I'm Aleyna. I've been designing professionally for seven years: first in-house at an ed-tech startup, then independently for startups, companies, and studios. I studied at Koç University and started working my freshman year, which means I've never actually experienced free time and wouldn't recognize it if it arrived.

The work spans brand identity, product design, and enough frontend literacy to take a design all the way to production: Next.js, React, Framer. I call it designing with range. Clients call it not having to schedule a meeting between two vendors who disagree.

When the right tool doesn't exist, I build it. An effects engine. An agent that brings me leads. A resume you have to beat at brick-breaker before it lets you download the PDF. Figma gave one of these experiments an award: A hands-free interface you confirm with your lips. Technically, an award-winning kiss.

Off the clock: I paint, knit, cook, and build things with no business case. This is not a hobby section trying to make me relatable. It's the R&D department, and it has a better shipping record than most product teams.

The work is serious. I'm moderately serious. That ratio is intentional.