HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd,Typography, Spring 2008. Instructor: Tanja Huber
Because I came to design school without prior studies in design, I took the typography course of the BA program Communication Design during the first term of my masters. We learned typographical basics and made use of those in several projects.
This course was an incredibly helpful introduction to design and typography.
Diplom Dissertation, Information and Knowledge Management, Hochschule Darmstadt, June 2007. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Joers
The latest findings on experimental economics and decision making almost leave no doubt that when it comes to forecasts, we have to rethink. Forecast errors can be expensive and the search for alternatives has not been exhausted. This dissertation presents the topic of prediction markets, and thereby keeps a constant detailed scientific evidence guide.
After an introduction on the issue and its problems, an explanation of fundamental theories and methods concerning the complex subject follows. Including forecasting, fundamentals of the decision theory and decision-support systems. Consequently, the author then focuses entirely on prediction markets, their fundamentals and performance. Prediction markets are successfully expanding in the areas of culture and entertainment, politics, sports and business. Compared to traditional market research studies prediction markets convince with great potential.
A detailed elaboration of the conditions to be observed in the implementation of virtual markets is developed. The conditions are addressed to market participants, the system and its design.
Three experimental implemented test markets, which showed positive results and an outlook that prediction markets can be classified as a future trend, complete the work.
I love little crafty projects like making zines and little drawings. I will share some of them on this page.
I like doing a lot of crafty things. Some of the things I built, made, or have worked on include large projects like house renovation work including insulating an attic, building a wall, doing major plumbing work, as well as other building DIY projects like building car platforms or gardening things.
Hochschule Darmstadt, Fall 2005, Information Technology Practicum, Instructor: Prof. Geribert Jakob
In this IT Project, I worked on the creation, specification and implementation of a database-supported management system for a food goods depot. The focus of the project was the functionality of the system. The design really didn’t matter (as you can see! – at that point I didn’t know anything about design).
We identified the problems and module gateways and created a semantic database model. Of course we potinted out the functionality with Use Cases and Process Diagrams in UML. We created a physical database model and a storyboard of the system. Then we implemented the database model in MySQL and programmed the modules in PHP. We also programmed some extensions in JavaScript. We had to keep a professional project plan up-to-date and write a documentation about the project and potential extensions.
This project was done at Hochschule Darmstadt in collaboration with two more students on my team: Johanna Dobrick and Olivia Shepherd.