Awards and Grants:
2011: Award: Falling Walls Lab 2011 (2nd place)
2011: A.T. Kearney Scholarship for Falling Walls 2011
2008: Nominated for the Lucky Strike Junior Design Award
2008: New Talents – Design Biennale Cologne
2005: Grant for design studies in Brasil (DAAD Scholarship)
2004: Commerzbank Designpreis, acknowledgment award
Jury and Peer-Review
2012: Bachelor examination at GUC German University in Cairo,
Faculty of Applied Sciences & Art (Supervisor, Board of Examiners)
2012: Diploma examination at KISD Köln International School of Design
(External Supervisor, Board of Examiners)
2012: Digital Humanities (Reviewer for DH 2012)
2011: Design Research Society (Reviewer for DRS 2012)
2011: Swiss Design Network (Reviewer for SDN 2011)
2011: International Association of Societies for Design Research (Reviewer for IASDR2011)
2010: Associate Editor for Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Volume 4
2010: Communications – The European Journal of Communication Research (Reviewer)
2010: Swiss Design Network (Reviewer for SDN 2010)
2010: Design Research Society (Reviewer for DRS 2010)
2009: International Association of Societies for Design Research (Reviewer for IASDR2009)
2009: Design Research Week 2009, WSU Spokane; Design Charrette in landscape architecture, interior design and architecture. (Jury Member)
Exhibitions (co-curation)
2008: 100 days – 100 ideas (Creation Center, Berlin)
2005: Got the Look – Graphik der Popmusik; Museum für angewandte Kunst, Köln
2004: Sagmeister non.stereo; Exhibition on the work of Stefan Sagmeister; kisd.gallery, Köln
2003: Quotidien visual; Exhibition on the work of ruedi baur + integral; kisd.gallery, Köln
2003: Fly design; Exhibition on design from cologne at köln-bonn-airport
2002: Kiss design; “design concepts for all” contribution on design process
Exhibitions (presenting his work amongst others)
2012: DO GOOD – What can a Designer do for a better World?;
Designtranfer Berlin + dmy - International Design Festival Berlin
2008: New Talents – Design Biennale Cologne
(Project-Coop with O.Heydekamp, T.Zelmer, T.Klotsche)
2007: From KISD with love
2005: Got the Look – Graphik der Popmusik; Museum für angewandte Kunst, Köln
Network
. Design Research Network (Founding Member)
. DGTF – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung
. Design Promoviert (Founding Member)
. DRS - Design Research Society
. EASST – The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
. LeNS – The Learning Network on Sustainability
. ACM – Association for Computing Machinery
. KISD Alumni
