction design and jewellery design. She completed her Master in Design degree at OCAD University in Digital Futures department after exploring the needs and future of Industrial Design discipline. Mehnaz believes in and works for connecting digital technology with physical products while executing as well as at the innovation stage of product development. She pursues the idea of fundamentals of design matter for benefits of physicality of product development and works to fill the gap between two worlds to reshape and connect user experiences with digital technology. She gives seminars, and creates workshops with various universities in Europe and in Canada. She has been recently working on development of her thesis project "The Face and Emotion Recognition to Enhance Learning in Children with Autism" with South Asian Autism Awareness Center (SAAAC). Mehnaz holds publications in Industrial Design and design for health.
Education
Digital Futures, Master in Design, OCAD University
Industrial Design, BA, Humber College Applied Technology,
Industrial Design, (BA.Honours) MU Fine Art Academy, Istanbul, Turkey
Professional Experience
Awards \ Grants
1st. Place in Mixed Media Art Competition, Humber College, 2004
2nd. Place in Soheil Mosun Ltd.
Bathroom Accessories for Marriott Hotels, 2003
3rd. Place in in ABC Group Project,
“Mid Console Design” for Cadillac Escalade, 2004
Selected Publications
Creative Techniques Handbook 2014,
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mehnaz_Aydemir
A Journeymap, a recipe..
https://medium.com/@mehnaza/a-journey-map-a-recipe-d44e2ac2beb7
https://medium.com/@mehnaza/building-success-through-happiness-877364d1a9e8
Emerging Technology Workshop, Commerce University - Istanbul, Turkey March 2018
https://www.ticaret.edu.tr/tr/Sayfa/Akademik/Fakulteler/mimarliktasarim
Florida State University, Experiential Design Conference 2020
Experiential Design – Rethinking relations between people, objects and environments
Digital Tools for Children with Autism: Enhancing sensory development and the recognition of faces and emotions
www.architecturemps.com AMPS YouTube channel
Professional Affiliations / Boards / Juries
ACIDO - Association of Charted Industrial Designers of Ontario