Design that Delivers.

Through strategy, best practice, and technical execution.

I help businesses turn ambitious ideas into experiences people understand, use and remember. I'm Efe Tekdemir, founder of an independent design practice and creative lead for the world's largest portfolio of comic and pop-culture events.

Services

Turn an idea into something people can understand, use and act on. I clarify what it is, who it is for and how it should work. The result is a clear direction that brings an entire business or a single project into focus.

Bring a new business, product, service or platform to market with every essential piece in place. I bring the full launch together as one cohesive foundation, so you show up with confidence from the first customer conversation.

Give your team everything it needs to present your business clearly and consistently. I shape the positioning and build the tools that create a presence you are proud to put in front of your audience.

Improve a specific area of your business against a clear target. That could mean removing a bottleneck, improving a KPI or raising the quality of an existing experience. I find the source of friction and focus the change where it will make a measurable difference, visually, operationally or both.

Turn processes that strain at a small scale into reliable systems ready for greater volume. I remove bottlenecks, replace fragile workarounds and build dependable tools around the way your team actually works. The result is more output without a matching rise in workload or cost.

Selected Work

ReedPop ·Signage Workspace DefineEnhanceVolume

Unifying a portfolio of events
through a single platform.

View Project: Signage Workspace →
Two people at one monitor, reviewing the signage board with live comments and the budget panel open
An empty desk in silhouette against an orange wall, the monitor still showing the proofing screen
Advanced Scaffold ·Digital Brand Launch Day OneEnhance

Launched on one page,
built to grow past it.

View Project: Digital Brand Launch →
Digital Brand Launch
The one-pager
The PERI UP leg, rosette and ledger in the modeling viewport, edges visible
The Advanced Scaffold one-pager on an iPhone
RX Global • Emerald City Comic Con ·3D Show Maps DefineEnhance

Keeping 100k fans from getting lost
at Seattle's largest pop event.

View Project: 3D Show Maps →
ECCC Maps S0
ECCC Maps S1
ECCC Maps S2
ECCC Maps S3
ECCC Maps S4
ECCC Maps S5
Application
Signage View
Signage Closeup
Pine Staircase
Pine Staircase Reference
Entrance
Entrance Reference
RX Global • New York Comic Con ·Livestream Graphics EnhanceVolume

A fresh new broadcast identity,
entirely automated.

View Project: Livestream Graphics →
NYCC Livestream Studio View
NYCC Livestream Ended
RX Global • New York Comic Con ·NYCC Maps DefineEnhance

Turning the Javits into
an iconic, easy to read map.

View Project: NYCC Maps →
Signage View 1
Signage View 2
Finished NYCC Level 1 map sheet with its legend and title plate: the main stage, artist alley and autographing lit in purple
Finished NYCC Level 2 map sheet: the concourse and inner roadway, with food trucks and the entrances down to Level 1
Finished NYCC Level 3 map sheet: the show floor in blue, with will call, registration and the Crystal Palace
Finished NYCC Level 4 map sheet: the North Javits panel rooms in orange and the River Pavilion pro stages in pink, over the ghosted building
Finished NYCC Level 5 map sheet: the Empire Stage and its queue at the top of North Javits
Texture Details
Autry Henry Helgerson MINI NYCC RX Zegna ECCC C2E2 Emprise Bank WSU Ray-Ban SWCLA BookCon Supercon Moncler ReedPop MagicCon Monks Dodge City
"Took on complex, high-stakes challenges, solved real fan pain points, supported multiple teams across the business, and raised the bar for design quality across our shows."
Marketing Director, RX - ReedPop
"I've had the privilege to work with a professional whose exceptionally talented and able to identify the exact soul of a product. What I thought was fitting and good was elevated to be excellent. And communication is also A-grade"
Nick CEO, Gaman Studio