 | Academic title Info | Diplom-Designer, Berlin University of the Arts Markus works as a self-employed graphic/interaction designer and programmer based in Berlin. In 2006 he graduated in the Digital Media Class of Prof. Joachim Sauter. He studied Visual Communication (Diplom) at the Berlin University of the Arts and the London College of Communication. His work has been honoured with the Top Talent Award and an honorary mention at the Prix Ars Electronica. At present he mainly works on interactive installations, online projects 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 works. His intermediate diploma called Anticipation & Reality, is a good example. He always had a great love for nature, design, art and physics. Hence he attaches great value to both aesthetics and technology. | |
 | 2001–2009 2003 2001 | Interaction design and programming for various clients (selection): ART+COM AG, Berlin Floor5, Berlin jung und pfeffer, Bremen/Amsterdam 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: Bennos Axiopoulos) Graphic design Internship at Miro Pistek Design, Bayreuth | |
 | 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 | 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 | |
 | 2009 2006 2005 | 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | 2006 2005 2003 | Top Talent Award, Vienna, Austria | 23.–25. November 2006, Outerspace E12-Gipfel, Munich, 02 December, Outerspace Transmediale Berlin, February, Basic Course works 2002/2003 | |
 | 2006 2005 2003 | CYNETart_06 humane 2006, Outerspace 10. International Festival for Computer-Based Art, Dresden CyberArts 2006, Outerspace International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica EINFACHHEIT oder Die Kunst des Komplexen | 18 September 2006, Outerspace Report on Ars Electronica 2006, 3Sat TV :output 08, Outerspace Basic Course website & CD-ROM | |
 | Design Programming Software Hardware | Art direction, interaction design, screen design, concept, typography, camera, editing, postproduction Mac/PC. Text editor, Eclipse, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, Flash, Freehand, Prepress (Reproduction), Network Java, OpenGL, Flash (AS1, AS2, AS3), Papervision, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax Camera, 35/16/8mm film, digital video, model-making, microcontroller |