Deniz Kaya, a young product designer, currently based in London invented the Lego Backgammon

Who are you?  Where are you from? What do you do?

Deniz Kaya. Ankara, Turkey. Final year student at Central Saint Martins, studying Product Design.

Your style in 3 words?

Simple, honest and but still fun.

What is your weakness?

Procrastination.

What is your strength?

Intuition.

What makes you different?

Born in a big city, finishing high school in a tiny village in the Alps and finally ending my education in the design capital of the world, I believe I have gained a special understanding of different societies and cultures.

A few words about your work?

Less technical stuff, more hand work.

Less serious, more fun.

Less by the book, more imagination.

What inspires you?

Whether it is a beautiful house, an eccentric photograph or an inspiring piece of writing, anything has the potential to inspire me.

How do your face uncertainties/Times of uncertainties?

Taking steps backwards. If needed starting over again. This helps me come up with new solutions.

Any new project coming up, you want to tell us about?

I am currently working on a self-initiated project at university. It is based on mistakes among medication taking – especially concerning the elderly – and whether I can create a product to minimise the issue. The design is still to come…

by Gabrielle Berlin