Baris Karsligil — Design & Creative Director · Toronto

Spaces that
become experiences

Custom Environments · Yacht Design · Architecture · Trade Shows · Retail

From immersive brand worlds for Nintendo, Volvo, TIFF and more, to a 60-metre superyacht and a 400-metre tower.

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Design Director · ASTOUND GroupICSC Gold Award — Most Creative DesignFeatured at IDS Toronto400m Tower — Tall Building Award60m Luxury Superyacht13+ Years · 2 Continents
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Selected Work

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About

I grew up in design — literally. Raised in an architecture family in Turkey, I spent my early years learning to translate ideas into built environments.

That foundation took me through a B.Sc. in Architecture, an Erasmus year in Sardinia, a Master's in Yacht Design with a workshop collaboration at Politecnico di Milano, and eventually to Canada — where I've spent the last decade building immersive experiential environments for some remarkable clients.

My work spans an unusually wide range of scales and disciplines — from a 60-metre superyacht and an 80-storey tower conceived as the tallest in Europe, to trade show kiosks for Nintendo, airport hologram pods, a Volvo Trucks electric vehicle launch, and branded environments for Little Canada, Desjardins, and TIFF.

At Holman Exhibits, I received the ICSC Project Gold Award for Most Creative Design and Display and had my work featured at IDS Toronto. I went on to lead creative direction at Reveal MKTG before joining ASTOUND Group, where I now serve as Design Director — overseeing the creative and technical vision behind large-scale immersive brand experiences, from first sketch to buildable reality.

"What drives me is the moment a space stops being a design and starts being an experience."

ICSC Project Gold AwardMost Creative Design & Display
Tall Building AwardFolkart Highlife Tower — 400m
IDS TorontoFeatured work
Politecnico di MilanoYacht design workshop collaboration
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Experience

Professional

2025 — NowDirector of Design · ASTOUND GroupOverseeing the creative and technical vision behind large-scale immersive brand experiences — from first sketch to buildable reality.
2024 — 2025Creative Director · Reveal MKTGLed creative direction for experiential marketing programs and branded activations.
2022 — 2023Project Developer · JuiceworksDeveloped interactive and experiential projects from concept through technical delivery.
2018 — 2022Concept Designer · Holman ExhibitsDesigned award-winning trade show and retail environments for Nintendo, Hot Wheels, Nerf and more — ICSC Project Gold Award, featured at IDS Toronto.
2016 — 2017Architect · Epig ArchitectureArchitectural design and documentation across residential and commercial projects.
2015 — 2016Yacht Designer · ARK YachtDesigned motor and sailing yachts in Bodrum, including the 60-metre Concept 60M and the ketch Jasmina.
2014 — 2015Yacht Designer · Ceksan / IEUYacht and vessel design in collaboration between the shipyard and Izmir University of Economics.
2014Designer · Nev ArchitectureConcept and design development on architectural projects.
2013 — 2014Architect · Adnan Kazmaoglu ArchitectsLarge-scale public and mixed-use work including the Yalova Tree Museum and Alibeykoy Finance Center.
2008 — 2017Architectural Designer · Buket Karsligil ArchitectureGrew up in the family practice — translating ideas into built environments across nearly a decade of projects.

Academic

2017 — 20183D Modeling & Visual Effects · Humber College, TorontoPost-graduate training in 3D modeling, rendering and visual effects pipelines.
2014 — 2016M.Sc. Yacht Design · Izmir, TRMaster's in yacht design, including a workshop collaboration with Politecnico di Milano.
2012 — 2013Erasmus · Università degli Studi di Sassari, Alghero ITExchange year of architecture studies in Sardinia.
2008 — 2012B.Sc. Architecture · Yasar University, Izmir TRBachelor of Science in Architecture.

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