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Hi, I’m Aytek Gürkan, an independent designer working across 3D illustration, motion, print, and digital. I’ve spent 10+ years building visual systems for fintech, institutional brands, and digital products. Good design is invisible; you know it works when you feel it. I blend institutional rigor with an anti-institutional voice, creating visual languages that map product architecture and complex systems into clear, compelling visuals across branding, web, and live environments.…Hi, I’m Aytek Gürkan, an independent designer working across 3D illustration, motion, print, and digital. I’ve spent 10+ years building visual systems for fintech, institutional brands, and digital products. Good design is invisible; you know it works when you feel it. I blend institutional rigor with an anti-institutional voice, creating visual languages that map product architecture and complex systems into clear, compelling visuals across branding, web, and live environments.

Aytek Gürkan

Brand Designer, Illustrator, 3D Designer, +1

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Hi, I’m Aytek Gürkan, an independent designer working across 3D illustration, motion, print, and digital. I’ve spent 10+ years building visual systems for fintech, institutional brands, and digital products. Good design is invisible; you know it works when you feel it. I blend institutional rigor with an anti-institutional voice, creating visual languages that map product architecture and complex systems into clear, compelling visuals across branding, web, and live environments.…Hi, I’m Aytek Gürkan, an independent designer working across 3D illustration, motion, print, and digital. I’ve spent 10+ years building visual systems for fintech, institutional brands, and digital products. Good design is invisible; you know it works when you feel it. I blend institutional rigor with an anti-institutional voice, creating visual languages that map product architecture and complex systems into clear, compelling visuals across branding, web, and live environments.

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Hi, I’m Aytek Gürkan, an independent designer working across 3D illustration, motion, print, and digital. I’ve spent 10+ years building visual systems for fintech, institutional brands, and digital products. Good design is invisible; you know it works when you feel it.

I blend institutional rigor with an anti-institutional voice, creating visual languages that map product architecture and complex systems into clear, compelling visuals across branding, web, and live environments.

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Work Experience

Brand Designer at Brix Money

December 1, 2025 - Present

Created the complete Brix brand (identity, landing page, and marketing visuals) for a protocol unlocking FX carry trade yields from the $6.6–8.4T daily FX market for the 95% excluded from institutional finance. Built a visual language around accumulation: blocks assembling into something larger, referencing the product architecture and the compounding mechanics of yield.

Visual Designer at Inverter Network

January 1, 2024 - Present

Led visual production across brand identity, 3D world, web design, motion assets, conference printables, and a physical card game for Inverter Network, the modular smart contract infrastructure behind the Brix ecosystem. Built a 3D abstract visual system across the platform's four token infrastructure pillars, deployed across website, social campaigns, and live conference environments.

Senior Designer at Filedgr

January 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025

Designed the complete Filedgr brand (OWL mark, wordmark system, full identity) for an enterprise data attestation platform operating across CSRD, EU DR, KYB, and audit compliance workflows. Built the marketing website and platform UI with clarity under compliance pressure; developed a Gattaca-inspired imagery system to communicate data verification as architectural and inevitable for enterprise buyers.

Designer at Menthol Protocol

April 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023

Led all design across multi-year engagement: 3D illustration, website, platform UI, and marketing visuals for Menthol Protocol, a Web3 carbon credit platform tokenising verified carbon offsets on-chain. Created a 3D illustration library that gave physical presence to an intangible process, becoming a distinctive asset.

Illustrator at Richard Solomon Artists

April 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

Created editorial illustrations for magazine covers and feature spreads through Richard Solomon Artists, one of the US's leading illustration agencies. Delivered advertising visuals for global campaigns and editorial work for major publications, across print, advertising, and digital media.