It is our great pleasure to announce that a team of our third-year industrial design students has been selected as Turkey's 2025 James Dyson Award National Winner!

The team consists of Sema Betül Akkurt, Rümeysa Aygündüz, Zhala Imamova, and Beste Toprak. Their project, 'BrailleSteps', helps visually impaired children learn letters through touch, movement, sound and kinesthetic interaction.

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We would like to thank all members of the studio instructor team, who provided valuable feedback during the project development [Full time: Owain Pedgley, Bahar Şener-Pedgley, Mert Kulaksız, Açelya Küçükkurt, M. Erdi Özgürlük, Ezgi Özkürkçü; Part-time: Evren Akar, Ece Yalım].

You can follow the product details and project processes as explained by our students here.

More information:

https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2025/project/braillesteps-1