DUYGU DANIELS
DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER,
WRITER.
BIO
Hi, I’m Duygu Rabeya Atacan Daniels. I was born in Ankara (1986) and grew up moving between Yalova, Istanbul, Chicago, New York, New Jersey, California and now Austin, Texas. I taught myself how to code and began building websites at age 10, eventually switching to designing mobile apps with the introduction of the iPhone. I specialize as a Founding Designer and Product Strategist for early-stage software and hardware companies. In high school I started photography with a Kodak DC290, Canon AE-1, Polaroid Spectra and Holga. In college I studied the business of fashion and launched a clothing line and two software startups between 2006–2013. I’m a Master of Divinity dropout, studying Tasawwuf (Sufism) under various teachers and theologians for over 15 years with a particular interest in the history of corruption in religion, the pursuit of gnosis in the context of tanzih and tashbih (spectrum of transcendence and immanence) especially through somatic emotional processing. I’m currently working on several print, writing and software projects.
I’m off socials but I have a photography blog I update regularly and linkedin. I might use substack in the future.
You can contact me here. Thanks for visiting.
NEWS
· Launched photo book at Creative Mornings release day 2026
· Joined Gevity Club as founding member 2025
· Won the Writers’ League of Texas Manuscript Contest, Best Memoir 2025
· Interviewed by In the Process 2025
· Interviewed Igal Nassima for Aposto (English/Türkçe) 2024
· Took author headshot for Ryann Liebenthal’s new book 2024
· Launched photo blog 2024
· Joined HalloApp as Founding Designer 2019
· Quoted on Osmo’s TechCrunch coverage 2017
· Published article: 4 S’s of Museum AR 2016
· Quoted on Osmo’s TechCrunch coverage 2017
· Published article: 4 S’s of Museum AR 2016
· Completed Harrison Metal General Management Intensive 2016
· Became inagural Oculus (Meta) Launchpad Fellow 2016
· Joined Dreamers//Doers as founding member 2015
· Our team won Hearst Media’s AR/VR Hackathon 1st Place 2015
· Our historic Gezi Park protest fundraiser 2013
· Joined Dreamers//Doers as founding member 2015
· Our team won Hearst Media’s AR/VR Hackathon 1st Place 2015
· Our historic Gezi Park protest fundraiser 2013
· Chosen as WGSN.edu Trend Forecaster 2007
· Launched a clothing line 2006
· Launched a clothing line 2006
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