i am a professor of information design with a research focus on the intersection of data, storytelling, and inclusive design.
my academic work explores the interconnections of design, cognition, and communication, with particular interest in data visualization, knowledge transfer, and the role of design in interdisciplinary contexts.
i like to engage in collaborative projects to examine how visual strategies support understanding in diverse audiences.
feel free to get in touch with me to start a new project, other collaborations, or research partnerships.
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EXPERIENCE
since 2022 // professorship information design // university of applied sciences kiel
2016-2022 // lecturer for design methods (designexperiment / new technologies / material development) // master creative direction // diploma university // bad sooden-allendorf // germany
since 2006 // freelance designer, main focus information design
2004-2022 // product and communication designer // art direction // wesemann gmbh // manufacturer for laboratory furniture // syke // germany
2003-2004 // photo designer // wolfgang schwager photography // aachen // germany
2000-2003 // graphic designer // gegensatz // newspaper publisher // aachen // germany
1999 // model builder // centre for prototype building // erkelenz // germany
1998 // graphic designer // der designpool // aachen // germany
EDUCATION
2015-2022 // PhD // muthesius academy of arts and design // kiel // germany – in cooperation with the philips chair for medical information technology (medit) // helmholtz-institute for biomedical engineering rwth aachen university // aachen // germany
2014-2015 // windh // vocational education in university teaching // competence centre university didactics // tu braunschweig // germany
2012-2014 // master industrial Design // muthesius academy of arts and design // kiel // germany
1999-2004 // diploma product design // university of applied sciences // aachen // germany
1996-1999 // training graphic designer // vocational college for technologies and media // mönchengladbach // germany
SCHOLARSHIPS
01.2016-06.2016 // promos scholarship // glasgow school of art – school of design // glasgow // scotland
02.2003-07.2003 // bafög grants for studies abroad scholarship // university of technology // sydney // australia
WORKSHOPS
03.05.-09.05 2024 // „future healthcare design” // study under sail // thor heyerdahl // kiel // germany
26.12.-04.01 2024 // „participatory design of a barrier-free learning environment for people with disabilities” // project with stiftung drachensee // kiel // germany
30.11.-02.12 2023 // „wsa univation graz“ // jury member // international center for new media icnm // graz // austria
05.05.-12.05 2023 // „visualxperiments“, international design week, fh joanneum // graz // austria
24.11.2022 // “designing with ai” // landeskulturverband-schleswig-holstein e.v. // rendsburg // germany
16.04.2021 // „designing future products“, ba product design // university of applied sciences coburg // germany, online
18.10.2019 // “zwischenraum – designing the inbetween” // msd school of design // university of applied sciences // münster // germany
30.10.2018 // “prototyping democracy – building social-democratic futures as alternatives in medical device design” // oth regensburg university // regensburg // germany
21.07.2018 // “wir gestalten – approaching the concept of “we” in design” // mastercamp // diploma university // study centre // hanover // germany
TALKS
08.05.2025 // “designing participation processes in healthcare” // visuality 2025 conference // vilnius tech // lithuania
06.11.2023 // “media development and innovative projects” // 25th anniversary ba multimedia production // ihk // kiel // germany
27.09.2021 // “design and the future” // academy of arts and design // bremen // germany
23.07.2021 // “under surfaces” // mastercamp // design berührt // diploma university // germany // online
24.03.2021 // “connected objects – design between physical products and digital processes” // university hamm-lippstadt // online
05.02.2021 // “designing for crisis” // mastercamp new realities // diploma university // germany // online
20.07.2020 // “digital design” // hfg offenbach // offenbach // germany
28.05.2019 // “methodical, constructive and experimental basics for Design projects” // msd school of design // university of applied sciences münster // germany
16.06.2018 // “designing democratization” // nerd2go conference “new experimental research in design” // hildesheim // germany
29.06.2016 // doctoral colloquium // drs conference “future-focused thinking“ // brighton // england
02.11.2015 // doctoral colloquium // iasdr conference “interplay“ // brisbane // australia
PUBLICATIONS
08.2023 // design.design magazine // „visual experiments“ // fh joanneum // graz // austria
11.2021 // study booklet // „experimentelle designmethoden“ (“experimental methods in design”) // diploma university // bad sooden-allendorf // germany
05.2019 // study booklet // “dokumentation als wissenschaftliche arbeit im design” (“scientific documentation in design”) // diploma university // bad sooden-allendorf // germany
03.2017 // study booklet // „code und material“ (“code and material”) // diploma university // bad sooden-allendorf // germany
09.2015 // study booklet // „methoden der designforschung“ (“methods of design research”) // diploma university // bad sooden-allendorf // germany
member of the dgtf – deutsche gesellschaft für designtheorie und forschung
member of th international gender design network
prof. dr. stefanie reich 