Publications

Dissertation

Oktay, N. H. (2024). Far-away Bodies: Co-creating Design(s) in and for Remote Intimacy. PhD Dissertation. Estonian Academy of Arts. Tallinn, Estonia https://eka.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_c9a831ae-7ec8-4a8b-b925-845bd5d21eba/

Journal Articles

Oktay, N. H. (2024). Creating Intimate Places for Close by Heart but Physically Apart People through Remote Embodiments. Research in Arts and Education Journal, 2024(1), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.142452

Oktay, N. H. (2023). Dissolving distances: Designing Close-to-body Experiences for Remote Settings. HUB – Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22501/hub.2272473

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

Kuusk, K, Hamid, A., Babayev, Z., Veske-Lepp, P., Oktay, N. H. (2025). Relational Design for Remote Intergenerational Sensorial Play Experiences. In Proceedings of the Nordic Design Research Society, NORDES 2025, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2025.57

Oktay, N.H., Wilde, D., and Kuusk, K. (2023). Conversations with the Body of the Other: A Three-Step Dialogical Process. In Proceedings of the Nordic Design Research Society, NORDES 2023, Norrköping, Sweden. https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2023.58

Demir, A. D.*, Oktay, N. H.*, and Kuusk, K. (2023). Cultivating and Eliciting Felt Experiences for Design Use: Physical Manifestations of Abstract Bodily Experiences. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society Special Interest Group: Experiential Knowledge, EKSIG 2023, Milan, Italy, 206–224. https://www.eksig2023.polimi.it/assets/EKSIG-Proceedings.pdf *joint first authors

Oktay, N. H. (2022) Design Placebos for the Impossibility of Empathy in Videotelephony. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society, DRS2022, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.598

Other Publications

Kuusk, K., Hamid, A., Veske-Lepp, P., Oktay, N.H., Babayev, Z. (2025) Remote Grandparents: Designing Relations, Not Things. Online Design Journal Leida, 1(6). https://leida.artun.ee/en/issues/travels-in-the-consumption-zone/remote-grandparents-designing-relations-not-things

Oktay, N.H. (2024) Sensorial Mapping: A design method for observing and reflecting through the lived body. Online Design Journal Leida, 1(5). https://leida.artun.ee/en/issues/stubborn-compromises-in-production/sensorial-mapping-a-design-method-for-observing-and-reflecting-through-the-lived-body

Oktay, N. H. (2023). Tangible Engagements with Possible Future(s) through Design Fiction. In Proceedings of (Building) New Perspectives through Practice-led Research in Art, Design and Architecture 2022, 77-84. https://lmda.lma.lv/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/BUILDING-NEW-PERSPECTIVES-2023_proceedings_digital.pdf

Kuusk, K., Oktay, N.H., Demir, A.D. (2022) Sensorial Design: Feel, Move, Interact! Online Design Journal Leida, 1(1). https://leida.artun.ee/en/issues/technocriticism/sensorial-design-feel-move-interact