Humanur Bagli (PhD) was born in Ankara in 1973. She graduated from the Department of Industrial Design at METU in 1994 and received her masters degree from Hacettepe University, Department of Graphic Design (1997) and Ph.D. (2001) from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Design. She has worked as a research assistant at METU in the Department of Industrial Design. She is currently teaching in Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Industrial Design. Her academic interests are mainly center around basic design, graphic design, consumer culture and semiotics. She worked and is currently working as a designer and design consultant in human rights related NGO projects.