The library was developed at the Interaction Design Lab, FH Potsdam and at the KU Leuven, and is used in classes, as well as in research and commercial projects. The aim of the toolkit is to enable interaction designers, visualization experts, and others to easily create interactive geographic maps.

Some of the features include

Interaction events
Unfolding enables you to rapidly create interactive maps. Basic interactions such as Zoom & Pan are included. Other functionality such as Overview+Detail, or multitouch gestures can be easily added.

Data visualization
Simply create geo-positioned markers to display data on a map. The visual style can be adapted freely. The library supports any user-defined shapes, such as points, lines, or polygons.

Styled maps
Unfolding is a tile-based map library. Map tiles can have various geographic features, and come in all kind of styles. It comes with various map providers, such as OpenStreetMap or TileMill.

For more information visit unfoldingmaps.org
Find the source code at Google Code

The research project ‘EcoViz’ makes a contribution to conception, design and market implementation of so-called ‘transformational products’. The main idea of these products is self-realization, which means the ability of humans to recognize their potential and exploit it. EcoViz developed and evaluated basic concepts of transformational products in the field of sustainability.

Developed by the Company ‘raureif’ the ‘EcoChallenge’ is one exemplary product, which has already been brought to market since EcoViz has started. ‘EcoChallenge’ is an app for the iPhone and it has the goal of long-term attitudinal and behavioral changes in the everyday consumers life, regarding their sustainability performance.

‘EcoViz’ is a research project of the design department of the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam and is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of Brandenburg.

For more information on the project ‘EcoViz’ and related projects, see www.consuming-energy.org.

The official website of ‘EcoChallenge’ with more information on this project example is www.eco-challenge.eu.

Prof. Reto Wettach

Reto Wettach is a Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam/Germany, where he teaches “Physical Interaction Design”. His research focuses on the following topics:
- Tangible and Ambient Interaction
- Mobile Interaction
- Service Design

Reto Wettach’s design research methodology is based around the idea of “democratizing design”.   This leads naturally to an investigation into design processes which directly and indirectly involve customers and other stakeholders (“Co-Creation”).

Another aspect of the democratizing theme leads to a strong belief in making technology accessible to non-engineers (for example, designers and artists), and in this way, the power of critically engaging in the development and  deployment of high-tech is distributed throughout society.  Along the line of thought, Reto initiated Fritzing, an open-source project to support designers and artists to take the step from the physical prototyping of electronic circuits to actually making products.

Currently Reto Wettach is heading a three-year research project called “Experience the Energy” funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).  In this project, Prof. Wettach and his team of three researchers are exploring ways of making energy consumption experienceable with the goal of changing energy-consuming behavior.

Besides his involvement in the academic field, Reto is also the design director with the Interaction Design Studios (IxDS), a design research agency in Berlin.  Previously Reto has worked as an Associate Professor with the Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, and as a designer/researcher with Sony in Tokyo and Ideo in San Francisco.

He studied Industrial Design at UdK Berlin and Mechanical Engineering at TU Berlin. Prior to his studies, Reto had an apprenticeship as a stonemason in Southern Germany.

Always collaborative, always clear and dynamic, Christiane believes “hybrid-thinking” is the key to good design. She earned her MFA in Media Design from Art Center College of Design, received her BFA in Illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art and Design and studied Graphic Design at the Akademie U5 in Munich. Fluent in English and German, she grew up in South Africa and Germany then equipped herself with design and illustration experience in Baltimore, San Francisco, Stuttgart, Los Angeles, and is currently living in Berlin.

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Alexander recieved a diploma in product design and additionally did many projects in the field of industrial design, especially in producing machinery. Additionally, as an alumnus of the ‘school of design thinking’ at the University of Potsdam, he can call himself one of the first ‘Desein Sinker Deutschlands’.

Before his designing life started he worked as a carpenter and model maker.

At the IDL he is working as a member of the scientific staff in the research project ‘EcoViz’, mainly evaluating in-house designed products.

Interactive Visualizations in the immersive Powerdome environment

The Powerdome system at the FH Potsdam is the unique result af a collaboration between Carl Zeiss Jena, Fraunhofer FIRST and the Interface Design department of the FHP. It enables us to project real time media and interactive visualizations in a fulldome environment. The system gives us the opportunity to develop new and innovative interactive experiences in an immersive space.

The Powerdome is loacted at the Urania planetarium Potsdam. It enriches the Planetarium’s scope of astronomical presentations while offering technical capabilities far beyond imparting astronomical contents. On the part of the FH Potdam, the emphasis is on the interactive visualization of information and data, one of the major research areas of the Interaction Design Lab and the FH Potsdam in general.

With a dome projection system such as the Powerdome, both didactic-narrative and scientific-explorative aims can be pursued. In either case, the central concern is the visualization and imparting of complex knowledge.

To meet these special demands, the Fraunhofer FIRST and the FH Potsdam jointly upgraded the Powerdome ImageGenerator. The modified system makes it possible to access any visual format in real time and present it on the dome. It enables developing engineers and designers to develop a broad scope of visualizations for a scientific context. The high resolution of the Powerdome permits minutely detailed presentations, and the spatial structure of the dome projection provides immersion into the interactive data worlds.

Eigenfactor citation pattern visualization by Moritz Stefaner

Scientific visualization presents inherent data from each discipline – like physics, meteorology, and medicine or in social systems. They may relate to very concrete, visual contexts or remain at an abstract level. Geovisualizations – for example – are based on geographicial data. They permit visual analyses of geo-spatial patterns, relationships and trends, and make it possible to explore geo-referential data like meteorological phenomena or complex climate models.

Visualizations of abstract data serve to present and communicate highly complex data structures. There are no restrictions as to subjects – indeed, a great number of topics and data structures are feasible to be presented on the dome in high resolution.

The new Powerdome is an outstanding new asset of Potsdam as a city of sciences. Its unique technical configuration will enable the IDL to develop immersive and interactive visualizations , and thus be able to present complex data and facts to the public in a way that is both comprehensible and impressive.

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Fachhochschule Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
Master of Design (Interface Design)
Master Thesis “Design Tools Design”
10/ 2006 – 10/ 2008

Private Fachhochschule Wedel Wedel, Germany
Media and Computer Science (Focus Human-Computer Interaction)
Diploma Thesis “Free the body and the mind will follow”
10/ 2001 – 03/ 2006

Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, Switzerland
Interaction Design (DAAD scholarship)
10/ 2004 – 02/ 2005

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine London, UK
MSci Joint Mathematics and Computer Science (quit early)
10/ 2000 – 03/ 2001

European College of Liberal Arts Berlin, Germany
International Summer University in Liberal Arts
Summer 2000

Prof. Dr. Frank Heidmann

Frank Heidmann is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.

Frank’s research and teaching interests in Potsdam lie in human-centred design, research methods in Human-Computer Interaction and user experience design including eye tracking technologies, geographic information visualization, and sustainable interaction design. Frank has a diploma and a PhD form the University of Trier, both in Geographical Sciences.

He heads formerly the Human-Computer Interaction Competence Center at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), Stuttgart. The HCI Group at Fraunhofer IAO is widely regarded as one of the leading research and consulting units in Europe, handling the following topics:

• development and application of new technologies for the interaction of people and technology
• conception, design and development of interactive systems
• graphic, acoustic and multimodal user interfaces
• development of company-specific style guides and design patterns
• prototyping and usability testing

Publications

1996

Heidmann, F. (1996): Wissenserwerb und Wissensveränderung durch hypermediale Kartensysteme in Schule und Hochschule. In: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Karto-graphie (Ed.): Kartographie im Umbruch – neue Herausforderungen, neue Techno-logien. Beiträge zum Kartographiekongress Interlaken 96, Bern, pp. 133-155.

Heidmann, F. & Johann, M. (1996): Modellierung graphischer Präsentationsformen zur Unterstützung kognitiver Operationen in Bildschirmkarten. In: Dollinger, F. & Stro-bel, J. (Eds.): Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung VIII. (= Salzburger Geographische Materialien, H. 24), Salzburg, pp. 166-172.

1997

Heidmann, F. & Johann, M. (1997): Modelling Graphic Presentation Forms to Support Cognitive Operations in Screen Maps. In: Ottoson, L. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 18th International Cartographic Conference 97 Stockholm, Gävle, pp. 1452-1461.

Heidmann, F.; Bollmann, J. & Johann, M. (1997): Kartographische Bildschirmkommunikation. Methodische Ansätze zur empirischen Untersuchung raumbezogener Informationsprozesse. In: Baumhauer, R. (Ed.): Aktuelle Forschungen aus dem FB VI. (= Trierer Geographische Studien, H. 16), Trier, pp. 267-284.

Heidmann, F. & Johann, M. (1997): Empirische Untersuchungen zum Einsatz von Arbeitsgraphik in kartographischen Informationssystemen. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie (Ed.): GIS und Kartographie im multimedialen Umfeld. (= Kartographische Schriften, Bd. 2), (pp. 99-106). Bonn: Kirschbaum Verlag.

1999

Heidmann, F. (1999): Aufgaben- und nutzerorientierte Unterstützung kartographischer Kommunikationsprozesse durch Arbeitsgraphik. Konzeptionen, Modellbildung und experimentelle Untersuchungen. (= Forschen und Wissen, Unterreihe Informatik), Herdecke: GCA-Verlag.

Heidmann, F.; Bollmann, J. & Johann, M. (1999): Kartographische Bildschirmkommunikation. Forschungsbericht. (= Beiträge zur kartographischen Informationsverarbeitung, Bd. 13), Trier.

2000

Heidmann, F. (2000): Aufmerksamkeit. In: Lexikon der Geowissenschaften. Bd. 1 bis 6
(p. 158). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. Insgesamt 40 Stichworttexte und Essays, u.a. zu den Themen: Gedächtnis, Blickbewegungsregistrierung, Lehr- und Lernmedien, Wahrnehmung.

2001

Heidmann, F. & Ziegler, J. (2001): Web Usability. In: i-com Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Heft 0, pp. 50-51.

Heidmann, F. (2001): Adaptierbarkeit. In: Lexikon der Kartographie und Geomatik. Bd. 1 bis 2 (pp. 6-7). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. Insgesamt 80 Stich-worttexte und Essays, u.a. zu den Themen:, Ergonomie, Hypermediale Lernumge-bung, Interaktivität, Lernen, Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation, Usability Enginee-ring.

Peissner, M.; Heidmann, F. & Ziegler, J. (2001): Simulating Recognition Errors in Speech User Interface Prototyping. In: Smith, M.J. et al. (Eds.): Usability Evaluation and Interface Design. Proceedings of HCI International 2001, Vol. 1 (pp. 233-237). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

2002

Bullinger, H.J.; Heidmann, F. & Ziegler, J. (2002): Usability Engineering für web-basierte Applikationen. In: it+ti Informationstechnik und Technische Informatik 44, Heft 1, pp. 5-13.

Heidmann, F. & Ziegler, J. (2002): Eye-Tracking. In: i-com Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Heft 1, pp. 54-55.
Müller, S. & Heidmann, F. (2002): Implementation of an Intranet for Internal Communica-tion Purposes. In: Proceedings of the 6th international Conference on Work with Display Units 2002 (pp. 181-182). Berlin: ERGONOMIC.

Heidmann, F. & Ziegler, J. (2002): WebSCORE – A structured Method for Evaluating Web Applications. In: Proceedings of the 6th international Conference on Work with Display Units 2002 (pp. 450-451). Berlin: ERGONOMIC.

Heidmann, F. & Ziegler, J. (2002): Web Usability – Kann Standardisierung helfen?- In: i-com Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Heft 2, pp. 42-43.

Hermann, F. & Heidmann, F. (2002). User Requirement Analysis and Interface Conception for a Mobile, Location-based Fair Guide. In: Paternò, F. (Ed.): Human-Computer Interaction with mobile devices. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium Mobile HCI Berlin (pp. 388-392). Heidelberg: Springer.

Heidmann, F., Blocher, A. & Burmester, M. (2002): Usability Engineering für multimodale Interaktionsformen. In: i-com Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Heft 3, pp. 51-55.

2003

Heidmann, F.& Hermann, F. (2003): Benutzerzentrierte Visualisierung raumbezogener Informationen für ultraportable mobile Systeme. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie (Ed.): Visualisierung und Erschließung von Geodaten. (= Kartographische Schriften,
Bd. 7), (pp. 121-131). Bonn: Kirschbaum Verlag.

Ringbauer, B. & Heidmann, F. (2003): When a House Controls its Master – Universal Design for Smart Living Environments. In: Jacko, J. & Stephanidis, C. (Eds.): Proceedings of HCII 2003, 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 1, Crete, Greece (pp. 1228-1232). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Heidmann, F. & Hovfenschield, L. (2003): Universal Accessibility for Health Telematics. In: Stephanidis, C. (Ed.): Universal Access in HCI. Proceedings of HCII 2003, 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 4, Crete, Greece, (pp. 404-408). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Heidmann, F. & Peissner, M. (2003): WebSCORE expert screening – A low-budget Ap-proach for Evaluating Web applications. In: Jacko, J. & Stephanidis, C. (Eds.): Proceedings of HCII 2003, 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interac-tion, Volume 1, Crete, Greece (pp. 838-842). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Hermann, F. & Heidmann, F. (2003): Interactive Maps on Mobile, Location-based Sys-tems: Design Solutions and Usability Testing. In: Harris, D. et al. (Eds.): Human-Centred Computing. Proceedings of HCII 2003, 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 3, Crete, Greece (pp. 1258-1262). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Peissner, M.; Heidmann, F. & Corves, L. (2003): Usability Engineering von Sprach-Applikationen. In: Machate, J. & Burmester, M. (Eds.): User Interface Tuning – Benutzungsschnittstellen menschlich gestalten (pp. 299-317). Frankfurt a.M.: Software & Support Verlag.

Heidmann, F. & Hermann, F. (2003): User-centred Design for Interactive Maps on PDAs and Smartphones. In: International Cartographic Association (Ed.): Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference 2003, Durban, pp. 1299-1305.

Heidmann, F. & Hovfenschield, E. (2003): LIVEFUTURA – User-centred Design for Smart Homes. In: Proceedings of the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergo-nomics Association, Seoul, CD-ROM.

Heidmann, F. & Ringbauer, B. (2003): Nutzwert als Prozess. In: Kommune 21, Heft 9/2003, pp. 12-13.

Heidmann, F. & Fuhrmann, S. (2003): Nutzerzentrierte Visualisierung raumbezogener Informationen. In: Kartographische Nachrichten. Fachzeitschrift für Geoinformation und Visualisierung, Heft 6/03, pp. 257-258.

Heidmann, F. & Janssen, D. (2003): Gradmesser Gruppe: Anforderungen für erfolgreiche eGovernment-Applikationen professionell erheben. In: Kommune 21, Heft 12/2003, pp. 18-19.

2004

Heidmann, F. (2004): Auf dem Leuchttisch. In: Kommune 21, Heft 01/2004, pp. 14-15.

Heidmann, F. (2004): Ergonomie-Normen und -Spezifikationen für E-Government-An¬wendungen. In: Kommune 21, Heft 02/2004, pp. 16-17.

Heidmann, F. (2004): Vorbild Wirtschaft: Gütesiegel für E-Government-Anwendungen. In: Kommune 21, Heft 03/2004, pp. 18-19.
Peissner, M.; Biesterfeld, J. & Heidmann, F. (2004): Usability von Sprach-Applikationen. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag.
2005

Heidmann, F. & Hovfenschield, E. (2005): The ClinicCoach Reference Scenario. In: Stephanidis, C. (Ed.): Universal Access in Health Telematics (pp. 64-68). Berlin: Springer.

Hovfenschield, E. & Heidmann, F. (2005): MedicSCORE and the Evaluation of Clinic-Coach. In: Stephanidis, C. (Ed.): Universal Access in Health Telematics (pp. 240-254). Berlin: Springer.

Heidmann, F. & Hovfenschield, E. (2005): Standards Adherence and Compliance. In: Stephanidis, C. (Ed.): Universal Access in Health Telematics (pp. 255-270). Berlin: Springer.

Heidmann, F. (2005): Blickeingabe als Alternative zur Steuerung von Multimedia-Systemen im Fahrzeug. In: Vehicle Interaction Summit II: Interaktive Systeme im Fahrzeug. Institutszentrum Stuttgart der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (32 pp.). Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IAO.

2006

Ringbauer, B. & Heidmann, F. (2006): Usability von Smart Home User Interfaces – Her-ausforderungen und Lösungsansätze. In: i-com, Vol. 5, Heft 1, pp. 24-33.

Heidmann, F. (2006): Mensch-Computer-Kooperation. In: Bullinger, H.-J. (Ed.): Technolo-gieführer (pp. 144-149). Berlin. Springer.

Ringbauer, B.; Heidmann, F. & Peissner, M. (2006): Intuitive Lösungen für intelligente Häuser. In: Spath, D. (Ed.): Technologiemanagement in der Praxis (pp. 123-127). Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag.

2007

Heidmann, F. & Peissner, M. (2007): WebSCORE – Konzeption, Design und Evaluation von Webapplikationen. In: Beinhauer, W. & Ziegler, J. (Eds.): Interaktion mit kom-plexen Informationsräumen (pp. 142-155). München: Oldenbourg.

Heidmann, F. (2007): Usability – ein kleines Wort mit großer Bedeutung. In: Hinz. K. et al. (Hrsg.): Designmanagement (pp. 106-117). Berlin: FHTW Berlin.

Heidmann, F. (2007): Interfacedesign als Teil der Corporate Identity. In: Beyrow, M. et al. (Eds). Corporate Identity und Corporate Design. Neues Kompendium (pp. 108-117). Ludwigsburg: avedition.

2008

Heidmann, F. (2008): Human-Computer Cooperation. In: Bullinger, H.-P. (Ed.): Technol-ogy Guide (pp. 216-221). Berlin: Springer.
Englert, R.; Glass, G. & Heidmann, F. (2008): Meshed Interaction Design Patterns.
In: Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Interfaces and Human Com-puter Interaction 2008, Amsterdam, pp. 149-156.

2009

Breuer, H.; Heidmann, F.; Wnuk, M.; Raape, U. & Matsumoto, M. (2009): Interaction De-sign for Situation Awareness. Eyetracking and Heuristics for Control Centers. In: Proceedings of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan. Kyoto 03/09, pp. 17-22.

2010

Condotta, M., Nagel, T., Heidmann, F. (2010): Browsing and correlation of territorial data in tangible maps – a Venice case study. INPUT 2010, UniBas, Potenza, Italy
Nagel, T.; Heidmann, F.; Condotta, M. & Duval, E. (2010): Venice Unfolding: A Tangible User Interface for Exploring Facetted Data in a Geographical Context. Proceedings NordiCHI 2010, ACM Press, 2010.

Till Nagel

Till Nagel is a research associate at the Interaction Design Lab, and a lecturer for Advanced Media at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. He is doing his PhD at the Computer Science department at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His research interests are in geo visualization, information visualization, and tangible interfaces.

He received a diploma in media and computer science at the University of Applied Sciences Wedel in 2002. Since 2001 he has worked for different media agencies and software companies as leading software engineer and IT consultant for international clients. Since 2006 he has taught courses on creative coding, information visualization, and multitouch interfaces at the Berlin Technical University of Arts, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, and the University Iuav of Venice. Since 2009 he is an adjunct professor for Advanced Media at the FH Potsdam and a doctorate student at the KU Leuven. He participated as researcher in the MACE project, and was the project lead for the interactive mæve installation, a collaborative tabletop application for exploring architectural projects.

This tangible user interface consists of a large display showing projects on a map, and a polyhedral object to browse these data interactively by selecting and filtering various metadata facets. The object reduces the barrier between the physical world and virtual data, and eases the understanding of faceted geographical data, enabling urban planners and citizens alike to participate in the discovery and analysis of information referring to the physical world.

This project was a collaboration of the Interaction Design Lab with the architectural faculty of the IUAV University of Venice, and the City of Venice, Urban Department.

Interaction

The polyhedral object can be placed anywhere onto the table’s interactive surface to begin with one of two interactions: (1) Select criteria to filter and display specific projects, and (2) Browse background information of a single project.

When a user puts the object onto the tabletop, the facets are displayed, each represented as an unfolded face of the polyhedron (Figure 2 a). After the user tilts the object onto one of its sides, the entries of the chosen facet are displayed as a radial fisheye menu surrounding the object (Figure 2 b). The text items are alphabetically ordered and displayed as small ticks, thus visualizing the overall amount of items. By rotating the object the user can now browse through the terms. The user can choose a specific item by moving the object towards its text representation. After a user’s selection, the application filters the data set, and highlights matching projects on the map.

After the user selects a single project, the radial menu around the polyhedron changes to offer background information, such as “description”, “pictures”, and “relations”. By rotating the object inside the ring users can explore project information in detail: scrolling through the descriptive text, and browsing through explanatory pictures (Figure 2 c). Selection of the third category (“relations”) activates the project’s conceptual network with other projects (Figure 1).

Polyhedral object

The physical polyhedron acts as tangible input device, and can be used to select various faceted data and filter the projects.

In the design of the object we opted for a shape signifying the interaction possibility to select different facets, hinting to the literal meaning of a “facet”. Furthermore, we intentionally designed the object to create curiosity by being an interesting physical artifact to invite users to touch and utilize it.

Publications

Nagel, T., Heidmann, F.: Exploring faceted geo-spatial data with tangible interaction. GeoViz 2011, Hamburg, Germany (upcoming)

Condotta, M., Nagel, T., Stefanelli, C.: Browsing and Correlating Architectural and Territorial Data in Tangible Maps. In: Giovannella, C., Graf, S. (eds) Special issue of IxD&A Journal on Design Centered and Personalized Learning in Liquid and Ubiquitous Learning Places. (upcoming)

Nagel, T., Heidmann, F., Condotta, M. and Duval, E.: Venice Unfolding: A Tangible User Interface for Exploring Faceted Data in a Geographical Context. NordiCHI 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland

Condotta, M., Nagel, T., Heidmann, F. Browsing and correlation of territorial data in tangible maps – a Venice case study. INPUT 2010, Potenza, Italy

Tina Deiml-Seibt

Tina Deiml-Seibt has a Meisterschüler Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Arts (UDK) Berlin, and a MA in Interface Design from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. As a Research Associate, she joined the IDL from the very start, working on different projects within the research focus of „social computing“ and „Online- Communities“.

Prof. Danijela Djokic

Prof. Danijela Djokic, Degree in Communication Design from the University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd

Professorship since 2006 in the department of Interface Design at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, subject area Information Architecture and Visualization.

Managing partner of the Design Studio Projekttriangle based in Stuttgart.
The design studio received two awards for “interface design” with the highest label for particularly outstanding design achievements, the „red dot: best of the best“ for the KHS Human Machine Interface and the E.ON Multitouch Media Table (in collaboration with Milla & Partner)