AWARDS
2019
Hacettepe TTM Patent Office ( Invention Awards )
Bronze Award – Oral Injector
International Design Award
Gold Award – Media and Home Electronics / Robotics, Interact- Assist On-Arm
Bronze Award – Industrial and Life Science Design / Medical/Scientific Machinery, Interact-Assist On-Arm
2018
Design Turkey
Conceptual Design Award – Eco Barrow
Conceptual Design Award – Owl Bits
German Design Award
Gold – Stationery, Fume
Gold – Aviation, Maritime and Railway, Alpina D-DSNB
European Product Design Award
Gold Award – Transportation/Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Eco Barrow
Silver Award – Office Equipment/Stationery, Fume
Silver Award – Office Equipment/Workspace organizers, Wraparound
Silver Award – Sustainable Living/Energy Conservation Equipment, Heat-X
Silver Award – Toy Design/Wooden Toy, Zero Pixels
Bronze Award – Home Interior Products/Kitchen Accessories/Tabletop, Heat-X
2017
European Product Design Award
Gold Award – Sustainable Living, Infinite Light
Silver Award – Design For Society, Shelter Pack
Silver Award – Transportation, Delphi
International Design Awards
Gold Award – Sustainable Living, ConSoLight
Silver Award – Design for Society/Eco-Sustainable Design, ConSoLight
Silver Award – Transportation/Nautical/Boats, Taxea
Bronze Award – Other Products, Owl Bits
A’ Design Award
Silver – Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware, Comfort Zone Bench
A’ Design – Aerospace and Aircraft, Alpina D-DSNB
2016
A’ Design Award
Gold – Stationary Supplies, Fume Marker Stand
Silver – Yacht and Marine Vessels, Delphi
Silver – Street Furniture, Monochrome Bench
Bronze – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Heat-X
Bronze – Medical Devices and Equipment, Kardinero Treadmill
International Design Awards
Gold Award – Design For Social Impact, Shelter Pack
Gold Award – Transportation, Delphi
Bronze Award – Outdoors, Trekking and Camping, Elovan
German Design Award
Winner – Workshop and Tools, Sistem
Special Mention – Packaging, SASA Water Packaging
Nominee – Medical Equipment, Eryigit Hospital Bed
Energy Globe Award
National Award of Turkey – Parabosol
2015
Design et al
Finalist – Yacht and Aviation Awards, Snow
A’ Design Award
Gold – Social Design, Shelter Pack
Gold – Hardware, Power and Hand Tools, Naxe
Silver – Yacht and Marine Vessels, Taxea
Silver – Home Appliances, Reverence
Bronze – Stationery Supplies, Office on the Go
Bronze – Digital and Electronic Devices, LeapVox Videophone
A’ Design – Lighting Products, Wave
A’ Design – Furniture Accessories, Zavinna
International Design Awards
Gold Award – Design For Social Impact, Tentative
Silver Award – Rural Sustainable Design, Tentative
Silver Award – Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Eco Barrow
Silver Award – Media and Home Electronics, Leapvox Videophone
Bronze Award – Eco-Sustainable Design, Parabosol
German Design Award
Nominee – Kitchen and Household, Steam
Nominee – Lifestyle, Creative Wooden Creatures
Nominee – Home and Decoration, Loft
2014
Design Turkey
Conceptual Design Award – Steam
Dongguan Cup
Gold – Concept, Torchia
A’ Design Award
Gold – Energy Products and Devices, Torchia
Gold – Stationery Supplies, Lollypop
Silver – Stationery Supplies, Wraparound
Silver – Engineering and Technical Design, Sistem
Silver – Design Quality and Innovation, Milko
Silver – Agriculture, Horticulture and Fisheries, Eco Barrow
Silver – Social Design, Tentative
Silver – Sustainable Products and Green Design, Parabosol
Silver – Hardware, Power and Hand Tools, Mini ST
Bronze – Medical Devices and Equipment, Eryiğit Hospital Bed
Bronze – Lighting Products, Scorpion
Bronze – Packaging, SASA Bottle
Bronze – Packaging, SASA I-Cube
Bronze – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Crocodile
A’ Design – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Panfold
A’ Design – Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation, Elovan
International Design Awards
1st Prize – Alternative Energy Products, Torchia
2nd Prize – Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Solar Taxi
3rd Prize – Lighting Design, Scorpion
Honorable Mention – Transportation, Solar Taxi
Honorable Mention – Outdoor and Exercise Equipment, Modular Hand Tools
Honorable Mention – Architecture, TAXI Station
Honorable Mention – Urban Design, TAXI Station
German Design Award
Nominee – Transportation and Public Space, TAXI Station
Passenger Terminal World Magazine
Runner-up – Design Challenge 2014, AGT Bench
2013
International Design Excellence Awards
Finalist – Leisure and Recreation, Creative Wooden Creatures
A’ Design Award
Platinum – Home Appliances, Steam
Silver – Street Furniture, PhoneBox
Silver – Agriculture, Horticulture and Fisheries, Modular Hand Tools
Silver – Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation, Solar Taxi
Silver – Sustainable Products and Green Design, Pet-Tree
Bronze – Stationery Supplies, Corneround
Bronze – Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made, Tumbler Lamp
Bronze – Furniture and Homeware, Loft Table
A’ Design – Furniture and Homeware, Origami Chair
A’ Design – Pet Supplies and Products for Animals, Pets For Pets
A’ Design – Digital and Electronic Devices, LeapVox
A’ Design – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Orca
A’ Design – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Monster
Runner-up – Medical Devices and Equipment, Lolly Oral Syringe
Runner-up – Lighting Products, LightBox
International Design Awards
1st Prize – Home Interior Products / Kitchen Appliances, Steam
1st Prize – Office Equipment / Telecommunications, LeapVox
2nd Prize – Urban Sustainable Design, Solar Rap
2nd Prize – Urban Sustainable Design, SolBooth
3rd Prize – Media and Home Electronics / Communications Technology, LeapVox
3rd Prize – Other Products, SolBooth
3rd Prize – Toys and Games, Creative Wooden Creatures
Honorable Mention – Other Products, Creative Wooden Creatures
Honorable Mention – Sustainable Living / Environmental Preservation, Solar Rap
Honorable Mention – Home Interior Products, Origami Chair
Green Dot Awards
1st Prize – Other Products, Infinite Light
Honorable Mention – Industrial Products, Creative Wooden Creatures
Honorable Mention – Public Products, SolBooth
Honorable Mention – Concept, Solar Rap
Honorable Mention – Concept, Animal Shelter
2012
A’ Design Award
Platinum – Toy, Games and Hobby Products, Creative Wooden Creatures
Gold – Yacht and Marine Vessels, Snow Sailing Yacht
Gold – Agriculture, Horticulture and Fisheries, Solar Rap
Gold – Medical Devices and Equipment, Ledmax Curing Light
Gold – Furniture and Homeware, Rest Point
Silver – Furniture and Homeware, Manta
Silver – Street Furniture, SolBooth
Silver – Energy Products and Devices, V-Tent
Silver – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Satellite
Bronze – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Flame
Bronze – Awards, Prize and Competitions, Trinova Award
Honorable Mention – Home Appliances, PacMan
International Design Awards
Gold – Urban Sustainable Design, V-Tent
Silver – Kitchen Appliances, Flame
Bronze – Other Products, Pebble
Honorable Mention – Rural Sustainable Design, Living Pots
Green Dot Awards
2nd Prize – Industrial Products, Living Pots
2nd Prize – Residential Products, Twist
2nd Prize – Simple Transportation, SurfSail42
Honorable Mention – Concept, V-Tent
Passenger Terminal World Magazine
Runner-up – Design Challenge 2012, Rest Point
Runner-up – Design Challenge 2012, Comport
2011
A’ Design Award
Platinum – Furniture and Homeware, Pebble
Gold – Architecture, Building and Structure, TAXI Station
Gold – Social Design, Triton
Gold – Idea Design, Cans’n Caps
Gold – Home Appliances, Twist
Gold – Medical Devices and Equipment, Self Smear Test Kit
Silver – Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation, Phaeton
Silver – Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware, Attention
Silver – Furniture and Homeware, AGT Bench
Bronze – Furniture and Homeware, Wow
Bronze – Medical Devices and Equipment, Biopsy Device
Bronze – Building Materials, Components and Systems, D-Eco Brick
Bronze – Yacht and Marine Vessels, Surfsail42
A’ Design – Furniture and Homeware, Relax Lounge Chair
A’ Design – Toy, Games and Hobby Products, Birds&Eggs
International Design Awards
Silver – Kitchen Appliances, Twist
Bronze – Architecture / Conceptual, Villa Sera
Honorable Mention – Sustainable Living / Environmental Preservation, Twist
Honorable Mention – Sustainable Living / Environmental Preservation, Cans’n Caps
Green Dot Awards
2nd Prize – Transportation, Foscat32
Honorable Mention – Transportation, Foscat32
Honorable Mention – Product, Cans’n Caps
Honorable Mention – Concept, Cans’n Caps
Honorable Mention – Build, Villa Sera
FNSS Military Vehicle Design Contest
2nd Prize – Professional, MP-ATV
Honorable Mention – Professional, Hybrid AFV
IBB Taxi Design Contest
Incentive – Professional, TAXI Station
2010
A’ Design Award
Platinum – Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation, Foscat32
Silver – Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation, Fire Knight
A’ Design – Lighting Products, LSP
A’ Design – Furniture and Homeware, Floger
A’ Design – Furniture and Homeware, Beetling
A’ Design – Toy and Recreation, Power Tower
A’ Design – Toy and Recreation, Aquarius
Runner-up – Furniture and Homeware, Vice Versa
Runner-up – Furniture and Homeware, Duo
Runner-up – Furniture and Homeware, Office Furniture for Central Bank
Runner-up – Furniture and Homeware, Buggle
Runner-up – Digital and Electronic Devices, Logicode
International Design Awards
2nd Prize – Kitchen Appliances, Pure
3rd Prize – Urban Sustainable Design, Pet-Tree
3rd Prize – Rural Sustainable Design, Pet-Tree
Green Dot Awards
1st Prize – Other Products, Pet-Tree
SEIS National Medical Device Project Contest
2nd Prize – Self Smear Test Kit
2009
International Design Awards
2nd Prize – Rural Sustainable Design, Fire Knight
Green Dot Awards
1st Prize – Build, D-Eco Brick
Honorable Mention – Build, Naturwall
2008
International Design Awards
1st Prize – Rural Sustainable Design, Aquatrap
Green Dot Awards
1st Prize – Transportation, Volitan
2nd Prize – Other Products, Aquatrap
Honorable Mention – Other Products, Aquatrap
Honorable Mention – Concept, Fire Knight
Honorable Mention – Transportation, Volitan
Design Turkey
Good Design – Concept, Triton
FQ Magazine Top Gear Award
Otto Child Furniture
SEIS National Medical Device Project Contest
3rd Prize – Bioanalyse Antibiogram Disk Dispenser
National Furniture Design Contest
Domsan Special Award – Privy
Ersa Special Award – Kasa Masa
IMMIB Industrial Design Contest
Press Special Award – Marble and Natural Stones Houseware, Pebble
2007
International Design Awards
1st Prize – Nautical / Boats, Volitan
Honorable Mention – Transportation, Volitan
IMMIB Industrial Design Contest
2nd Prize – Electronic Home Appliances, Compact Mixer
2006
IMMIB Industrial Design Contest
1st Prize – Cosmetic Packaging, Ozz Mini Parfume
2nd Prize – Plastic Home Appliances / Bathroom, Shower Care
3rd Prize – Metal Kitchen Appliances, Cooking Set
Honorable Mention – Plastic Home Appliances / Kitchen, Papagio
Duyarvana International Valve Design Contest
2nd Prize – Modular Valve Design
2005
IMMIB Industrial Design Contest
Honorable Mention – Metal Kitchen Appliances, Teapot
Before 2000
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
Honorable Mention – MIA Trade Center Design, 1994
(with Prof. Dr. Murat Balamir and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Talat Birgönül)
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
Third Prize – Modular Buffet Systems Design, 1992 (with Lale and Can Gürsu)
Japan Industrial Designers’ Association and Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Pioneers of Design Prize – An Urban Furniture Proposal for Tokyo Subway, 1991
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
First Prize – Ankara Castle Preservation and Development Competition, 1987
(with Tülin Akman and Her Team)
METU Housing Research Center
First Prize – Urban Design Competition, 1987
Turkish Pharmacists’ Association
First Prize – Modular Pharmacy Systems, 1985
EXHIBITIONS
International Design Awards 2015 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2015
A’ Design Award 2014-2015 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Como, April 2015
World Art Day, Sanatyapım Gallery “Hakan Gürsu Design Sketches” Exhibition
Ankara, April 2015
Dongguan International Science and Technology Week Exhibition
Dongguan, December 2014
Design Turkey 2014 Industrial Design Awards Exhibition
Istanbul, November 2014
A’ Design Award 2013-2014 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Como, August 2014
ETMK World Industrial Design Day Exhibition
Ankara, June – July 2014
Museum Victoria “Think Ahead” Scienceworks, “Volitan”
Melbourne, 2013-2023
Green Dot Awards 2012 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2013
International Design Awards 2012 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2013
A’ Design Award 2012-2013 Award Ceremony and Exhibitio
Como, April 2013
Green Dot Awards 2011 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2012
International Design Awards 2011 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2012
A’ Design Award 2011-2012 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Como, April 2012
A’ Design Award 2010-2011 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Como, July 2011
Green Dot Awards 2010 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2011
International Design Awards 2010 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2011
Green Dot Awards 2009 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2010
International Design Awards 2009 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2010
Green Dot Awards 2008 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2009
International Design Awards 2008 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2009
International Design Awards 2007 Award Ceremony and Exhibition
Los Angeles, May 2008
METU Industrial Design Department 30th Anniversary Events
“Hakan Gürsu Product Designs and Design Sketches” Exhibitions
Ankara, October 2009
TOBB University, “Hakan Gürsu Design Sketches” Exhibition
Ankara, November 2009
METU “Volitan: Boat of the Year 2040” Exhibition
Ankara, February 2008
ETMK, Designer’s Odyssey Industrial Design Exhibition
Ankara, September-October 1994
BOOKS
The International Yacht & Aviation Awards 2015
Design et al, 2015
Winner Designs: Award Winning Communication Design 2014-2015
A’ Design Award and Competition, 2015
Winner Designs: Award Winning Product Design 2014-2015
A’ Design Award and Competition, 2015
Public Landscape Street Furniture II
David B. Dahlquist, 2014
Winner Designs: Award Winning Spatial Design 2013-2014
A’ Design Award and Competition, 2014
Winner Designs: Award Winning Product Design 2013-2014
A’ Design Award and Competition, 2014
Design, Book of the Year: Vol. 6
Marc Praquin, 2014
Dorian Lucas, 2013
Irene Alegre, 2013
Materials: Creative Products I
Antique Collectors Club, 2013
Design, Book of the Year: Vol. 5
Marc Praquin, 2013
International Design Awards, 2013
A’ Design Award and Competition, 2013
Alternatif Yayıncılık, 2012
International Design Awards, 2012
Design, Book of the year: Volume 4
Marc Praquin, 2012
International Design Awards, 2011
A’ Design Award and Competition, 2012
International Design Awards, 2010
A’ Design Award and Competition, 2011
International Design Awards, 2009
Catamarans: Tomorrow’s Superyachts
Gregor Tarjan, 2009
International Design Awards, 2008
PRESS
2019
Bplas Haber
Design Report
The Turkish Perspective
2018
The Turkish Perspective
2016
Anahtar
Woodplanet
Naviga
2015
Designboom
MediaCat
Fokus
Tech News
TASARIM
GOssIP
Konsept Projeler
K-Note
Digital Age
2014
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Digital Age
Teknopark
Optimist
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Olay Dekor
GOssIP
Fast Company
AllDesign Mag
TIM Report
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HSBC Bize Özel
The Turkish Perspective
Bakka Bülten
TED Talks
Raf
Bloomberg Business Week
Kariyer Gündemi
2013
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Harvard Business Review
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The Turkish Perspective
MD Magazine
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OnAir
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January – February – March 2013
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2012
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Treehugger
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LYF Magazine
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2011
Treehugger
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KALDER Kalite
The Turkish Perspective
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
2010
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