Academic and professional career
- Professor of Design, Cultural and Art History at the FHP since 2012
- Since 2007, together with Prof Dr Johannes Kirschenmann, initiation and project management of the internet platform www.designwissen.net
- 2005-12 Research and artistic assistant at the University of Vechta in the field of design education / creative work
- 2003-07 Co-founder and co-organiser of the Berlin festival DESIGNMAI
- 1993-2005 Freelance design and PR consultant and author
- 2000/01 Representative of the Chair of Design Science and Theory, Department of Design and Media, FH Hannover
- 1990-2002 employed, later freelance for the IDZ Berlin and other Berlin institutions: Conception and organisation of qualification programmes for designers, managers and art educators
- 1990-99 Teaching assignments at the Berlin University of the Arts, Department of Aesthetic Education, Art and Cultural Studies (elective subject design)
- 1987-95
Socio-cultural research projects at the HdK Berlin, e.g. on the cultural history of living in the 20th century and on the lifestyle of skilled workers
Academic education
- 1988-91 Studied sociology at the Free University of Berlin
- 1981-88 Studied Industrial Design at the Berlin University of the Arts
