Cila, N., Borsboom, F. & Hekkert, P. (2014). Determinants of aesthetic preference for product metaphors. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 32(2), 183-203.

Cila, N., Hekkert, P. & Visch, V. (2014). Source selection in product metaphor generation: The effect of sali­ence and relatedness. International Journal of Design, 8(1), 15-28.

Cila, N., Hekkert, P. & Visch, V. (2014). “Digging for meaning”: The effect of a designer’s expertise and in­tention on depth of product metaphors. Journal of Metaphor & Symbol, 29(4), 257-277.

Berghman, M., Cila, N. & Hekkert, P. (2014). The combined effect of perceptual and conceptual dimensions on product design aesthetics. In A. Kozbelt, Proceedings of IAEA 2014. New York: Hunter College of the City of New York.

Cardoso, C. & Cila, N. (2013). Analogies and metaphors. In A. van Boeijen, J. Daalhuizen, J. Zijlstra & R. van der Schoor (Eds.), Delft Design Guide. Amsterdam: BIS Publishers.

Cila, N., Ozcan, E. & Hekkert, P. (2012, September). Product metaphor generation: Mapping strategies of designers. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Design and Emotion, London, United Kingdom.

Cila, N., Hekkert, P. & Visch, V. (2012, April). The role of designer experience in source selection during product metaphor generation. Proceedings of the DeSForM 2012: Meaning, Matter, Making Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Markussen, T., Ozcan, E. & Cila, N. (2012, April). Beyond metaphor in product use and interaction. Proceedings of the DeSForM 2012: Meaning, Matter, Making Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Cila, N., Hekkert, P. & Visch, V. (2011, May). Elephants, tornados, vacuum cleaners: Generating product metaphors. Poster presented at the Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM) Seminar Metaphor Across Time and Genre, Almagro, Spain.

Cila, N., Hekkert, P. & Visch, V. (2010). “As light as a leaf”: Product Metaphor Generation for Experience-Driven Design. In K. Sato, P.M.A. Desmet, P. Hekkert, G. Ludden, & A. Mathew (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Design & Emotion Conference 2010, Chicago (USA).

Cila, N. &. Hekkert, P. (2009). Product Metaphors: A Framework for Metaphor Generation and Experience in Products. Proceedings of International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) 2009, Seoul (South Korea), 316-320.

Cila, N. & Erbug, Ç. (2008). The Dimensions of Users’ Fun Experiences with Consumer Products. In P.M.A. Desmet, S.A. Tzvetanova, P.P.M. Hekkert, & L. Justice (Eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Design & Emotion Conference 2008, Hong Kong.

Cila, N. (2008). The Dimensions of Users‘ Fun Experiences with Consumer Products. Unpublished master’s thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Cila, N., Erbug, Ç. & Sener, B. (2007). Users’ Understanding of Fun in Consumer Products. In P.D. Bust (Ed.). Contemporary Ergonomics 2007 (pp. 291-296). Wiltshire, UK: Taylor & Francis.