> Photo by Alissa Beer
The face behind
the projects
I grew up in the beautiful Black Forest, studied Communication Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd and recently graduated with a Master of Arts in Strategic Design.
For me, every project has its own requirements and needs. To fulfill them, a designer should always embrace ambiguity and bring along a huge portion of curiosity. That is why I believe the value of my work lays in understanding people, context and systems to design solutions that create value for users as well as businesses.
I enjoy fast-paced environments, discovering new perspectives, learning about new topics and collaborating with people from different backgrounds.
My approach
Human-centered Design
The user is always at the heart of the design process. By applying qualitative and quantitative research methods I am able to learn about the user’s individual needs. Using these to shape the design process is the basis for any successful project. Together with the users, solution approaches always need to be iteratively tested and questioned throughout the process to gain more valuable insights.
Sustainability
For me, sustainability means responsibility. To question every step in the design process and to determine what impact it has on the natural world and humanity. Be it components of a product, its manufacture or the entire product life chain: I see it as my responsibility to design with care and foresight.
Design Thinking
By using a methodical approach, complex questions and wicked problems can be solved through collaboration and creativity. Especially in interdisciplinary teamwork the application of the right methods can make an exciting contribution to the success of a project.
Hard facts
The more
formal vita
Education
Master of Arts in Strategic Design
School of Applied Sciences, Schwäbisch Gmünd
10/ 2018 – 02/ 2020
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design
School of Applied Sciences, Schwäbisch Gmünd
10/ 2014 – 07/ 2018
Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Design
Instituto Tecnológico, Cartago, Costa Rica
01/ 2017 – 07/ 2017
Work Experience
Visual Communication Designer
Büro Schramm für Gestaltung
08/ 2016 – 01/ 2017
Languages
German Native speaker
English Fluent
Spanish Intermediate
French Basic
Awards & Nominations
German Sustainability Award 2021 – 10/2020
Finalist with ceero.
WIWO Supermaster 2020 by Handelsblatt Group & Bundesverband Deutscher Betriebs- und Volkswirte – 08/2020
Winner with ceero.
Start Up BW Elevator Pitch in Freiburg – 10/2020
2nd place with ceero.
iF Design Talent Award 2020 – 10/2020
Winner with dot
Innovation Award Ostwürttemberg by WIRO & Kreissparkasse Ostalb – 06/2020
Awarded with dot
Beyond Plastics Award – 06/2020
Nominated with ceero.
UX Design Awards by IDC in Berlin – 09/2020
Winner with dot in the New Talent category
UX Design Awards by IDC in Berlin – 09/2020
Special Mention for ARCOS in the New Talent category
(The RSA Design Award 2020 by the Royal Society for the Engagement of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce in cooperation with Philips in London
Shortlisted with dot – 03/2020
Best Graduate of winter’s semester 2020
School of Applied Sciences, Schwäbisch Gmünd – 02/2020
Bundespreis Ecodesign by IDC in Berlin – 08/ 2019
Finalist 2019 with VERT
Future Award 2019 @ Future Convention | DVPT e.V. – 07/ 2019
Finalist 2019 with dot
Digital Future Competition 2019 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research – 05/ 2019
National Winner with dot
Exhibitions & Talks
How smart is our city? – with dot
Talk & Exhibition @ University Aaalen – 10/ 2019
MAKE Ostwürttemberg – with dot
powered by BOSCH – 09/ 2019
Sovereignity for the digital future – with dot
des BMBF Congress Center Bonn – 05/ 2019
Artificial Intelligence – Impulses for cultural & creative workers – with dot
Start Up Aacelerator, Aalen – 04/ 2019
Behind the scences
My life
in pictures
Besides from being a designer I have a thing for photography, trying to capture all moments of my life in digital and analogue 
For more, take a peek on my instagram page as well!
