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Markus Lerner
Curriculum Vitae
 | Info | After studying Visual Communication at Berlin University of the Arts and the London College of Communication Markus Lerner graduated in the Digital Media Class of Prof. Joachim Sauter. His work has been honoured with the IF Award, the Red Dot, the European Design Award and an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica. He works as an Interaction Designer and Software Developer based in Berlin. He focuses on the concept and development of interactive installations, screen based applications and physical computing, the design and building of interactive physical objects by using software (artificial intelligence) and hardware, that can sense and respond to the analog world. Generativity is a fundamental part of many of his projects. This can result in any kind of design generated with the aid of a computer, whether interactive or static. Aspects of time, perception and mental imagination have always been very fascinating to him and are thus reflected in many of his works. Due to his love for nature, design, art and physics he attaches great value to both aesthetics and technology. | |
Work | 2001–2013 2003 2001 | Interaction design and software development for various clients (selection): ART+COM AG, Berlin Floor5, Berlin Mutabor, Hamburg studio bec, London/Berlin Töchter+Söhne, Berlin WHITEvoid, Berlin 35 mm & 16 mm camera assistance Arena I.D. (Director: Fillipos Petridis) Samantha (Director: Lukas Axiopoulos) Graphic design Internship at Miro Pistek Design, Bayreuth | |
Awards | 2013 2012 2011 2009 2006 2005 | iF Communication Design Award, Philips LivingSculpture Online Configurator, with WHITEvoid iF Communication Design Award Gold, Interactive Research Table European Design Award Gold, Interactive Research Table European Design Award Bronze, Solar Module Designer iF Communication Design Award, Solar Module Designer Red Dot Award, Solar Module Designer IMA Interactive Media Award, Outstanding Achievement, 3D Image Search Europrix Top Talent Award, Overall Winner, Outerspace Prix Ars Electronica 2006, Honorary Mention Interactive Art, Outerspace CYNETart_06humane, TMA, Honorary Mention, Outerspace :output 08, Outerspace | |
Exhibitions | 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 | I/O/I. The senses of machines, Disseny Hub, Barcelona, Spain | 22 June 2011 – 31 August 2012, Polygon Playground Erik Spiekermann – The Face of Type, Bauhaus Archive, Berlin | 23 March – 6 June 2011, Interactive Research Table Berlin University of the Arts Annual Show 2010, Berlin | 16-18 July 2010, Interactive Research Table FREEZE! Art Show, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan | 25 July – 27 September 2009, Polygon Playground STRP Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands | April 2009, Polygon Playground Smukfest, Skanderborg, Denmark | August 2008, Polygon Playground WIRED Nextfest, Los Angeles, USA | 13–16 September 2007, Outerspace Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria | From 1 May 2007, Outerspace Top Talent Award, Palais Epstein, Vienna, Austria | 23–25 November 2006, Outerspace CYNETart 2006, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany | 9–19 November 2006, Outerspace O.K Center, Linz, Austria | 31 August–08 October 2006, Outerspace STRP, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 24–26 March 2006,Outerspace RE/ACT, Heidelberg, Germany, 02–04 December 2005, Outerspace Artbots, Dublin, Ireland, 15–17 July 2005, Outerspace Designmai, Berlin, Germany, 13–15 May 2005, Outerspace Dorkbot, Transmediale Berlin, Germany, 07 February 2005, Outerspace Lange Nacht der Museen, Berlin, Germany, 29 January 2005, Outerspace Karl-Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, 05 November 2004, Outerspace | |
Publications | 2011 2010 2009 2006 2005 2003 | A Touch of Code, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin: Outerspace, Polygon Playground Page Online: Odersun Solarmodule-Designer Staging Space, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin: Polygon Playground Page 10/2010: Was war deutsches Grafik-Design? Fontblog.de: Was war deutsches Grafik-Design? Media Facades, Av Edition: Polygon Playground Smart Surfaces, Birkhäuser Verlag: Polygon Playground CYNETart_06 humane 2006, Outerspace 10. Internationales Festival für computergestützte Kunst, Dresden CyberArts 2006, Outerspace Internationales Kompendium Prix Ars Electronica EINFACHHEIT oder Die Kunst des Komplexen | 18. September 2006, Outerspace Bericht über die Ars Electronica 2006, 3Sat :output 08, Outerspace Grundlagenstudium Internetseite & CD-ROM | |
Education | 2001–2006 2005 2000 | Visual Communication (Diploma) Berlin University of the Arts Digital Media Class Prof. Joachim Sauter BA Graphic & Media Design (Erasmus) University of the Arts London London College of Communication Interactive Course Biggles Abitur Gymnasium Christian Ernestinum, Bayreuth | |
Skills | Design Programming Software Hardware | Interaction design, screen design, software development, art direction, concept, typography, camera, editing, postproduction Java, OpenGL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, Webkit, PHP, MySQL, Flash (AS3), Papervision Mac/PC. Text editor, Eclipse, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, Prepress (Reproduction), Network technology Camera, 35/16/8mm film, digital video, model-making |