WHY: Why design another shower squeegee? Because traditionally, it's a tool that's always hidden in those beautiful bathroom photos. Our goal was to mimic the shower fixture with a minimalist geometric design that interior architects and users would appreciate.
HOW: I took the existing idea of a folding squeegee and formed it into a timeless piece.
WHAT: Industrial design in collaboration with my favorite mechanical engineer, Jörg Schmidt of Canto Ing. This included almost 2 years of exactly figuring out the necessary rotation mechanism, wall mount and cleaning lip.
Why?
Because the world deserves better interfaces to control IOT devices like Sonos or Philips Hue. We are still supposed to use the Smartphone as a remote control, even though it grabs our attention and poisons our real life relationships.
How?
By using the highest quality materials available, my friends at Senic and I created an outstanding haptic interface that won numerous design and tech awards, we featured in the major tech magazines and blogs and is reportedly used as inspiration in a round building somewhere in Cupertino/California.
What?
I contributed the basic idea, industrial design and design for manufacturing. Nuimo control was produced locally in Dresden, Fulda and Munich and assembled in Kreuzberg Berlin.
Why?
Because right before CES 2021, new Philips Outdoor Lamps were leaked in a tech blog. At Senic, we took the opportunity and came up with a fitting interface to control the outdoor lights in just a couple of months using a lean development process.
How?
I started from the material, automotive outdoor grate Kraiburg TPE. It provides the strength and durability to withstand thousands of operations in the most gruesome outdoor environments. I simply designed a condom that wraps around our existing switch, and we passed the IP44 certification first try.
What?
I took the basic idea that came up in a meeting and ran with it, including sourcing, engineering and industrial design. This was the first time I also did the full DFM including the plastic parts, sealing and testing. Not saying I’m the best, but we were low on budget and it worked out. Gira gave me the keys to their test chamber. Now I can test and bring IP44 products to market.
Why?
Because SONOS speakers are a great product, the App though is not. We designed a haptic and easy to understand interface, that allows for the whole family to control music.
How?
I always wanted to make an IOT product that is easily adoptable to any interior. Moodplay uses a concept that allows for an easy swapping of the baseplate. Today, we used recycled plastics from various sources, Corian or even recycled wood.
What?
Ideation, Industrial design, design for manufacturing
Why?
Because I love energy harvesting and think it should be used a lot more.
How?
By hiding the solar panel behind a specialized acrylic glass made by TTV/Geretsried
What?
Idea, industrial design, sourcing, project management
Why?
Because if you want electronic devices to seamlessly fit into your home, it’s a nice approach to directly integrate them with something you already know.
How?
In this case, we worked with Amazon on integrating a speech interface and a smart home hub into a designer lamp.
What?
Industrial Design, model making (incl live shaping with glassblowers in Berlin and Poland), design for manufacturing, microphone and speaker optimization
I am the happiest when I can get my hands dirty. My family background is in woodworking, so model making comes natural to me. From carving to 3d printing, laser cutting to spray-painting. Most modern model making techniques are in my repertoire. I hate ink jet printers, though. And they hate me. Here’s a collection of models and prototypes I made.
Not much to say. I make them, I love them, I would want to spend all my time optimizing them to the core ^^
