10 questions to
Michael Wallner

Design and Experience

1. Since when have you been part of the team?

I joined in May 2011 as an intern and have been a permanent member of netzstrategen since August 2011.

2. What do you like most about netzstrategen?

The freedom that we at netzstrategen have created for ourselves and the diversity of the projects. Thanks to our varied clients, you constantly come into contact with new topics, which I find incredibly exciting. I enjoy coming to the office every day because we have a very informal atmosphere here and it’s like working with good friends.

3. What is your daily business and in which field are you specialised?

Concept and visual design – when we realise products and consulting topics for our customers, they have to work, need a face and have to fit into the customer’s brand world or a new brand world has to be created. That’s what I take care of. This mainly involves screen design for apps and websites, but also the design of other media. I am also partly involved in the implementation, which is what my front-end knowledge allows me to do.

4. What impresses you the most in your field?

You always start with a blank page or a blank document. It’s always exciting to see what emerges during the design process and especially when you look back at the result.

5. How would you explain your job to your mum?

She already knows the crazy online world quite well herself, as she also earns her money from it. But the way I always explain it is that we advise our customers with our knowledge of the networked world. Combined with their expertise, we get the best out of the jointly developed strategy. In order to achieve the goal of the strategy, we need various means, be it an app or a website etc.. I help with the concept, design and implementation.

6. Any tip concerning your field you’d like to give away?

Stay up to date!

Michael Wallner's favorite Values

Review
Focus on essentials
Think ahead
Analyze in depth
Disagree for the better

7. Which sources help you to stay up to date?

8. Any Apps you couldn’t live without?

iTunes, Shazam, Soundcloud, Maps and camera.

9. If someone would delete the internet tomorrow, what else would you do?

Carpenter, winemaker or photographer. Something crafty.

10. Tell us a secret about yourself, something you haven’t told anyone yet?

I would love to experience the moment of an astronaut in space when he looks out of the window at the earth.

Team Design and Experience

Katrin Moos
UX-Design-Strategian
Michael Wallner
UI-Design-Strategian
Doro Sthamer
UX-Design-Strategian
Rachel Gozal
UI-Design-Strategian
Ramona Buhleier
Dual Student Media Design