About us

Loki English
Designer

Based in Berlin, Loki is a British-born designer & art director with over six years experience working for  Europe's leading communication agencies and the world's largest brands. Having studied at the renowned Goldsmiths College in London, Loki was trained in a conceptual design practice rooted in social behaviour and material culture.

He has since created interactive installations and environments, developed brand identities, worked as a motion designer, run creative workshops and made a few websites too.

lokido.com
 

Paul Stabe
Strategic Planner

Combining his experience as a strategic planner and a graphic designer Paul is interested in an holistic approach to design, from research to implementation.

As a graduate of Berlin's UdK and D School, Paul creates meaningful interactions between people and the products, systems, services, processes and spaces they use every day.

Fascinated by the interface between design and business, Paul has a talent for turning ideas into tangible experiences.

Michele Gauler
Psychologist & Designer

As as co-director of BetaTank Michele won the Designers of the Future Award 2010. She is an exceptionally talented designer, facilitator and consultant.
 
Trained as a Psychologist she later studied Usability at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY and Design Interaction at the Royal College of Art in London. Michele worked in software development at IBM for over 5 years.

Her work has been exhibited and acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) and exhibited at Spazio Fendi in Milan and at Art Basel in 2010.

michelegauler.net

 
 
 
 

Bram van der Poel
Software Developer

Based in Berlin, Bram is a Dutch programming guru working in iOS and web development.

He is the co-founder and creator of iCrates, the definitive vinyl digging app. He is also a mean cook and a rather talented musician.

icrates.com

Lasse Kusk
Designer

Lasse is a creative director and editorial experience designer. Since 2001 he has been working with digital and editorial design for global clients. Specialising in digital products, Lasse loves to combine the holistic, systems-level thinking of User Experience design with the incisive storytelling instincts of editorial design.
 
He has recently finished designing the award-winning Porsche iPad Magazine at KircherBurkhardt in Berlin.

kusk.de
 

Rowland Jobson
Filmmaker & Transmedia Storyteller

Rowland is an award winning director and writer with a background in commercials, drama, broadcast documentaries, branded content and interactive media. Based in London, his work has won a D&AD award and 2 IVCA Clarion Awards. His most recent film for cinema 'GirlLikeMe' was selected for the official competition at Venice International Film Festival and won 4 international awards.

He has made films for Sony PlayStation, Shelter, Rethink, Mattessons, Samsung, Mazda, Ford, Shell, CRUK to name just a few. Agencies include LBi / Wheel, JWT, Good Technology, TMW and Imagination. Broadcasters include ITV, ZDF and Channel 4.
 
seefood.tv

Detta Danford
Musician & Composer

Detta is a musician and composer working for the Barbican's Creative Learning programme in London. As well as writing and performing her own work, she facilitates workshops around the world helping groups write and perform theirs. Detta is co-founder of contemporary music ensemble Jetsam, a collaborative ensemble who work across arts, performing original material and contemporary repertoire.

Detta has led creative music projects for Bath Festival, Aldeburgh Music, London Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as leading projects in the Netherlands, Berlin, Japan, Singapore and the Gambia.
 
barbican.org.uk

Amir Amirani
Documentary Filmmaker

Amir is a broadcast and feature-length documentary filmmaker who has created films for major UK television series for the BBC, such as Arena, Timewatch and Correspondent. His latest BBC documentary was the highly- acclaimed Concorde: A Love Story.

He is now directing the feature-length documentary film We Are Many about the largest protest in human history - the Feb 15th 2003 global demonstrations against the war in Iraq.

Steven Bradley Cook
Branding Guru

Steven left his own business in New York to start a family in Berlin. He has developed brands for top agencies and prestigeous clients, including Premier, Marc Jacobs and MetaDesign. He is now a full-time creative director for design legend Erik Spiekermann.

edenspiekermann.com

Christin Franke
Illustrator

Chrisitin is a super-talented illustrator and product designer with experience in developing visual identities and digital narratives.

She is currently developing a web project about the personal histories of victims of the holocaust for the Foundation of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe .

caenieve.com

Jakob Christian Olrik
User Experience & Product Designer
 

Jakob worked for Nokia as Total Product Offer Manager where he re-launched the Nokia Phones Premium Series, and created the foundation for the Premium Category - including packaging, accessories and pre-installed apps.

During his career Jakob has designed neuromarketing software and EEG helmets, office furniture and corporate events. He has just finished working on the award winning Porsche iPad app.

Indesman.com

Jo Wills
Musician & Sound Designer
 

Jo is the founder of London-based production stduio WWMusic. He produces, composes and performs music all over the globe and has rceently launched a collaborative masterclass of deep electronic soul runder the alter-ego Old Man Diode.

wwmusic.co.uk