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EDUCATION

2000 - 2005      UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS, BERLIN
                       DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN - PROF. JOACHIM SAUTER
                       MA IN DESIGN

2001 - 2004      UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS, BERLIN
                       Architecture - PROF. INGEBORG KUHLER

2001                VITAL CENTER OF DESIGN, TEL AVIV
                       INDUSTRIAL DESIGN - PROF. RON ARAD

1997- 1999      Freie Universität, Berlin
                       Psychology, Communication Science and Journalism

EXHIBITIONS AND TALKS

EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION):AIRES DE CONFLUXENCES, SIBIU&LUXEMBURG 2007, SMB MUSEUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, 2006, ZKM, KARLSRUHE, 2006, ART FUTURA 2004, BARCELONA, MUSEUM FÜR GEGENWARTSKUNST BASEL AT VIPER, 2004, MUSEUM OF COMMUNICATION, BERLIN, 2001, FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMICS, BERLIN, 2001. TALKS (SELECTION): *.ARTLABS, SIBIU, 2007, TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, 2007, RE/ACT FESTIVAL, HEIDELBERG, 2006, SCHERINGSTITUNG, BERLIN 2006, VIPER, BASEL, 2004, FOCUS AWARD, DORTMUND, 2005, BROWSERDAY CONVENT 2002, BROWSERDAY CONVENT 2001.

EMPLOYMENT & STIPENDS

2006 - 2007     *.ARTLABS - Sibiu, ROMANIA
                       CENTRE FOR ART, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
                       CO-FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

2005 - 2006     Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlruhe
                       Digital Mediaart, Mediaart department
                       Visiting Professor

2005 - 2006     MAKROSKOP, LIQUID BLUES PRODUCTION, Berlin
                       FUNDED by the Berlin Senate and the Schering, Berlin
                       MEDIARTIST

2004 - 2005     MIT Medialab Europe, Dublin
                       Liminal Devices Group - Prof.Rebecca Allen
                       Research Associate

2003               4kanimation Gmbh, Berlin
                      Junior Animator

2001 - 2003     Universty of Fine Arts, Berlin
                       digital media department
                       Tutor

1999 - 2001     Fraunhofer, Berlin
                      ISST, INSTITUT SOFTWARE UND SYSTEMTECHNIK
<                     Interface Designer/Student UI researcher

1996 - NOW      200ok - MEDIA RELATED DESIGN, BERLIN
                      CLIENTS: PFLEIDERER TRACK-SYSTEMS AG, HEIDELBERGER AG
                      GERMAN PARCEL/GLS, ICJA EV, MTV EUROPE, CONTINENTAL AG
                      FOUNDER AND FREELANCING DESIGNER, SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
                      AND CONSULTANT

Technological literacy is a pre-condition for sucessful design! But what are the standards, when the medium to design is in constant flux? A curriculuum of media design not only has to provide a single design methodology, but an holistic one, that enables the designer to constantly reconfigure techno- logical proficiency and defines this process of live-long learning.

SHOWOFF DEVICES at THE HFG-KARLSRUHE:

Gadgets and cars, there's not much of a difference! No consumer really cares about functionality; it's its visibility, that matters! From flip phone to touch screens; mobile communication interfaces have to secretly fulfill a human desire for show. We speak it out though: Let's design gadgets for the only purpose of generating as much public attention as possible; true show off devices:

You definitely wanna check out Annika Berlings and Ole Ciliox 'IBrella' and Felix Vorreiters 'TextBomber'.

TOUCHING at THE HFG-KARLSRUHE:

WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME ODD MISPROPORTION CONCERNING EMOTIONAL CAPABILITIES OF INTERACTIVE ART AND DESIGN. We asked ourselves: Why is all interactive so poorly evoking emotions? Why is all interactive not as close as moving as movies or inspiring as music? It's still multimedia, right? Driven by the objective to mark a change, we were not afraid of kitsch, cliches and agitprop. We called it 'TOUCHING !' since haptics were to play an important role.

See for instance Martin Mayers 'RunawayChair', Andreas Schusters 'WiredFire' or Yun-Jun Lees 'Synaesthesia' or check out the TOUCHING blog. All works had been exhibited at the RE/ACT 2007.

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