Stefanie Reich

Als Designerin brenne ich für die Erforschung von Gestaltungen und deren Potenzial, um unser zukünftiges Leben zu entwerfen. Im Besonderen reizt mich, Theorie und Praxis miteinander zu verbinden um neue Zugänge und Verbindungen für die Designdisziplin aufzuzeigen und zu gestalten.

EXPERIENCE
Since 2022 // Professorship for information design at the university of applied sciences Kiel 2016−2022 // Lecturer in design Methods (Designexperiment and New Technologies / Material Development), Master Creative Direction, Diploma University, Online and Study Centre Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany Since 2006 // Freelance Designer for different Companies, main Focus Healthcare Design 2004−2022 // Product and Communication Designer, Art Direction, Wesemann GmbH, Syke, Germany 2003−2004 // Photo Designer, Wolfgang Schwager Fotografie, Aachen, Germany 2000−2003 // Graphic Designer, Gegensatz, Newspaper publisher, Aachen, Germany 1999 // Model builder, Centrum für Prototypenbau, Erkelenz, Germany 1998 // Graphic Designer, Der Designpool, Aachen, Germany

EDUCATION
2015−2022 // PhD at the Muthesius Academy of Arts and Design, Kiel, Germany, in Cooperation with the Philips chair for Medical Information Technology (MedIT), Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 2014−2015 // WindH, Vocational Education in University Teaching, Kompetenzzentrum Hochschuldidaktik, TU Braunschweig, Germany 2012−2014 // Master Industrial Design, (Thesis with a theoretical focus, Medical Design), Muthesius Academy of Arts and Design, Kiel, Germany 1999−2004 // Diploma product design, (Thesis with a practical focus, social design), University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany 1996−1999 // Training as a Graphic Designer, Berufskolleg für Technik und Medien, Mönchengladbach, Germany

SCHOLARSHIPS
01.2016−06.2016 // Promos Scholarship, Glasgow school of Arts – School of Design, Glasgow, Scotland 02.2003−07.2003 // BAfög Grants for Studies Abroad Scholarship – University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

WORKSHOPS
16.04.2021 // ‮„‬Designing future Products“‭, ‬BA Produktdesign‭, ‬FH Coburg‭, ‬Germany, Online 18.10.2019 //“Zwischenraum” – Designing the Inbetween, MSD School of Design, FH Münster, Germany 30.10.2018 //“Prototyping Democracy” – Building social-democratic Futures as Alternatives in Medical Device Design, OTH Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany 21.07.2018 //“WIR gestalten” – Approaching the concept of“We” in Design, Mastercamp, Diploma University, Study centre, Hanover, Germany

TALKS
27.09.2021 //“Design and the Future”, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Germany 23.07.2021 //“Under surfaces”, Mastercamp Design berührt, Diploma university, Germany, Online 24.03.2021 //“Connected Objects – Design between physical Products and digital Processes”, Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt, Online 05.02.2021 //“Designing for Crisis”, Mastercamp New realities, Diploma University, Germany, Online 20.07.2020 //“Digital Design”, HFG Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany 28.05.2019 //“Methodical, constructive and experimental Basics for Design Projects”, MSD School of Design, FH Münster, Germany 16.06.2018 //“Designing Democratization”, NERD2GO Conference“New experimental Research in Design”, Hildesheim, Germany 29.06.2016 // Doctoral Colloquium, DRS Conference“Future-focused Thinking“, Brighton, England 02.11.2015 // Doctoral Colloquium, IASDR Conference“Interplay“, Brisbane, Australia

PUBLICATIONS
11.2021 // Study booklet, „Experimentelle Designmethoden“ (“Experimental methods in design”), Diploma university, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany 05.2019 // Study booklet,“Dokumentation als wissenschaftliche Arbeit im Design” (“Scientific documentation in design”), Diploma university, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany 03.2017 // Study booklet, „Code und Material“ (“Code and material”), Diploma university, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany 09.2015 // Study booklet, „Methoden der Designforschung“ (“Methods of design research”), Diploma university, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany

Member of Deutscher Designer Verband e.V.
Member of the DGTF – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und Forschung