Born in 1979, I belong to the first generation of digital natives, grown up in a digitized world. Interacting with it became an indispensable part of our everyday behaviour. I made it my passionate profession, breaking down barriers by building accessible platforms for everyone.
| 1979 | Born in Berlin, Germany |
| 1999 | Graduated from secondary school with German qualification for university entrance (Abitur) |
| 2005 | Graduated „Integrated Design“ as Diplom Designer (German degree similar to Master of Art) with major subjects in Interface Design and Digital Media at the Bauhaus University of Applied Science in Dessau, Germany |
| 2005 | Working freelance for several agencies and clients |
| 2007 | Employed as „Designer Interactive Branding“ at MetaDesign |
| 2009 | Working freelance again |
| 2015 | Now employed as „Visual Designer“ at Mobile.de/eBay Classified Group |
Louis Sullivan once said „Form follows function“ and he meant, the form of an object implies its function. I, as an interaction designer, need to understand the purpose of an object before I can design the interaction with it and before I finally design its look. User experience arises from purpose and brand, focused on expectations and flavoured by wisely hidden technology. On the interface of conceptual strategy and visual design, I consult, analyse and design interaction principles and information hierarchy for websites, mobile applications, desktop and kiosk systems. As a Senior UI/UX Designer I can transform interaction issues into effective visual solution. This makes me a valuable part of small to large mixed teams of experts.
Visual Design, Prototyping, Interaction Design, Digital Styleguides
User Experience Design, User-Centered Design, Analysis, Benchmarking, Concept Modelling, Wireframing, Paper-Prototyping, Use Cases, Customer Journey
Over the years, I specialized on consulting and designing heavy content-driven websites, web applications, intranet solutions and e-commerce, native mobile solutions for smartphones and tablets based on iOS, Android and Windows Phone, digital In-car systems and POS kiosk systems.
My dilemma is that most of my client projects are of of strategic nature and often confidential at the point I'm working on it. Due to agreements, I decided to just tease you with these snippets of interface details, brandings and art works:
For over 7 years I am working for small to large agencies and companies from web, mobile, design and development, and different national and international brands.
Amongst others, I enjoyed worked for and with:
Thank you for your interest so far but I recently joint the eBay family and am happy. For now, I'm not interested in any freelance or permanent job offerings.