About

Hi, I'm @sammyschuckert a UX Designer at IBM, born and raised in Germany. I've made my M.A. in Strategic Design at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany (University of Applied Sciences).

I love Star Wars, Pixar and Disney movies, have a deep passion for technology and everything that's digital. I would describe myself as an advocate of the #sharingeconomy and a part-time #digitalnomad.

My believe is that design methods have the ability to solve some of the biggest challenges we face in life.

Current project: thangs – stuffsharing with friends

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Education

Master of Arts, Strategic Design

Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
1.5 Years Course

March 2015 - February 2017

Bachelor of Arts, Communication Design

Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
3.5 Years Course

October 2011 - February 2015

Abitur (approximately equivalent to high school diploma)

Technisches Gymnasium Wiesloch
Vocational grammar school

September 2007 - July 2010

Mittlere Reife (approximately equivalent to secondary school leaving certificate)

Realschule Wiesloch
Scondary school

September 2001 - July 2007

Experience

UX Designer

IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH

March 2017 - TODAY

Co-Founder & CEO (Geschäftsführer)

thangs GmbH – stuffsharing with friends

January 2016 - TODAY

Internship, Communication Design

echtweiß – Corporate & Editorial-Design

September 2013 - February 2014

Freelancer, Graphic Design

die wegmeister gmbh

October 2012 - July 2013

Internship, Graphic Design

die wegmeister gmbh

June 2011 - July 2011

Awards

AppArtAward 2016 – Category Sharing

ZKM Karlsruhe

July 2016

Landespreis – Impulsgeber für den digitalen Wandel

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst

November 2015

Award for Best Pitch

Startup Weekend Stuttgart – Social Impact

March 2015

Projects

Blogroll

Come on Apple use your gyroscope! 😣

Many devices and machines taught me that two buttons which form a unit indicate the ability to turn things in one way or the other. We’ve learned that a button on the right or top means up and a button on the left or below means down. This is deeply integrated in our Western culture […]

September 12, 2016

3D Printers, Maker Movement, Post-Industry? Screw it!

Harsh criticism on the maker movement

A couple of days ago I listened to a design research talk at the 12th Annual Conference of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF) while I decided to write this post. The title of the conference was: „Reassembling Relationships: People, Systems, Things“. All the talks were mostly in the context of the […]

October 25, 2015