He was born in 1961 in Istanbul. He worked with various advertising and design agencies since 1978. He graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Education in 1983 and started working as a research assistant at the Department of Graphic Design at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts in 1985. In 1988 he completed his MA thesis “Airbrush Technology in Graphic Design, Poster Design with Airbrush Technique” and was appointed as Instructor. In 1993, he completed his PhD dissertation “Design Principles in Cultural Posters, Cultural Poster Works.” In 1996 Namık was appointed Assistant Professor and became Associate Professor in 2002.
Since 1986 he has been conducting courses on Foundations in Art Education, Basic Graphic Design, Computer Aided Design, Illustration and Graphic Studio, as well as Drawing, Writing and Typography. He has also been teaching at both Başkent and Atatürk University. He won ten awards in poster and stamp competitions from 1986 to 1994. Namık received several awards after 1994, participated in more than 50 collective exhibitions, as well as five solo exhibitions.
His articles and translations on poster, book and cover design, graphic design and typography have been published in several periodicals and journals, including seven national peer-reviewed journals. He has published six books since 1988. The last three volumes published after 2000 are available in bookshops. At present, he conducts his studies at Hacettepe University as a faculty member.
