Professor and Vice Dean at Faculty of Design at Bielefeld University
Professor at Bielefeld University of Appl. Sciences (Department Communication Design), teaching Conceptual Design and Interaction Design. 2013 – 2018 Professor at Furtwangen University of Appl. Sciences (Faculty of Digital Media), teaching Interface Design and Interaction Design. I enjoy working across the boundaries of disciplines implementing knowledge from different areas to gain new perspectives on current questions in our digital life. I worked as digital designer for design agencies in Cologne and Berlin such as Scholz & Friends, designing and leading projects for clients such as Telekom, Mercedes-Benz, Boston Consulting Group, Fujitsu, Logitech, Allianz and Hamburg City. During that time I also worked as a lecturer for visual design and interface design at Kassel University and Chemnitz University. My background is Design and Architecture, which I studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, University of Kingston in London and University of Hanover. Research Interests: ° Mixed Reality: Multimodal and embodied interaction in mixed reality environments. ° Conversational Interfaces: Personality design and trust in chat experiences. ° Human Centered Artificial Intelligence