Interaction Designer II at frog design

Simone Wittmann

Munich, Germany

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Education
- Aarhus Universitet
  
  2010 - 2010
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal
  
  2004 - 2009
  
  Focused on process-oriented product development, the University of Wuppertal's degree program in Industrial Design is concerned with the planning, conception and design of products for industrial mass production. Innovative thinking at the interface of technology with daily living is a key element of our work.' ( http://www.uwid.de )
- Delft University of Technology
  
  2007 - 2008
Experience
- Senior Design Researcher
  
  frog design Europe GmbH
  
  München, Germany
  
  May 2014 - Present (10 years 6 months)
- Interaction Designer
  
  frog design Europe GmbH
  
  München, Germany
  
  May 2010 - May 2014 (4 years)
- Designer
  
  design-people
  
  Aarhus, Denmark
  
  Oct 2009 - May 2010 (7 months)
  
  I took part in a 7 months traineeship at design-people, working as a designer on all fronts: Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Research and Workshop Facilitation.
  Next to my traineeship I was able to attend the design psychology class at the University of Århus.
- Oct 2009 - May 2010 (7 months)
- student assistant - international office
  
  University of Wuppertal
  
  Mar 2009 - Jul 2009 (4 months)
  
  creating a podcast about the experience of studying abroad
- Summer University Tutor
  
  University of Wuppertal
  
  May 2009 - Jun 2009 (1 month)
  
  Introducing "Non Female" subjects (as technical engineering, mathematics, physic etc.) to girls who are about to finish school
- Aug 2008 - Feb 2009 (6 months)
- student project staff member
  
  Braun
  
  Mar 2007 - Aug 2007 (5 months)
  
  design project on the topic 'male body grooming'
  end-to-end design process, view my portfolio for the results
- student assistant - public relations
  
  University of Wuppertal
  
  May 2007 - Aug 2007 (3 months)
  
  updating my faculty's homepage www.uwid.de
- student project staff member
  
  ASER
  
  Sep 2006 - Feb 2007 (5 months)
  
  student project on 'complexity-simplicity' design of a copier for public use please view my portfolio for results
- student project staff member
  
  John Deere
  
  Sep 2006 - Feb 2007 (5 months)
  
  design concepts for a family of operational controls inside a tractor cabin
- fair hostess
  
  gemblo
  
  Oct 2006 - Oct 2006
  
  4 days of explaining, playing and selling the Korean game 'Gemblo' at the 'Internationale Spielemesse Essen'
- 2006 - 2006
- Intern
  
  Karo 4
  
  Jun 2004 - Jun 2004
  
  a short internship at a goldsmith to gain some first hand knowledge about metall processing
- Intern Industrial Design
  
  Kroehl Design
  
  Sep 2003 - Jun 2004 (9 months)
- Intern
  
  Bäumel Möbel Innenausbau
  
  Aug 2003 - Aug 2003
  
  a short internship at a carpenter to gain some first hand knowledge about wood processing
- Jun 1999 - Sep 2002 (3 years 3 months)
- Aug 2002 - Aug 2002
- private coach
  
  Schule Litzendorf
  
  2000 - 2002 (2 years)
  
  giving private lessons to two Italian girls to make it possible for them to integrate in the German school system
- extra
  
  ffp entertainment
  
  Aug 2001 - Aug 2001
  
  playing an extra in 'Jenseits des Regenbogens'. Fantastic movie ;)
- 1998 - 2001 (3 years)
- 1997 - 1999 (2 years)
Skills
- Industrial Design
- Interaction Design
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Simone Wittmann

Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)