Rüya Akyol, completed her education at Istanbul Technical University, Politecnico di Milano and Domus Academy with honors in Industrial Design and Communication Design. She worked for many years as designer and studio director with Claudio Bellini in Milan and Philippe Starck in Paris and at last she established her own studio.

Rüya Akyol Studio, a Milan and Istanbul-based design and consultancy firm, provides product, furniture, and spatial design, as well as brand identity and art direction services. The holistic design approach that the studio embraces, creates homogeneous and clear brand identities. The designer’s style is a synthesis of contemporary Italian and minimalist Scandinavian.