For Daniel Streilein, getting the best out of every project for the user and the brand alike means enhancing people’s everyday lives with products they enjoy using. He studied industrial design at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica and gained his first professional experience at Teams Design Hamburg and as a design manager with the Vodafone Group. Daniel has been with zweigrad since 2011, and his focus lies on user experience and brand design. As Head of Industrial Design, Daniel contributes his conceptual strength, a passion for technically challenging projects, and a pronounced team spirit – alongside his desire to solve problems, question processes, and break new ground. And he prefers to do this as part of long-term customer relationships that are shaped by creative, constructive dialogue. Because to him, this is the only way to achieve optimum results.

It is often those projects that, due to their complexity and scope, require an enormous amount of thought and planning that make Stefan Proud truly love his work and keep evolving further. A trained UX/UI expert, Stefan has seen a lot of the world. In 1999, he founded a web design company in London, and at a San Francisco-based start-up, which was listed on the Australian stock exchange in 2014, he was the very first employee, then project manager, and finally CTO. Stefan joined zweigrad in 2015, adding more than 20 years of experience in the areas of full service UX, UI, coding and project management to the team. “I want to push our clients to go beyond emulating past achievements of competitors and instead focus on solving current issues and responding to the future”, he says. His goal is to create flexible solutions that anticipate future technological advances and that can be easily adapted across all platforms.

Martin Reuthe loves being part of the journey from idea to finished product. His aim is to turn sketches into something usable that meets the wishes of users and suppliers, honours sustainability along the product’s entire life cycle, and combines practicality and style in a unique way. The industrial designer has been with zweigrad since 2016 and has contributed his expertise in various industrial, interface and communication design projects. Martin is your point of contact for model and mock-up constructions, storyboarding, 3D and 2D animations as well as VR solutions. To Martin, a clear and timely definition of tasks and problems is just as relevant for the success of a project as good and close communication, which starts with getting to know each other. Martin believes in exploring unknown paths and in embracing the courage to fail early on. And one thing is clear to him: “For visionary ideas to become reality you need backbone.”

Aleksandra Chodur is always fascinated by the attention given to the exceptional aesthetics of her work. She makes decisions for her compelling design solutions based on relevant data. As an expert in Data Driven UX design, Aleksandra Chodur emphasizes fact-based design. The user experience is the focus of product development, which she approaches as closely as possible through survey data and user statistics. During her management studies, she won a rectorate award for the best student. Subsequently, she also completed a study in UX Design. Since August 2022, she has been a UX/UI designer at zweigrad. Step by step she creates explicit user experiences through curiosity, clear focus on goals and good communication with all stakeholders.

Für alle entspannt den Überblick zu behalten, darin sieht Fenja Bonn ihre eigentliche Aufgabe. Wie gut, dass sie leidenschaftlich gerne organsiert. Zudem schätzt sie die Abwechslung, die ihr als Ansprechpartnerin für das gesamte Team sicher ist. Studiert hat Fenja Bonn Skandinavistik und Anglistik in Kiel und Reykjavik. Nach ihrem Abschluss sammelte sie als Projektmanagerin Agenturerfahrung in einer deutsch-dänischen Werbeagentur. In den vergangenen fünf Jahren organisierte sie den Betrieb eines großen Gestüts. Seit November 2022 bringt sie bei zweigrad ihre Motivation und Neugier ebenso ein wie ihr lösungsorientiertes Arbeiten und die Bereitschaft, Prozesse zu überdenken. So viel wie ihr der Spaß an der Arbeit bedeutet, so wenig verzichtet sie in der Zusammenarbeit auf ein freundliches Miteinander.

To Henry Boy, design has always been about exploring new grounds. For him, the appeal of the unknown lies precisely in the opportunity to learn and grow. Since February 2022, Henry has been feeding his curiosity as part of the zweigrad team. Prior to that, he completed a Bachelor’s degree in international design in Toronto, Canada, and was bestowed with an ACIDO Rocket Award 2021 for his thesis. Henry mainly puts his skills to use in the areas of client-focused design development, product visualisation and prototype production. As well as being a creative mind, Henry is characterised by his understanding and knowledge of customer wishes. In his view, solution-oriented work requires direct, personal exchange with both clients and potential users. In each and every job, it is his goal to provide an intuitive design that is a pleasure to use.

Ellen Struck believes that interface design comes down to an interplay between people and technology. And in this interplay, it is paramount to step into the shoes of the user – who should be in the focus of each and every iterative development process. Following her degree course in graphic design, Ellen worked as an art director at an advertising agency before becoming senior art director at a tech company. With her expertise in the area of UX/UI design, Ellen has been supporting zweigrad as a freelancer since 2012. In her work, Ellen places great emphasis on creativity, user-friendliness and attractive designs – seasoned with a dash of joy, respect and variety.

Beim Entwickeln eines Produktes fasziniert Dias Chako der gesamte Design-Prozess. Aber das, was ihn am meisten begeistert, ist die Transformation aller Ideen in ein finales Produkt. Bereits als Kind weckte die Funktionsweise von Produkten seine Neugier. Konsequenterweise entschied er sich dafür Design zu seinem Beruf zu machen und studierte Mechanical Engineering, 2019 schloss er sein Studium mit einem Master in Industrie Design ab. Anfang Dezember 2022 ist Dias Chako aus Indien nach Deutschland gezogen, um bei zweigrad neue Erfahrungen zu sammeln. Seinen Beitrag für das Team sieht er im Recherchieren, in Konzeptentwicklung und Visualisierung sowie im Prototyping. Hoffentlich, so Dias Chako, wird er Ideen in Produkte verwandeln, die am Ende tatsächlich hergestellt werden.

Florina will stay at our studio for her internship. She loves to work in teams, to learn from each other and to enjoy the success through collaboration. Her passion is to design products that have a function and complement the market.