Melanie studied her BA in Industrial Design at the Burg Giebichenstein in Germany and Design Thinking at the HPI d.school before she joined the RCA Service Design program in 2019.
Throughout her education, she always had a strong interest in materials & technologies. Fascinated how these advancements ever since shaped the human environment and humanity itself, her work sought to explore different intersections, pushed boundaries and tried to rethink current approaches or create multiple futures with and through means of technological use.
Education
| 2019-2021 | Royal College of Art - MA Service Design | London |
| 2020 | London Business School MBA programme elective, Business Model Experiments: Ideation to Prototyping | London |
| 2012-2017 | Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design - BA Industrial Design | Halle Saale |
| 2016 | D-School Hasso Plattner Institute - Design Thinking Basic Track | Potsdam |
Work - Experience
| 10/2018 - 09/2019 | Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Artistic associate Glass & Ceramic Department | Halle Saale |
| 04/2019 - 07/2019 | Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences Visiting lecturer - Department of Engineering and Industrial Design - ID |
| 09/2016 - 02/2017 | BMW Automobile Colour & Trim Internship | FIZ München |
Exhibitions
| 2020 | Plant Fever - Grand Hornu Belgium "marine cotton" |
| 2019 | Reine Formsache - Porzellanikon Germany "héritage" |
| 2018 | FuoriSalone Milan "marine cotton" LODZ Design Festival Poland "marine cotton" |
| 2016 | Staged/ room + style Dresden "héritage" Ambiente Frankfurt "héritage" Talente - 68. internationale Handwerksmesse München "héritage" Grassi Museum for applied art Leipzig included "trial error &" in the permanent collection Bauhaus Dessau "peripher" Bienal de Diseño 2016 La Habana Cuba "trial error &" |
| 2015 | 100 % Paper - Designhaus Halle "bunt geschöpftes" Hallesche Formen - Galerie Vermittlungsstelle b "héritage" Marta Herford "bunt geschöpftes" Designers Open "trial error &" Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen Anhalt "trial error &" Bauhaus Dessau "trial error &" |
Awards
| 2020 | Grand Challenge Logitech x Cern: Special Award |
| 2019-2021 | DAAD scholarship - Jahresstipendien für Studienaufenthalte im Ausland |
| 2019 | Designblok - Ahoj future! Prague |
| 2017 | TISDC (Taiwan International Student Design Competition) 2017 |
| 2016 | Staged Design Award Talente 2016 - Handwerkskammer München Glas Design Wettbewerb - Glasmanufaktur Harzkristall |
| 2015 | Recycling Designpreis Giebichenstein Designpreis Franz Award 1st price |