About

Hi. Do you want to design for the future? With a background in UX and NVDA I focus on transformation during the climate crisis.

Being a curious mind, I manage high levels of input with a knack for ideas and aesthetics. I value solidarity over competition, eye-level communication and try to be fossil fuel's worst nightmare. Nice to meet you!

roald

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LET'S
RETHINK
REDESIGN
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REUSE
RECYCLE
REDUCE

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1990

Born in Germany, raised in the area of Stuttgart.

1990

Born in Germany, raised in the area of Stuttgart.

2009-10

Civil service working with autistic people in Jerusalem, Israel.

2009-10

Civil service working with autistic people in Jerusalem, Israel.

2016

Studied Print & Media Technology at Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT) in Berlin (Bachelor of Engineering).

2016

Studied Print & Media Technology at Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT) in Berlin (Bachelor of Engineering).

2016-18

Freelance photographer for e-commerce and weddings.

2016-18

Freelance photographer for e-commerce and weddings.

2017-21

UX/UI Designer at Taikonauten.

2017-21

UX/UI Designer at Taikonauten.

2019+

Coordination, Content, Design & Facilitation at Extinction Rebellion Germany.

2019+

Coordination, Content, Design & Facilitation at Extinction Rebellion Germany.

2022-24

Transformation Designer at ansvar2030, a climate consultancy enabling cities and communities to become climate neutral by 2030+.

2022-24

Transformation Designer at ansvar2030, a climate consultancy enabling cities and communities to become climate neutral by 2030+.

2023

Volunteering at PlanB, a Berlin neighborhood network and grassroots initiative to push for climate neutrality in the city by 2030. Bringing elements of the transition to your front door in fun and engaging ways.

2023

Volunteering at PlanB, a Berlin neighborhood network and grassroots initiative to push for climate neutrality in the city by 2030. Bringing elements of the transition to your front door in fun and engaging ways.

2024+

Co-Founder of wandel werkstadt, working with city administrations on translating climate policy with actionable tools into real-life results – from communication and interfaces to participatory workshops, energy contracts and beyond.

2024+

Co-Founder of wandel werkstadt, working with city administrations on translating climate policy with actionable tools into real-life results – from communication and interfaces to participatory workshops, energy contracts and beyond.

Soft spots

🌟 Funk & Soul
👌🏻 Mindfulness
📸 Medium format b/w
☕️ Lever espresso machine
🍲 Ottolenghi
🧠 Machine learning
🎛 Modular synths
🔭 Space
📚 Tons and tons

Soft spots

🌟 Funk & Soul
👌🏻 Mindfulness
📸 Medium format b/w
☕️ Lever espresso machine
🍲 Ottolenghi
🧠 Machine learning
🎛 Modular synths
🔭 Space
📚 Tons and tons

I've worked with

movinga / moving service
Eurowings / airline
Lisk / blockchain platform
Truma / caravaning equipment
Kuravisma / online tutoring
HAWK / university
docomondo / archive scanner
Volkswagen Group Services / logistics
Weisser Ring / victim support
QIAGEN / molecular diagnostics
Möbel Ehrmann / furniture
mozaiq / brand protection technology
TransnetBW / power grid operator
Konrad Adenauer Foundation / political education
ansvarGEO / geo-information systems
Wülfrath / city administration
Detmold / city administration
Attendorn / city administration
Heilbronn / city administration
Oldenburg / city administration
Lüdinghausen / city administration

I've worked with

movinga / moving service
Eurowings / airline
Lisk / blockchain platform
Truma / caravaning equipment
Kuravisma / online tutoring
HAWK / university
docomondo / archive scanner
Volkswagen Group Services / logistics
Weisser Ring / victim support
QIAGEN / molecular diagnostics
Möbel Ehrmann / furniture
mozaiq / brand protection technology
TransnetBW / power grid operator
Konrad Adenauer Foundation / political education
ansvarGEO / geo-information systems
Wülfrath / city administration
Detmold / city administration
Attendorn / city administration
Heilbronn / city administration
Oldenburg / city administration
Lüdinghausen / city administration

Dedicated to

User Experience / Research, Concept, Strategy, Copywriting, Testing
User Interface / Design, Design Systems, Prototyping
Facilitation / Workshops, Design Sprints
Team Efforts / Non-violent Communication, Regenerative Cultures

Dedicated to

User Experience / Research, Concept, Strategy, Copywriting
User Interface / Design, Design Systems, Prototyping
Facilitation / Workshops, Design Sprints
Team Efforts / Non-violent Communication, Regenerative Cultures

Tools of the trade

AI / Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, DALL•E, GPT-X and more
Design
/ Figma, Sketch, Illustrator
Prototyping / Principle, ProtoPie, Framer X, Justinmind, Adobe XD
Handoff / Abstract, Zeplin, InVision
Photo & Retouch / Photoshop, Photopea, Lightroom
Web / WordPress, Matomo, Wagtail, Kirby, Storyblok
Collaboration / Notion, Slack, Mattermost, Confluence, Jira, Trello, Mural, Miro

Tools of the trade

AI / Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, DALL•E, GPT-X and more
Design
/ Figma, Sketch, Illustrator
Prototyping / Principle, ProtoPie, Framer X, Justinmind, Adobe XD
Handoff / Abstract, Zeplin, InVision
Photo & Retouch / Photoshop, Photopea, Lightroom
Web / WordPress, Matomo, Wagtail, Kirby, Storyblok
Collaboration / Notion, Slack, Mattermost, Confluence, Jira, Trello, Mural, Miro

»When you set your mind to something, you're unstoppable!«

– review by a friend

through-the-years-tablet

Currently reading

Love reading, love books. People in Berlin are notoriously late, so you'll find me at the bar lost in the warm light of a Kindle. Wanna be GoodReads friends or have a tip? Let me know.

Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming

Anthony Dunne

Designing Regenerative Cultures

Daniel Wahl

Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present

Yanis Varoufakis

kindle

From What Is to What If

Rob Hopkins

Emergent Strategy

Adrienne Maree Brown

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Shut It Down

Lisa Fithian

Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice

Martha McCaughey

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Marshall B. Rosenberg

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom

Get in the groove

Spotify claims I'm a music-a-holic, utilizing their service more than 97% of my fellow citizens. What can I say, music is medicine.

vinyl-space

Space

Ethereal Electro

vinyl-orbit

Orbit

Deep Progressive

vinyl-regen

Regenerative Cultures

Organic House, Downtempo

vinyl-tumble

Tumble

Melodic Techno, Progressive House

vinyl-rumble

Rumble

Melodic Techno

vinyl-stampfe

Stampfe

Techno

vinyl-icaros

Icaros Inc.

Ceremonial Electro

vinyl-disco

Discodansen

Disco

vinyl-soul

Soul Crew

Soul & Funk

vinyl-space

Space

Ethereal Electro

vinyl-orbit

Orbit

Deep Progressive

vinyl-regen

Regenerative Cultures

Organic House, Downtempo

vinyl-tumble

Tumble

Melodic Techno, Progressive House

vinyl-rumble

Rumble

Melodic Techno

vinyl-stampfe

Stampfe

Techno

vinyl-icaros

Icaros Inc.

Ceremonial Electro

vinyl-disco

Discodansen

Disco

vinyl-soul

Soul Crew

Soul & Funk

Tell me your favorite Social Media heroes! I'll tell you mine.

A marvellous stream of curiousity and science gems.

Keep up with Machine Learning research in a most accessible way. Provides you with a glimpse of what the paradigm shift of generative algorithms could entail.

Specialist department of a German newspaper covering anything climate – stay up to date or get up to speed with their easily digestable format.

Stella embodies Berlin Techno. With punch, style and the right amount of recklessness.

Views of a German IT security specialist on the world and nerd stuff. Polarising on purpose, plain HTML to start with – I'm including the CSS I use to read it in the link.

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