Erdem Selek and Hale Selek established their Oregon-based product design atelier Selek Design, in January 2016. The atelier focuses on designing everyday objects that are inspired by ordinary intuitive behaviors in the daily lives. For Selek Design, a product should be as pure and simple as water that does not leave any scent or taste behind. Their products aim to have a silent character that go unnoticed.
Erdem and Hale graduated in Industrial Design from Middle East Technical University in 2004. After graduation, they continued their postgraduate studies at Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Reims and Istanbul Technical University where they received their MSc degree in Industrial Design in 2008.
The early years of their professional design career was shaped by the industry experience of different sectors and the international design experience they gained in Turkey, France and Germany.
The purest form of sharing their passion for design is teaching. From 2008 to 2012, they were lecturers of industrial design at Massey University, in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2013, they moved to United States and continued teaching design at Iowa State University. They joined University of Oregon's, Product Design department in 2015.
Honors & Awards
2020 Dezeen Awards, Longlisted for Emerging Designer & Homeware Design (UK)
2020 Gray Awards (USA)
2019 ICFF Studio Award (USA)
2019 Dezeen Awards, Longlisted for Emerging Designer (UK)
2019 Dezeen Awards, Longlisted for Homeware Design (UK)
2019 German Design Award 2019 (Germany)
2017 Gray Awards for PlusMinus (USA)
2017 Red Dot Award: Best of the Best for Priz (Singapore)
2017 Red Dot Award for Nordic Time (Singapore)
2017 SaloneSatellite Award Special Mention for Priz (Italy)
2016 Interieur Award for Corrugated (Belgium)
Former Team Members
Daniel Kuo
Will Greene
Genevieve Gallagher
Dana Goetsch
Alex Lee