top of page

Lecturers

To arrange customised transdisciplinary projects for groups, universities and institutions with our amazing team members contact us.

Maya F Photo.jpg

Lara Karaso

Interior Designer and Lecturer

Istinye University

Turkey

Lara completed her education at the Italian High School. In 2005, she studied Industrial Design (Bachelor) at NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan. She worked as a workshop assistant in the academy.


Upon her graduation in 2008, she gained internship/work experiences in different design studios. Autoban Architecture, Maybe Design: Erdem Akan studio, Alper Böler design studio, Ron Gilad studio ( Nyc, Tel Aviv ), FABRICA Benetton, Studio Jens Praet, she has worked actively in different studios such as La Bonbonniere Event Design & Management over the years.


In 2014, she participated in the Living & Interior Design MA program at Domus Academy, Milan and completed the program under the supervision of Patricia Urquiola. After MA, she returned to Istanbul in 2015 and continued her freelance design & interior design projects. Lara Karaso, who lived and worked in Tel Aviv, Israel, between 2017- 2021, now continues her freelance projects and works as an instructor at Istinye University, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. She speaks English, Italian, Hebrew and Turkish.

More Lectures

Maya Galimidi

Maya Galimidi

Founder
Empower with Nature

Juliet Egesa

Juliet Egesa

Biology and Agriculture Teacher
St. Mary Highschool

Mine Küçük

Mine Küçük

Archeologist and Museologist

Mark Naveh

Mark Naveh

Co-Founder
Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology

Maged El-Said

Maged El-Said

Founder
Habiba Community

Lara Karaso

Lara Karaso

Interior Designer and Lecturer
Istinye University

Natalie Brassill

Natalie Brassill

Environmental Scientist & Water Quality, Microbiologist
University of Arizona

Felix Bivens

Felix Bivens

Co-founder and co-director
Regenerative School - Rē

Salman Sdan

Salman Sdan

Sheikh
The Hidden Village

Alex Cicelsky

Alex Cicelsky

Principal Engineer - GTI Energy

Ashlei Laing

Ashlei Laing

Co-founder and co-director
Regenerative School- Rē

Pelin Ozturk

Pelin Ozturk

President of the Board and Project Coordinator
Innovative Education Center

Chef Sibel Pinto

Chef Sibel Pinto

Founder and Chef- instructor
Action Kashkarikas

Meltem Doğan

Meltem Doğan

Financial Consultant

Mike Kaplin

Mike Kaplin

Co-Founder and Director
Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology

Diana Renner

Diana Renner

Australian Adaptive Leadership Institute

Jeanette Mueller

Jeanette Mueller

Founder
Trust Room

Kenneth Chepkwony

Kenneth Chepkwony

Vice-Chairman
Ken Arava

Didem Tekay

Didem Tekay

Founder
Grow Forward Consulting

Prof. Dr. Nilgül Karadeniz

Prof. Dr. Nilgül Karadeniz

Department of Landscape Architecture
Ankara University

Sam Bevans

Sam Bevans

CEO and Co-Founder,
GG Biologicals

bottom of page