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Team

Klaus Birk is the Director of Studies Media Design III and part of the faculty since 2005. He lectures in Interaction Design, Motion Design and Transmedia. His research focuses on digital design methods and the Digital City. Additionally, he advises companies on innovation design strategies. He studied communication design at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel and the London College of Communication and holds a PhD from the University of the Arts London. Since 1998, he has worked for several design offices in Germany and the UK, most recently as the design director for Intuity Media Lab. He taught at various Universities such as Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), UAL London or the School for Design St Gallen (CH). His work has won numerous international awards. He writes for FORM design magazine and is a regular conference speaker on designing digital futures.

Since 2003 Mathias Hassenstein has been dedicated to the study of media design. His main interest is the conception and design of interactive media: Screen design, interaction concept design, and instructional design are all key aspects of his teaching. The visual perception of human beings and their individual and cultural characteristics represents a major force behind his work. Mathias Hassenstein studied communication design at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel and the use of media in education at the University of Rostock.

Andrea Hecker has led the administrative office of the B-phase of the department of Media Design since the beginning of 2012. Her responsibilities include all general degree course matters such as applications, admissions, enrollment, change of program, leave periods, and other logistical issues not directly related to the academic program.

Professor Andrea Hennig is a trained bookbinder who studied communication design in Mainz with Hans-Peter Willenberg. After finishing her studies, she worked as an art director for luxury brands such as Davidoff, Joop!, Lancaster, Bogner, and Bulgari. From 2001 to 2004, she worked as a creative director for art at the Gregory Welteroth advertising agency in Nuremberg. After completing her doctoral studies in art education (FAU Nuremberg), she conducted research on perception and communication processes as well as on visual aesthetics. In 2007 she was appointed professor of communication design at the Stuttgart Macromedia University for Media and Communication and oversaw she was responsible the departments of game and media design. In 2013 she was appointed to the Ravensburg University of Cooperative Education faculty. In addition to teaching, she runs a communications office in Upper Swabia. Her work has won numerous design awards and accolades.

Holger Lund works as an art and design researcher and as a curator and dj. After deputizing the position of chair of design theory at the University of Pforzheim from 2008 to 2011, he began his duties as full professor of Media Design, Art and Cultural Studies at the Ravensburg University of Cooperative Education. Since 2004 he has collaborated with Cornelia Lund to lead the media art platform fluctuating images (Berlin). His research focuses on media art, design research and music visualization. Publications: Audio.Visual – On Visual Music and Related Media (2009), Design der Zukunft(2014), lundaudiovisualwritings (2017), each time together with Cornelia Lund, and The New People. Musik als Seismograph (2014). Several publications on Turkish pop music, including its visual aspects. In addition he runs the music label Global Pop First Wave, dedicated to non-Western pop history, especially Turkish pop music of the 1960s and 1970s. Current research projects: Different by Design and Turkish Pop Music Images, both together with Cornelia Lund. DJ mixes: DJ Jaywalk.

Herbert Moser has served as director of the Media Design program since 2001. He built the first art/design course of study at a University of Cooperative Education from the ground up, creating the training and examination plans as well as leading the study program. Herbert Moser studied fine arts, art education, and intermedia design at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. As an artist, he has won numerous prizes, fellowships, and awards; as a media designer, he has designed exhibitions, media projects, and websites to wide acclaim.

Markus Rathgeb has served as a lecturer in the department of Media Design since 2001 and has contributed significantly to the design and structure of the program since its inception. Since 2008 he has served as the director of studies for Media Design II. His teaching focuses on graphic design, design methodology, and typography. Rathgeb studied communication design in Wiesbaden and Sydney and holds a PhD from the University of Reading (UK). He has worked for various design offices in Germany. Most recently, he was creative director at Alligator Design in London. His academic work has led to a number of publications, including a 2007 monograph on the work of Otl Aicher published by Phaidon. He lectures and publishes internationally on socially relevant design and acts as responsible editor for the design magazine ⌘E.

Alena Schmidt-Weihrich studied British and American Studies and Economics at the University of Konstanz and the University of British Columbia in Canada. She then did her PhD in the department of Literature, Art and Media Studies at the University of Konstanz. Along the way she worked as a student assistant, research assistant, teaching assistant and lecturer at the University of Konstanz. Meanwhile, she also worked for the Emerging Scholars Forum of the Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien. Since November 2023, she has worked in the student administration of the department of media studies, supporting students, the secretary’s office, and professors in their daily business.