Portfolio
2010 |
Binary | 00110010 |
Drawing |
2010 |
Colors | Color of feelings |
Physical Computing |
2009 |
1×4×9 | Blade Runner meets the Monolith |
Web |
2009 |
Lock/Bridge | Handcrafted, traditional gelatin silver prints |
Photography |
2008 |
Aloha | Saying “Hello” in many different languages |
Web |
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Animation |
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2006 – 2010 |
Hospitality System | Event management Platform for Siemens |
Web |
2006 |
Distorted Fiction | Concept, design, and production of the band website |
Web |
2005 |
Mainz Sputniks | Re-design and production of a website |
Web |
2005 |
Invitebuddy | Concept and production of a Web 2.0 invitation service |
Web |
2002 – 2005 |
Texas Funeral | Songwriting, guitar playing, Artwork, Design, Booking, Publicity |
Music |
2001 – 2003 |
Phing | Build- and automation software |
Software |
2001 – 2002 |
binarycloud | First generation PHP web application framework |
Software |
2001 |
Gaul’s | Production of the website |
Web |
1999 |
Iron Horse | Boutique tube booster for guitar |
Engineering |
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2010
Binary
A E-Mail exchange encoded in ASCII and represented in binary coding. Since Binary was the theme, the work consists of two individual drawings: A question and a response. Unique pencil drawings 25x25cm.
Drawing
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October 2009
1×4×9
1x4x9 is a merger of fictional events unfolding in different science fiction and cyberpunk stories.
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January 2009
Lock/Bridge
Traditional gelatin silver photographic processes are hard work that require great care. During the course of two weeks I hand-crafted two exceptional baryta-based 9.5"x12"gelatin silver prints from 30 year old HP5 negatives shot when I was a kid. Everything was done completely analog – down to the lab timer. The results are unique pieces of craftsmanship in a hand-made wooden 15"x20" Frame.
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2008
Aloha
This website I created, greets you in a randomly chosen language on each page hit.
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2006 – 2010
Siemens Hospitality
In this mid-sized project, I focused on the Interaction Design of the web-based user interface. I also implemented the whole application, including the underlying domain model and infrastructure. Thanks to the Unix platform, Ruby on Rails, and Agile Development, I could focus my attention to user interface and interaction design while still being able to create a high-quality backend implementation.
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2006
Distorted Fiction
I created a design concept and HTML/CSS templates for the alternative rock band Distorted Fiction.
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2005
Mainz Sputniks
Re-design of the Mainz Sputniks (University Mainz softball team), website. The new design featured completely new visuals, a blog as the epicenter of interaction, player cards, photo gallery, forum, and link list.
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2005
Invitebuddy
A Web 2.0 Application to to send your friends an invitation email. They can click on a link and decline or accept the invitation. You could check the status of how many people have accepted, declined, or not answered at all and take further action if necessary (i.e. send a reminder). The invitees could check how may are coming to the event and change status as well.
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2002 – 2005
Texas Funeral
While my main job with the Mannheim based rock band was playing the guitar, crafting songs, and having fun, I was responsible for all web development, design, branding, and publicity work.
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2001 – 2003
Phing
In 2001, I wrote a lightweight dynamic plug-in system to allow PHP classes to hook into a processing chain by implementing a simple interface (the binarycloud compiler). The library was extended, wrapped into a command line script, and renamed to phpmake. Soon after, I decided to re-write the whole package to make use of OO software architecture. I called it Phing and the predominant PHP build tool was born.
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2001 – 2002
binarycloud
binarycloud was a PHP web application framework created by turing studio and open sourced in 2000. Joining the project in early 2001 I soon became one of the core committers. The framework stack sported classes for request, response, sessions, URL dispatch, plug-able template engine, database query manager (ORM today), form handling library, loosely coupled modules, components, and a sophisticated build system.
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2001
Gaul’s Gastronomie
Production of the web site Gaul’s Gastronomie, a prominent restaurant and catering company. The site was based on binarycloud and sported a custom MySQL backed CMS, special print layout mode for faster page load times, contact form, etc.
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1999
Iron Horse
In order to design this hand crafted boutique electron tube guitar booster, I went through several prototypes. Eventually I arrived at a very refined version suitable for low volume production. This booster uses a double-triode 12AX7 of which the first triode amplifies the signal and the second is used as cathode follower. The three-way toggle switch allows to emphasize amplification of bass or treble spectrums. Power is supplied by 12V AC brick, internally transformed to 240V.
