Simon Akkaya
Design lead
Product Design Jury 2026
Profile
Company
npk design
About
Simon Akkaya designs products that change behaviour. He leads design at the intersection of strategy, craft, and entrepreneurship. At npk he works with clients including ASML, Heineken and Kraft Heinz. Co-founder of Analogue Furniture (Dezeen Award), and for fifteen years design director at HeijltjesAkkaya. His work ranges from Goedzak, cited in Harvard Business School research on pro-social behaviour, to the world's first bio-composite e-scooter, exhibited at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Juror for D&AD, ADC, and Henry van de Velde Awards.
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Company
npk design
About
Simon Akkaya designs products that change behaviour. He leads design at the intersection of strategy, craft, and entrepreneurship. At npk he works with clients including ASML, Heineken and Kraft Heinz. Co-founder of Analogue Furniture (Dezeen Award), and for fifteen years design director at HeijltjesAkkaya. His work ranges from Goedzak, cited in Harvard Business School research on pro-social behaviour, to the world's first bio-composite e-scooter, exhibited at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Juror for D&AD, ADC, and Henry van de Velde Awards.
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D&AD achievements
- Participation
- Product Design Jury 2026
- Product Design Jury 2023
- Participation
- Product Design Jury 2026
- Product Design Jury 2023