Freelance communication designer and writer. Originally from Berlin, now living in London. PhD student at the Royal College of Arts in the department Critical Writing in Art and Design. Persuing research on the impact of the open-source-movement on design with a special focus on the methods of crowdsourcing. Diploma in Communication Design; fifteen years of experience in drawing, illustration and graphic design. Since 2005, increasingly tackling issues of theory and history of design. Experienced as a writer for various trade journals and as a teacher in higher education. Member of the German Society for Design Theory.