Read more about the article Brand and Web Design for a Translator

Brand and Web Design for a Translator

My client is a freelance, authorized translator based in Berlin. We developed a cohesive brand identity for her new business, tailored to her customers' needs. For the homepage, I built a WordPress site with Elementor that combines a clean, minimalist design with distinctive features. For face-to-face networking, I designed businesss cards. My goal was to create a visual concept that reflected confidentiality while focusing on convenience and safety. This is a project that is still being worked on. Some of the things that are planned are features like an online shop system.

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Read more about the article Bachelor’s Thesis – The Future of Design Systems

Bachelor’s Thesis – The Future of Design Systems

Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered as a groundbreaking technology and is attracting increasing interest in science, business and the media. AI has existed as an independent research discipline since the 1950s, but due to increasing computing power, new algorithms and growing data volumes, AI systems have become established in a number of applications in recent years. AI is also playing an increasingly important role in design processes. Among other possibilities, AI has the potential to enable new design techniques and speed up processes through automation. Airbnb presented an early prototype back in 2017 – it is an AI that can recognise and assign all components of Airbnb's design system and convert rough design sketches into source code. This thesis deals with the research question of the influence artificial intelligence will have on design systems. First, in a theoretical section, a basic understanding of both AI in design and design systems is created and the current status is identified. On the basis of the research, a prototype for a future scenario in the context of design systems and AI is presented.

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My Internship at Junico

My internship at the start-up company Junico was my first work experience as a designer. Junico is a platform for young freelancers. During this time, I gained valuable experience and worked on many projects. The company carried out an extensive rebranding at the beginning of my internship, which is why I was able to contribute to the creation of a design system. I realised how important a good design system is for a product and that a design system is an elementary component for the whole team. This experience helped me to focus on design systems in my bachelor's thesis. I also regularly carried out user testings for the new design of the website where I also had to leave my comfort zone. During my internship, I also taught myself how to do simple animations and used these skills to produce advertisment videos for Instagram.

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TagFinder

During my studies, I learned to always question the status quo. For example, the "End of File" course was about developing a new operating concept for organizing and managing different file formats. The "Tagfinder" prototype was created in collaboration with Jonathan Schmitz and Philipp Daub. Existing structures and paradigms were broken up and the usual hierarchical organization of files was replaced by a flat hierarchy in the form of tags. Our design is based on the assumption that an advanced artificial intelligence is integrated that can recognize content and context and automatically links the files with tags to avoid manual tagging. Projects like the Tagfinder have made it clear to me that innovation is part of design. Design is more than just aesthetics, it is a mindset full of openness. As a designer, I want to try new things and adapt quickly to change.

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Annotation Systems*

In the course “Annotation Systems*”, we explored annotations and examined their areas of application, which we often encounter in everyday life and in today's communication culture. We were taught some of the basics of (detailed) typography, which have also been taken into account in the free project.

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Oink Bank

The course "Mashup! Vol. 2" was about applying the method of analyzing different apps and synthesizing selected content into a new, unique app. The project was created in a group work with Hyeonji Kim. We combined the categories of finance and gamification and focused on the app from the online bank N26 and the Tamagotchi game. The result is a prototype for the "Oink Bank" app. It's a game with a virtual pet, with the twist that the supposed in-game purchases actually go into your savings account. I find this method helpful for developing innovative ideas while taking inspiration from what is already tried and tested. I am a big fan of gamification, because a product should go beyond its pure functionality and offer an enjoyable experience. After all, people and their emotions should be the focus of design.

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Read more about the article Design Fiction: A new Health System

Design Fiction: A new Health System

Back as early as my second semester, I attended a course that dealt with artificial intelligence in order to explore possible future scenarios. The result was a poster that describes a scenario in which the network "The Mobile Helpers" exists. Among others, it consists of psychotherapists and psychiatrists who take measures for patients using an AI-based early warning system that predicts illnesses or acute situations. A part of the course was the independent organization of a workshop. This workshop was about making the interaction with an AI more human-like by giving it more personality. I am very grateful that I had a lot of freedom during my studies and was also able to realize several fictional projects that are not focused on the present, but on the future.

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