Profil
Volker Max Meyer is a user experience designer and interface designer based in Berlin, Germany.
I`m specialized in designing user experience for web, desktop and mobile applications.
Skills
User Experience Design, Interface Design, Screen Design, Usability Consulting
Technical
Photoshop / Illustrator/ InDesign / Fireworks / Freehand / OmniGraffle (excellent)
Macromedia Flash / Final Cut / After Effects (basic)
HTML / CSS (basic)
Languages
German (native speaker), English (fluent)
Education
Professional expierence as freelancer – Selected projects
  • Deutsche Telekom Laboratories / T-Systems more...

    Period: July / August 2009
    Project: Mobile user interface concept – Conceptual design of service for mobile devices
    Responsibilities: Designing concept as wireframes, creating prototypes, running user tests

    Period: April 2006 – February 2008
    Project: Easy2use – Development of an interaction pattern library with the aim of developing unified user experience
    Responsibilities: Describing patterns, designing communication tools, creating papers and prototypes, designing demonstrators

    January 2008
    Project: Touch & gesture patterns – Investigation of gesture controlled IPTV user interfaces
    Responsibilities: Designing concept as wireframes, designing demonstrator

    Period: April 2007
    Project: Business Control – Conceptual design of cost control service for smartphones
    Responsibilities: Designing concept as wireframes, designing user interface / screen design, designing demonstrator

  • IDL / Interaction Design Lab more...

    June – September 2008
    Project: UN-Spider – Development of knowledge portal for the United Nations
    Responsibilities: Carrying out workshops, shaping information architecture, designing concept as wireframes, designing user interface / screen design

  • Blue Order Solutions AG more...

    Period: February – May 2008
    Project: Media Archive Web Retrieval Client – Concept and design of digital asset management solution
    Responsibilities: Creating prototypes, shaping information architecture, running user tests, developing interaction style guide, project leadership

  • Canto GmbH more...

    Period: November 2007 – February 2008
    Project: Cumulus Web Publisher – Concept and design of digital asset management solution
    Responsibilities: Expert evaluation, designing concept as wireframes, running user tests, designing user interface / screen design

  • Publisher Rogner & Bernhard more...

    Period: September – December 2007
    Project: Rogner & Bernhard – Concept and design of publishers website
    Responsibilities: Shaping information architecture, designing user interface / screen design, developing style guide

  • Null2 GmbH more...

    Period: August 2008
    Project: Billmill – Redesign of web-based billing service
    Responsibilities: Usability consulting, expert evaluation, designing concept as wireframes, designing user interface / screen design

    Period: March 2007
    Project: izaar.de – Evaluation and redesign of community platform
    Responsibilities: Usability consulting, expert evaluation, running user tests, project leadership

  • Vektorfarm more...

    May – July 2005
    Project: vektorfarm.de – Concept and design of design office website
    Responsibilities: Shaping information architecture, designing user interface / screen design, editing and archiving content

    January 2004
    Project: Nike Bread & Butter Party – Concept and design of event
    Responsibilities: Developing event concept, designing image material (diapositive installation, flyer, invitation card, stamp, drink voucher), co-ordination on location

    Period: December 2003
    Project: Presentation of the Nike energy collection – Concept and design of mixed media installation
    Responsibilities: Developing light and space concept, arranging photo shooting, designing / visual composing, co-ordination on location

Free Projects – Selected projects more...

  • November 2008 – July 2009
    Project: Hattrick Video Pro (BA Thesis) – Development of tactic analysis software for football

  • August / September 2001
    Project: From Dusk Till Dawn – Concept and design of urban installation

  • Period: July 2004 – May 2005
    Project: Sprechblasen – Concept and design of streetart actions

Member of the creative platform Garderobe 23 – Labor für Gestaltung (Period: 2000 – 2002) more...

  • Period: 2000 – 2002
    Project: Videojockey (VJ) – Design and live-mixing of club visuals et al. WMF Club, Mayday, Club Transmediale

  • August / September 2001
    Project: Relaunch Tresor / Clobus – Concept and design for renovation of the legendary techno clubs Tresor in Berlin

  • Period: August – November 2000
    Project: trabant-tegel.de – Concept and design of first online magazine for prisoners

Internship Designhaus (Period: April – September 2002) more...

  • Responsibilities / Projects:
    Designing of print materials et al. Bauzeitung magazine, Deutsche Bahn, Staatliche Museen Schwerin
    Concept and design of websites et al. staedtereisen.de, jentsch-architekten.de

Awards more...

  • :output 10 Winner (Project »From Dusk Till Dawn«)

  • MY MOTOCHOICE Award: Motorola Seamless Mobility Award (Project »From Dusk Till Dawn«)

Exhibitions / Installations more...

  • Installation: »This is Interactive«, Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign, Potsdam

  • Installation: »From Dusk Till Dawn«, Berlin

  • Exhibition: »Applaus«, Potsdam

  • Exhibition: »Werkstatt«, Bread & Butter, Berlin

  • Exhibition: »Sprechblasen«, Designmai, Berlin

  • Exhibition: »Enter Kurt Weill«, Dessau

Publications more...

  • Magazines:
    Designreport (11/2007), Page (07/2001, 07/2004, 05/2006), Composite (05/2001)

  • Books:
    Young German Design – Fresh ideas in graphic design (2008), Annual Multimedia Jahrbuch (2001)

Lectures more...

  • March 2002:
    »Berlin – Young Creative Industries», University of the Arts (ZHdK), Zurich
    »Berlin – Young Creative Industries», Art International, Zurich

  • June 2001
    »Powerbook wedding party«, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London

  • February 2001
    »Trabant Tegel – The first online magazine for prisoners», Transmediale, Berlin