Özlem-Yalım etc. tasarım danışmanlık tanıtım

tasarım danışmanlığı, tasarım yönetimi, tasarım atölye ve eğitimleri, endüstriyel ürün Who? Then she had a job offer from TEPTA Lighting, where she still works.

Özlem Yalım
� Dreamer.
� aka Wizard of Oz
� Design & Innovation.
� Design Thinking.
� Creative Brand Positioning.
� Corporate Culture.
� Industrial Design BSc.
� Head of Brand Strategy @TEPTA lighting
� Columnist @gazetepencere @t24
� ŞEHİRLER/ŞEKİLLER live every Monday 20:00 @youtube @bidebunuizle
� mother of Lâl @Waterloo/Canada

Industrial designer with the degree of BSc , METU ( ODTÜ ), A

nkara / Turkey.
25 years of experience in design fields such as packaging, exhibition, interiors ( both residential and commercial) modular spaces design, corporate identity, industrial design and manufacture, products, furniture, lighting, table-top items and events design. She worked as a “director of design” at the companies: Terminal Design ( Burkhardt Leitner Constructiv ), Koleksiyon Mobilya, Akın Holding ( adressistanbul ), ORKA Grup, Pelit( client) and İstanbul Municipality; after being the founding partner of the design and architecture firm, Kilit Taşı. Her designs were exhibited by invitation at local and global events including Prague, Art and Interior Exhibition and New York, ICFF. She established “doT: designers of Turkey” in 2004 in order to support the promotion of Turkish design and designers, where she has designed and presented unique events / projects like Fesorient©, Objekült© and Aquagalata©. She also played role at İMMİB, İTO, AYSAD, ASD, UİB, Contemporaryİst, Design Week, Sezin High School futurist events, NTV- Türk Mucit (TV competition) as consultant, speaker, and /or a jury member. She worked as part time instructor at the furniture design studio at BAU ( Bahçeşehir Üniversity), department of Interior Design. She helped for pro-bono practices such as Marketingist exhibition: “ Competitors Through Design”, a garbage bin workshop for “Recycle Turkey” Event, a glass workshop for “Glass Furnace”, and corporate identity for AYDER who works with the disabled.

After working in professional life as brand and design director for one of the leading companies in İstanbul she headed the the first İstanbul Design Biennial. As the idea owner and author of the event, she started to work for IKSV ( İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts ) in 2010 in order to prepare the concept and development of the event ; She directed and realized the first edition of İstanbul Design Biennial until May 2013. She had been among the advisory board members of the 2nd edition of the Design Biennial in 2014. Designing a design biennial was a great experience but being an event coordinatior in a non profit was not, so she quit in order to get back to her professional career. She led projects like “Space and Posibilities" exhibition - April 2014 , PR of Design Me! exhibition in Wanted Design, NYC- May 2014,Co-curator at ‘ SALONDantel” exhibition. ( Holland-Turkish co- production ) - October 2014, Private consultant to the CEO at “Marka Conference” - December 2014. Project development and coordination of Baksı Museum Shop products w/ 9 leading designers - 2015, and interior renovation of a private penthouse - 2015. PR, communication, marketing, corporate identity, XRM teams are reporting her as the Head of Brand Strategy. She is also responsible for 30 global brands, business development, events, educations and sponsorhips. TEPTA became a Design Centerby 2020 ( a title given by Turkish Government) and she is also leading this establishment within the company. She has a continuing editorial background as follows: editorials for many event catalogues she has been involved, countless articles for sectoral magazines, Monthly Columnist at Optimist magazine during 2013-2014, Participating Author , “New Paradigms”, Book-2014. Design critic at Sanatatak ( leading arts platform ), Arkitera ( leading architecture platform ), Dekoraman ( interior design ), Oggusto ( leading luxury and lifestyle platform), the guest editor of Design Unlimited 6th edition - 2019. She has been the Editor of Day Light Night book, designed by Yeşim Demir, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary exhibition of TEPTA at İstanbul Modern in 2016. She has been the columnist on creative industries at Cumhuriyet Newspaper and T24 between 2018-2020. Her weekly column is currently at Gazete Pencere since March 2020. She is still active in such collaborations below besides her professional life:
DESIGN THINKING and creative branding / business education programs ( workshops, conferences )
CONSULTANT for events, companies ONLY for design related projects, products, design centers
JURY member and guest instructor at Academies
MENTORSHIP for global startups

She is the board member of WoMen of Orange ( Dutch Consulate in İstanbul)
She has been selected one the most creative 50 figures in Turkey, both in 2011 and 2012 by TurkishTime magazine. www.ozlemyalim.com
Please check her articles here : www.tasarimyazilari.wordpress.com

one of her recent work can be followed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd- FYES7cmw&spfreload=10

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08/03/2026

On International Women’s Day, it is worth remembering that the history of light is not only a story of technology, but also of the women who helped illuminate it.

In the late 19th century, British scientist Hertha Marks Ayrton conducted pioneering research on the electric arc; the technology behind the first generation of electric street lighting. Her work explained why arc lamps flickered and hissed and helped stabilize electric illumination at a time when cities were transitioning from gaslight to electricity.

Decades later, physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer deepened our understanding of light at the quantum level, laying the theoretical groundwork for modern photonics and laser technologies.

Today’s energy-efficient lighting also owes much to scientists working on semiconductor physics and LED technologies. Among them is materials scientist Shuji Nakamura’s collaborator Nadya Mason, whose research on quantum materials contributes to next-generation optical and electronic systems.

The story of light is also a story of persistence of women who entered fields where they were rarely expected and whose work continues to shape how we illuminate our cities, architecture, and everyday life.

On this International Women’s Day, remembering these pioneers is also a reminder that advancing knowledge often begins with those willing to step forward and lead; sometimes quietly, but always as true vanguards. ✨

04/03/2026

SAVE THE DATE.

26/02/2026

We attended at the press meeting of showroom by Ataşehir/Istanbul , designed by .

Lighting design by
pendants by

20/02/2026

Sparkler, Poltrona Frau
Designer: Kensaku Oshiro
Turkey Dealer: BMS Design Center.

This design gets inspiration from Japanese lightworks.
This outdoor lamp is a mobile option with its usb charger; comes in 3 sizes, 2 finishes and 2 colors. Hand-woven with polypropylene rope.
The small lantern can be used as a floor lamp or an outdoor ceiling lamp thnx to the additional arch supports and hooks.

Contact for " Boundless Living" outdoor collection.

16/02/2026

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. The Chinese Lunar Year starts by 17th February. This is also a time when Light becomes meaning:

Celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Chinese Lantern Festival marks the first full moon of the year; and the closing moment of the Lunar New Year cycle.

With origins tracing back over 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty, the festival evolved through imperial rituals, early Buddhist influences, and public celebrations into a collective act of illumination.

But beyond tradition, this is a festival about light as language.

Lanterns, especially glowing in deep reds, carry layered meanings:
🏮 Light as guidance
🏮Light as protection
🏮Light as a signal of renewal

Their round forms echo unity and continuity, while their presence in the night transforms space into something shared, almost architectural.

In this sense, the Lantern Festival is not only a cultural event;
it is an early, powerful demonstration of how light constructs atmosphere, emotion, and connection.

A reminder for us:
Light is never only functional.
It is always conceptual.

30/01/2026

Project: Galeri AGA
Supplier:
Catalyst: V / LIGHT

Maslak, Istanbul
2025

23/01/2026

V / LIGHT is , ILLUMINATE exhibition showcases leading brands as

23/01/2026

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23/01/2026

V / LIGHT is ILLUMINATE recap

21/01/2026

We believe the future of lighting is not just products;
it’s relationships, precision, and trust.

V/LIGHT keeps its finger on the pulse of the industry:
new companies, innovations, technologies,and the people shaping them.

Because the right connection changes everything.

A beam connects all.

21/01/2026

In real life, projects shift.
Budgets evolve.
Specifications change.

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Özlem Yalım , Strategic Design Consultant / works as the Head of Brand Strategy at TEPTA Lighting.
Industrial designer with the degree of BS , METU ( ODTÜ ), Ankara / Turkey.

25 years of experience in design fields such as packaging, exhibition, interior ( both residential and commercial) modular space design, corporate identity, industrial, products, furniture, lighting, table-top items and events design. She worked as a “director of design and brand” at the companies: Terminal Design ( Burkhardt Leitner Constructiv ), Koleksiyon Mobilya, Akın Holding, ORKA Grup, Pelit and İstanbul Municipality; after being the founding partner of the design and architecture firm, Kilit Taşı. Her designs were exhibited by invitation at local and global events including Prague, Art and Interior Exhibition and New York, ICFF. She established “doT: designers of Turkey” in 2004 in order to support the promotion of Turkish design and designers, where she has designed and presented unique events / projects like Fesorient©, Objekült© and Aquagalata©. She also played role at İMMİB, İTO, AYSAD, ASD, UİB, Contemporaryİst, Design Week, Sezin High School futurist events, NTV- Türk Mucit ( TV competition) as consultant, speaker, and /or a jury member. She worked as par- time instructor at the furniture design studio at BAU ( Bahçeşehir Üniversity), department of Interior Design. She helped for pro-bono practices such as Marketingist exhibition: “ Competitors Through Design”, a garbage bin workshop for “Recycle Turkey” Event, a glass workshop for “Glass Furnace”, and corporate identity for AYDER who works with the disabled.
After working in professional life as brand and design director for one of the leading companies in İstanbul she headed the the first İstanbul Design Biennial. As the idea owner and author of the event, she started to work for IKSV ( İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts ) in 2010 in order to present the concept, contant and development of the event ; She directed the event until May 2013. She has been among the advisory board members of the 2nd edition of the Design Biennial in 2014.

She ran her own design studio ( StudioOYO ) 2014-2015, just after İKSV and released product collections; some of her work can be followed here:

https://youtu.be/hd-FYES7cmw

https://youtu.be/r08PoSYF7EA

Some of her latest projects are the project direction of “Space and Posibilities" exhibition-April 2014 , PR of Design Me! exhibition in Wanted Design, NYC- May 2014, Co-curator at ‘ SALONDantel” exhibition. ( Holland-Turkish co- production ) - October 2014, Private consultant to the CEO at “Marka Conference”-December 2014, Event Supervisor for H&M for “ sustainable workshop in 2016, Design Supervisor for the gadget series design and branding for Saltbea/ Doğuş 2018.

She presented the first exhibition dedicated to Light, in 2015, for the 25th Anniversary of TEPTA lighting: Day, Light- night exhibition which is curated by Ulrike Brandi was opened at İstanbul Modern Museum. The Exhibition commissioned local and international architects, designers and artists to design lighting installations and attracted the attention of approximately 200.000 audiences during 4 months. A book on light was also published by TEPTA justafter this exhibiton, which was coordinated and edited by Yalım.

She has a continuing editorial background as follows: Column writer at Optimist magazine during 2013-2014, Participating Author , “New Paradigms”, Book-2014. She wrote officially at Sanatatak ( leading arts platform ), Arkitera ( leading architecture platform ), Dekoraman ( interior design ) by time, as well as many articles at a few leading magazines on demand. She currently writes design criticsm at Cumhuriyet newspaper, Sunday edititon, bi-weekly.

Her work is specialised on design, brand positioning, creative communication and marketing strategies, events and exhibitions, local and international pr ( in creative fields ), business education programs ( workshops, conferences and design thinking practices ) and advisory fileds after 25 years experience in business.
She has been the advisory board member of many events, such as IMMIB Industial design Competition, AYSAD Elevator Design Competition, Sustainable Brands Conference İstanbul.
She has been selected one the most creative 50 figures in Turkey, both in 2011 and 2012 by TurkishTime magazine. She is single and the mother of 19 year old Lal.
www.ozlemyalim.com
ozlemyalim.wordpress.com/ designersofturkey.wordpress.com/ tasarimyazilari.wordpress.com/

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