Hey!

My design process is constantly changing to adapt to the fast developments of technology, society and challenges that come with these developments. I don't believe in an universal solution for design or design thinking projects, but rather an analytical approach where I pick the best tools for the each project.

I found the following quote by Denning and Tedre great for summarising my understanding of design in the context of innovative technology:

„The design way of computational thinking also emphasizes the construction of virtual worlds in which users can inhibit and achieve some purpose that is meaningful to them. It success measures are assessments of satisfaction and quality by users.“

I'm influenced by the design philosophy of my university that encouraged me to act passionate, rational and responsible as a designer.

During my internships, I've internalized the tremendous value of interdisciplinary teams and learned about the magic of stakeholder management and workshops to communicate the business value of design and to understand client requirements to launch successful products together.

My job is done, when all parts of an experience work together and everything magical snaps into place, ultimately making the design work invisible to the user.

Most importantly, I'm staying curious.

Service and User Experience Design

To me, Service Design can be defined as creating and bundling the concepts, resources and strategies that then enable experiences from all involved disciplines. The user journey covered by Service Design might start years before even getting in contact with the designed product.

User Experience Design needs to put the user at the heart of the experience. It needs to consider all aspects of the user's interaction with the brand, service or product to make the designed actually match their needs and fit into their life.

Interaction Design

Interaction Design is that very moment of the multidirectional interaction between the user and the product touchpoint. This is the moment of joy of use, of surprise and delight, that makes you recommend a product or service to others. Interaction and Interface Design are deeply intertwined.

Interface Design

Interface Design is manifesting the Interaction Design process into a tangible asset with as much attention to detail as possible. Its quality can be measured, for example in regard to usability requirements and formal aesthetics, and should constantly be revised. Today this mostly boils down to a Graphical User Interface, but I have dabbled into systems beyond the GUI and I'm excitited about designing for what is next.

Prototyping, Hacking, Testing and Iterating

I love building things that others can use and experience first-hand to express my ideas. No other thing conveys ideas as fast and precise to users or other stakeholders like an interactive prototype.

I'm confident with all sorts of no-code tools or web development to build things quickly, but I also love to dive into new or more advanced tech set-ups and have worked various programming languages.