Formal Education

 

Fachhochschule Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
Master of Design (Interface Design)
Master Thesis "Design Tools Design"
10/ 2006 - 10/ 2008

 

Private Fachhochschule Wedel Wedel, Germany
Media and Computer Science (Focus Human-Computer Interaction)
Diploma Thesis "Free the body and the mind will follow"
10/ 2001 - 03/ 2006

 

Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, Switzerland
Interaction Design (DAAD scholarship)
10/ 2004 - 02/ 2005

 

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine London, UK
MSci Joint Mathematics and Computer Science (quit early)
10/ 2000 - 03/ 2001

 

European College of Liberal Arts Berlin, Germany
International Summer University in Liberal Arts
Summer 2000

Work Experience

Consulting

IxDS - Interaction Design Studios GmbH
Senior Interaction Designer
Managing Director since 01/2009
03/ 2007 - present

Academic

Interaction Research Studio, Goldsmiths College London
Research on home sensor networks
05/ 2010 - present

Interaction Design Lab, FH Potsdam
Project Lead for enery consumption research project
08/ 2010 - present

Project Lead for open-source design tool Fritzing
07/ 2007 - 12 /2007, 10/ 2008 - present

Concepts and Prototypes for Ambient Vehicle Interfaces
with Volkswagen Design Center
11/ 2008 - 05/2009

Concepts for Tangible Interfaces for Mobile Devices,
with Deutsche Telekom Research Laboratories
05/ 2006 - 09/ 2006

Faculty of Media Art and Design, Bauhaus-University Weimar
Project Lead for Fritzing
04/ 2008 - 09 /2008

Teaching

Department of Design, Hochschule Anhalt/Bauhaus Dessau
Introductory Interaction Design course "rfid mon plaisir", 3rd semester
10/ 2008 - 02/ 2009

 

btk fh, Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule
Course on "Ubiquitous Interfaces", 4th semester
09/ 2006 - 02/ 2007

btk ak, Berliner Technische Kunstschule
Course on "Information Design for Weblogs", 6th semester
04/ 2006 - 07/ 2006

..before

Assistance Project Realisation
m.o.l.i.t.o.r. - art in motion / Frank Fietzek, Berlin
07/ 2004

 

Media Design
Responsible for all visual design
InVision Software AG, Düsseldorf
2001 - 2003

 

Freelance Web Design, Concept, Programming & Administration
Clients: Sabrina Theissen Photography, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, InVision Software AG, Falksson
1999 - 2007

Publications

Academic

 

Knörig, A., Howell, B. Studio: Advanced Prototyping with Fritzing. pdf acm
In Proceedings of Tangible, Embodied and Embedded Interfaces 2010. Cambridge, Mass. 341-343.

 

Knörig, A., Wettach, R., Cohen, J. Fritzing – A tool for advancing electronic prototyping for designers. pdf acm
In Proceedings of Tangible and Embedded Interfaces 2009. Cambridge, UK. 351-358.

 

Hemmert, F., Knörig, A., Wettach, R., Joost, G. Stick, Click‘n Call: Self-adhesive Pressure-Activated RFID Tags for Mobile Phones. pdf acm
In Proceedings of Tangible and Embedded Interfaces 2009. Cambridge, UK. 283-284.

 

Knörig, A. 2008. Design Tools Design: How to design tools for designers, and a proposal of two new tools for the design of physical interactions. pdf, high-res pdf
Master Thesis, Univ. of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

 

Hemmert, F., Knörig, A., Wettach, R., Joost, G. Dynamic Knobs: Shape Change as a Means of Interaction on a Mobile Phone. paper, poster, presentation, acm
In Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Florence, Italy.CHI '08. 2309-2314.

 

Knörig, A. 2007. The bodily aspect in computer-supported creativity. paper, proposal, acm
In Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity & Cognition. Washington, DC, USA. C&C '07. ACM Press, New York, NY, 287.

 

Knörig, A., Müller, B., Wettach, R. 2007. Articulated Paint: Musical Expression for Non-Musicians. paper, poster, acm
In Proceedings of the Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. New York, NY, USA. NIME '07. 384-385.

 

Knörig, A. 2006. Free the body and the mind will follow: An investigation into the role of the human body in creativity, and its application to HCI. overview, pdf
Diploma Thesis, Univ. of Applied Sciences Wedel.

Other

Neoanalog - Leiblichkeit und Kreativität.
In acar2: from artefact to actefact. Catalogue of Ars Electronica 2007 Campus, 212-214. Basel 2007, Verlag HyperWerk HGK FHNW. pdf, www

Features

 

Fritzing featured in article "Kluge Dinge: Das neue Netz" (Smart Things: The New Web).
In DE:BUG 127.2008. www

Articulated Paint featured in article "DIY07".
In DE:BUG 115.2007. pdf, www

 

Design Research for T-Labs featured in book "100 Products of the Future", chapter on "Technology".
In Hänsch, Theodor W. 2007. 100 Produkte der Zukunft, 140-141. Econ Verlag. amazon

 

Design Research for T-Labs featured in article "Neuer Forschergeist".
In PAGE 12.2006, 32-37. www

 

Interface concept for VR construction, featured in book chapter "Das Interface als Handlungsraum".
In Khazaeli, Cyrus. 2005. Systemisches Design: Intelligente Oberflächen für Information und Interaktion. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg. amazon

Talks & Workshops

Invited Talks

Kreatives Arbeiten mit Hardware
Creative Coding, University of Bayreuth, 2010

 

Fritzing - Advancing Electronic Prototyping for Designers video
IxDA Fall Summit '09, Umea School of Design, 2009

 

Fritzing as a platform for the Sketching community
Sketching in Hardware '09, University College London, 2009

 

Fritzing - Open-Source Hardware for Non-Engineers
GOSH!, Banff New Media Centre, 2009

 

Electronic Prototyping for the rest of us
Art vs. Technology, DIMA Berlin, 2009

 

Fritzing as an Open Design Platform
Open Everything, newthinkingstore Berlin, 2009

 

Rapid Prototyping of Interactive Electronics
UXcamp Europe, Free University Berlin, 2009

 

From Prototype to Product with Fritzing
Department of Design, University of Weimar 2008

Workshops

Fritzing Workshops
DMY, Berlin, 2010
Pixelache, Helsinki, 2010
M.I.T. Media Lab, Cambridge, 2010
Umea School of Design, 2009
Banff New Media Centre, 2009
hardhack, c-base Berlin, 2009
University of Weimar, 2008

Exhibitions

 

TEI Cambridge, UK
Stick, Click 'n' Call & Fritzing in Exhibition www
16.-18.2.2009

 

CHI Florence, Italy
Dynamic Knobs presented in Interactivity Exhibit www
7.-10.4.2008

 

Applaus Potsdam, Germany
Articulated Paint shown at degree show of FH Potsdam www
11.-13.10.2007

 

Ars Electronica campus2.0 Linz, Austria
Articulated Paint shown as part of FH Potsdam's "Musical Interfaces" www
Awarded the campus2.0-prize
5.-11.9.2007

 

NIME New York, USA
Articulated Paint presented in Demo Session www
6.-10.6.2007

Skills

Expertise

Interaction Design from concept to realisation, across software and hardware

Languages

German (+++), English (++), Dutch (+), French (+-)

Toolbox

Design
Sketching, Webdesign,Screendesign, Animation and Interaction, Retouching, Illustration, Desktop Publishing, Video Editing, 3D-Modeling, Audio

Programming
Object-orientied (Java, C++, Python, ActionScript), Procedural (C, Pascal), Functional (Haskell), Scripting (JavaScript, Tcl, Unix), Graphical (OpenGL, Processing, Jitter), Databases (SQL, XML, ZODB), Server-Side (Zope/CMF/Plone)

 

Hardware
Prototyping Boards (Arduino, BasicStamp, Phidgets), Prototyping Software (processing, pd, vvvv), Mobile (J2ME, Android)

Further Activities

Affiliations

ACM SIGCHI (Student Member), IxDA (Volunteer Community Building), Plone CMS (Active Contributor)

Music

Saxophone in several classical quartets - anyone up to this in Berlin? (formerly Arundo Saxophon Quartett)

Enjoyments

literature, movies, discussions, any kind of music, contemporary arts, drama, sports