I know it’s been a while since we met last time. And it is nice meeting you again! There were a lot of things going on in the meanwhile. And one of it was the DMEXCO, where I not only did presentation notes, I as well held a gamification worklab. After two days at the […]
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Today a wonderful motivational video crossed my way and reminded me why I’m doing what I do. It’s because I truly believe in it. I believe in design and games! I trust in the power of change, the power of people and that in our hearts we all know what we want to do. How […]
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As I am now sitting here, trying to find the right start for this post. I wanted to start with why we are who we are – however this post should not be about the I in us, it should deal with us and others. As we are humans, we always interact. We interact with our […]
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A good game always starts with an epic calling. And why should it be different in my case. One day I went into the library at our university and there it was smiling into my face. Yellow and brand new – Jane McGonigals “Reality is broken” crossed my way while my industrial design studies. It was […]
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At the moment I’m reading the book “Denkwerkzeuge” by Florian Rustler. He writes about creative methods and the connection of Creativity & Innovation. I myself would say that I am a creative person. Sure that somehow goes along with my profession. And for sure designers have more credentials to proof their creativity. Nevertheless everybody of us […]
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Epic – what a word! Just read it again E-P-I-C. Four little letters and such a huge impact. For me it is what I want to reach. Want to become. Want to feel. EPIC! Others may would say gamer non-sense. I will say you just don’t know it better. Don’t get me wrong you can think […]
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We all know the divergent thinking, the black and white painted world on how we see games and especially Gamification. For some it is just wasted time and effort and for others it literally means the world. There is a whole industry just around this topic and a pretty young scientific approach called Game studies, […]
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… what they don’t tell you about to be a designer is how hard it actually is to be one. While my journey becoming and being a designer, many questions popped up in my mind. But at the end all leading to one big question: “What is design?” I know that this question seems very […]
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