Ritmo is a thoroughly developed concept of a music player for runners, that synchronizes the beat of the music and step frequency. The IGD Rostock had developed music-modulation software, that allows modification of the music’s tempo (within certain limits) without changing the pitch of the tone. I developed my own research methods to come up with essential behaviors of the software, such as the exact way in which the transitions would be modulated, as either the music would match the timing of the steps or vise versa. Besides interface design, informatics and creative research methods, theories of training and running played an important role.

Date: 2007
Client: Fraunhofer IGD Rostock

Date: 2014 Client: SAP, NCT

The non-profit organization Service Design Berlin aims to connect user experience, design thinkers, service designers and everyone interested in the discipline. Every time, the Service Design Drinks are dedicated to a topic.

To provide insights into the work and skills of the DCC Berlin, we held a thought leadership presentation with insights on how to “Design for the back-office” in order to create business impact. Mauro Rego and myself explained the difference between designing enterprise and customer apps, and presented guiding principles on the basis of different success stories, such as the Medical Research Insights, SAP Screen Personas and Fiori, which was well received by the participants: “Wow, this is really cool what you do.”

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Date: 2008 Client: Vodafone Global, Samsung

Date: 2013 Client: Swisscom

The way people perceive and work with software has dramatically changed over the last few year. A good user experience is no longer optional, but rather an expectation and potentially a competitive advantage for those that leverage it. At SAP, the Design & Co-Innovation Center works closely with customers to improve their existing software investments as well a craft new software solutions.

In the last year we recognized the fact that – beyond simply building better software – it is vital that we also support our customers in establishing design practices within their own organizations. The combination between flexible & well designed enterprise software and design driven customer environments is a potent way to create engaging experiences for back office users. In our talk we will share our experience and give both examples and insights on how to move user experience to the next level within various organizations.