Portfolio 2023
Design Case Studies
Using Sacrificial Concepts to facilitate strategic decision-making for an OTT streaming platform
2021This article discusses the use of sacrificial concepts with the goal of facilitating a strategic decision-making process. After elaborating on the clients’ problem, I introduce the method of sacrificial concepts. Subsequently, I extend on how we approached and tailored it to our specific needs. Finally, I provide a high-level list of insights and learnings.Tonic - Discord Bot for Remote Facilitation
2020Tonic is an open-source Discord bot that helps remote teams to design session schedules, facilitate a variety of formats and document results in order to drive effective remote collaboration. This whitepaper was created in a 2-week concept sprint.Adviserly - Mobile App for Career Mentorship
2020Adviserly is a mobile app for young professionals who are seeking job-related advice from experts in order to get a step ahead in their careers. I researched, conceptualized, designed and tested this product during Career Foundry's 6-month immersive UX Design Bootcamp.Selected Writing
Ian Cheng’s Life After Bob: The Chalice Study. Tracing an unraveling sense of self through anomy and acceleration.
2022
Essay for Arts of the Working Class about Ian Cheng’s Exhibition Life After Bob: The Chalice Study at Halle am Berghain.
COGNITIVE CAPITALISM: Neidich, Denny, Popescu, Harney and Ndikung at the SFSIA Berlin
2019
Essay for 032c about the summerschool SFSIA States of Consciousness in Cognitive Capitalism, featuring a series of interviews with a selection of the faculty.
Talks & Events
Techno-ecological Storytelling in Ian Cheng’s Emissaries
2020Public lecture given at the Critical Media Lab Basel, part of the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM) at FHNW Academy of Art and Design.History and Time in the context of the Gaia hypothesis
20193 day workshop for Maerz Musik's discursive program Thinking Together, exploring scientific, philosophical and aesthetic dimensions of the Gaia hypothesis. Curated by texture, hosted at Haus der Berliner Festspiele.Observing Strange Attractors
2019Workshop series investigating technological shifts in ecology, economy and culture through the lenses of philosophy, aesthetics and performance.Curated by texture, hosted at x-embassySoft Technologies
2017 - 2018Research-oriented Seminar taught at Humboldt-University of Berlin’s Institute of Cultural Studies over the course of two semesters, investigating the rise of technologies that dissolve within the body and shape desire and subjectivity.