Damla Soyer is a design researcher and creative director working across visual systems, spatial design, and object-based practices. Her work examines how design operates beyond representation, as infrastructure that structures identity, behavior, and experience across body, object, and environment.
contact: studio@damlasoyer.com
Ph.D. Design Studies — Hongik University, IDAS · 2019
Master's Degree, Design Management — Hongik University, IDAS · 2012
B.A. Interior Architecture — Başkent University · 2009
Founder & Creative Director — Studio DtN
Co-Founder & Creative Director — XULT
Independent Designer — Visual identity, product design, and conceptual art direction for brands and collaborations
PROTOKOL 001: Seoul — POST-HUMAN DREAMS, Seoul (2026)
XULT 001 — Cheonggyecheon — Soft Launch & Sound Installation, Seoul (2025)
Seoul Community Radio Collaborations with Echoes of Seoul (2021–25)
Solo & Group Art Exhibitions in Korea, USA, Italy, and Turkey (2009–21)
Soyer, D. "Affective Equivalence and Cross-Domain Design Coherence: A Reflexive Analysis of a Cross-Modal Brand Ecosystem." Manuscript in review, 2026
Soyer, D. "Micro-Architecture: The Minimal Operational Unit of Spatial Identity." Manuscript in review, 2026
Soyer, D., Nah, K. "Cultural Understanding of Rice Cooker Design in Turkey." KSID, 2018
Soyer, D., Nah, K. "Comparison Between the Cultural Understanding of Rice Cooker Design in Turkey and Korea." KSDC, 2018
Soyer, D. "The Image–System Gap: Precision Fabrication and Visual Identity in AI-Assisted Design Workflows." Targeting ACADIA 2026
Soyer D. "The Image–System Gap: Embodied Reconstruction as Architectural Intelligence in AI-Assisted Precision Fabrication." Targeting ACADIA 2026
Soyer, D. "Two Different but Similar Cultures: Korea and Turkey." Keynote Speech, Korean Society of Design Culture, 2018
Soyer, D., Nah, K. "Dynamic and Ambiguous: An Experimental Approach to Fashion Design by Augmenting Body in Motion." GA2016
Soyer, D. "Synth Fashion: Generative Design Experiments for Digital Fashion Products." GA2015
Soyer, D. "Cultural Experience of Design: A Study on the Cultural Analysis of Products between Korea and Turkey." Hongik University, 2019