precious design studio

precious is a design consultancy for strategic design & visual languages based in Hamburg, Germany. The studio’s diverse output ranges from user interfaces to record sleeves, from websites to visual identities. Clients we worked with include small businesses, multinational brands, public administrations and rockbands. We have been cultivating long-term relationships with most of them. If you want to learn more about our studio, please get in touch.

Selected work

re:publica

re:publica 11
2010/2011
Visual identity and live-visualization for a conference

Görtz

Görtz
2011
Interaction- and interface design for mobile shopping website

Raumfeld

Raumfeld
since 2009
Visual language and interface design for a touchscreen-based controller.

Touch Mix (for iPhone and iPod Touch)

Touch Mix
2009/2010
Communications, Interaction & interface design for an iPhone application

Future Audio Workshop

Future Audio Workshop
2007-2010
Visual identity for a music software company and their first product.

Native Instruments

Native Instruments
since 2000
Various graphical user interfaces for audio software.

NIVEA Brand Essentials

NIVEA Brand Essentials
since 2005
A web-based styleguide and brand management tool.

Tocotronic

Tocotronic
since 2006
Art direction and design for German band Tocotronic.

There’s more …

precious confidential projects

Confidential projects
We’re currently involved with several start-up companies and strategic projects. That’s a great thing and much fun, but it also means there’s a lot of work we cannot show here (yet).

precious workshops

Lectures & Workshops
We’re offering lectures and workshops for all kinds of schools and businesses. If this sounds interesting to you, please let’s discuss how we could cooperate.

Publications

Couch Computing (German)
Weave Magazine, 2011

Blätter Rauschen Digital (German)
Weave Magazine, 2010

Data Flow 2
Gestalten Verlag, 2010

Daten sind das neue Gold (German)
Weave Magazine, 2009

Web 2.0 Design (German)
De:Bug Magazine, 2006

Systemkritik mit Nitrada: Weniger ist Mehr (German)
De:Bug Magazine, 2006

Nitrada – My favorite Machine (German)
De:Bug Magazine, 2004

Teaching activities

Basics User Experience, Interfacedesign
Good School, Hamburg, since 2009

Personal annual reports
Basics in Screendesign and Data Visualization
Fachhochschule Potsdam, Fachbereich Interfacedesign, 2008

Electronic Music Interface
Industry project around musical interfaces
Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule, 2007

Visualisierung zwischen Effektivität und Effekt
Basics Interfacedesign and Information Visualization
Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule, 2007