Hakan Gursu was born on 1959 in Istanbul. He graduated from Middle East Technical University as first rank student in 1987. He took his master’s degree from Department of Architecture in 1988. Gursu continued his project studies at Japan in 1991 and completed his Ph.D studies in 1996. he worked as consultant on interior architecture and city planning in Moscow and Tokyo. Dr.Hakan Gursu, has been awarded in national and international competitions for several times in the scope of space and product design issues. Most remarkable ones are Pioneers of Design (Japan Industrial Designers’ Association/Japan) and, first rank in several international and national design competitions. He contributed in the design of registered product design in the context university and industry collaboration. Still he is going on his duties as an instructor in the Department of Industrial Design in METU and Designnobis.

Dr. Gursu was was the recipient of the world’s most prestigious design award, the International Design Award (IDA) 2007, for his creation ‘Volitan’, in the category of best nautical vessel and best transportation vehicle of the year.