Masters Thesis // Startup
Beyond Corona - Resilient Resident
Developed during - and inspired by the pandemic, this thesis focused on a „Beyond Corona“ world where it will be paramount to re-localize and de-centralize many aspects of our daily lives. To achieve that, Resilient Resident exploits a usually neglected infrastructure spread across neighborhoods just above our heads; the empty space of rooftops. Just in Berlin, more than 40 mio. sqm are left empty. A response to climate change, water shortages and air pollution: With its sponge city rooftop hubs, Resilient Resident generates a circular system for radical local vertical farming and much more.
Due to its relevance in the emerging Corona crisis, this project received startup funding- and support from: https://designfarmberlin.com/venture/resilient-resident
Design studies
Firefly - Data driven passenger dispatch
Developed just weeks before COVID-19 hit full scale, this project proposed a new effort to ease constant intrusion into individual personal space inside crammed subways. As 'personal space' became 'personal health space' ("keep your distance"), the need to distribute passengers more evenly using data input from previous stations was stronger than ever before during the COVID crisis. The Firefly add-on modules placed along the platform indicate the type of space left available on the incoming train based on collected crowding data from the previous station. The more space available, the more eager Firefly modules will court for your attention.
Caught the attention of
Firefly almost took off!
Thanks to tremendous support from news agencies like Spiegel or Frame, Project Firefly eventually caught the attention of German public transport BVG and Deutsche Bahn. However, just a modified version made it to testing setup from Deutsche Bahn (without support from the initial project team).
Bachelor Thesis
HeimFarm -
Intelligent Farming 4.0
It makes sense for fragile crops like lettuce and herbs to be produced through aeroponics and vertical farming within urban areas. This not only saves extreme amounts of water, fertilizer and pesticides, but also relieves the entire external logistics for supplying a city. While concepts are already emerging to produce fragile crops directly in supermarkets and harvest them on-demand, HeimFarm goes a step further and restores a portion of food sovereignty to urban dwellers without a green thumb. Through an intelligent Urban Farming 4.0, the automated production of lettuce and herbs takes place in local environments.
Featured in German Design Graduates:
Cooperation Project (Daimler AG)
F.A.R.S. - Fast Autonomous Response Service
A future scenario: By the year 2040, urban passenger and freight transportation is largely autonomous. Due to noise protection and safety reasons, drones are prohibited in cities, and even the smallest objects are transported on the road again. For the immediate and reliable delivery of time-sensitive small goods, such as tissue samples or medications, a completely new approach is needed. As an extended service offering, Daimler is installing docking stations as standard equipment in its vehicles. F.A.R.S. - an autonomously deploying helper for rapid response. For the urgent transport of tissue samples, visual securing of accident scenes, or transportation of emergency equipment.
F.A.R.S. User Journey
The concept for F.A.R.S. evolved from an evaluation of a customer journey at Charité Berlin in 2017, which involved the urgent transport of tissue samples. At that time, due to their agility in traffic, bicycle couriers were employed. Stress factors for the service providers and long waiting times for the clients necessitated a reorientation of the transportation concept.
Cooperation Project (Reifenhäuser AG)
Flood Protection Sandbag - ISO 26800 Non-woven
Learning from shortcomings of usual flood protection sandbags while being a flooding helper 2013, this concept strove to create more ergonomics sandbags. Non-woven material was found as a suitable and cost-effective foundation for the necessary changes. The following three main pain-points were addressed with this concept:
Quick closing top (Roll-top)
Top acting as handle for people carrying the bag
Bottom handle for easier positioning on dam
This concept was developed as a collaborative project with the company Reicofil, a business within the Reifenhäuser Group. The usage rights were acquired by Reicofil after the completion of the project.
On the market
GEFU - Küchenrollenhalter SMARTLINE
The super practical kitchen paper towel holder in an elegant designer look is a must-have for every modern kitchen. It doesn't tip over, doesn't slide, and its concave lid and base construction makes it easy to unroll and tear off kitchen paper with just one hand - sheet by sheet.
