Daniel Demel

Graduated interaction designer at the University of Applied Science and Arts in Zurich. Now working as interaction designer and art director ux at swiss internet agency Namics for clients such as UBS, Swiss Rail SBB, ABB.

Realized the creative potential of computers in his early childhood when he swapped the felt tip pens against a Commodore C64 and drew his first 8bit computer graphic (Star ship USS Enterprise) with the age of eleven. Since this time fascinated by science & fiction, social interactions between people, their needs for and their relationship with technology.

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- May 18, 12
  
  Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich fertig ist ~~das Mondgesicht~~ der Slider. Sketching Interfaces mal anders.
- May 18, 12
  
  interactivethings:
  
  ZeroN - Levitated Interaction Element by Jinha Lee at MIT Media Lab
  
  Science Beauty!
- Your Website Is Not A Democracy: Stop Redesigning And Start Tuning Your Site Instead
  
  May 18, 12
  
  Guter Artikel von Louis Rosenfeld zur Verbesserung der User Experience bei bestehenden Webseiten mit tollen Illustrationen von Eva-Lotta Lamm. Konzentrierte Eingriffe durch bessere Suchergebnisse, fokussierte Inhalte und Funktionen basierend auf priorisierten Nutzer und Business Bedürfnissen.
- Mobile UI Design Patterns: 10 Sites for Inspiration
  
  May 16, 12
- May 16, 12
  
  Der Wolf im Schafspelz: Facebook versteckt sich nun in Skype und alles auf dem Monitor sieht wieder fleissig und produktiv aus.
- May 15, 12
  
  Wenn Soft zur Hardware wird… oder was Polaroid hätte designen sollen
  
  (via The Real-Life Instagram Camera Is So Crazy That It Just Might Work)
- Using Proto-Personas for Executive Alignment
  
  May 14, 12
  
  Jeff Gothelf über ein Workshop Setup um Ad-Hoc Personas mit Stakeholdern zu erstellen.
- May 14, 12
  
  Nach dem Schuh (2006 und 2011) nun das Bike Interface (via Interaction Design UMEA)
- Patterns | InfoDesignPatterns.com
  
  Sep 21, 11
- lorempixum - placeholder images for every case
  
  Apr 12, 11
- All your IA Summit slides are belong to us
  
  Apr 04, 11
  
  Great list of #ias11 resources frm @currybet : 46 presentations, reading lists, viz notes, activity sheets, blog posts http://t.co/9KD5MUY
- The Dalai Lomo
  
  Mar 30, 11
  
  Photo: http://tumblr.com/xi91vdtiv0
- Pica Pic | retro handheld games collection
  
  Mar 24, 11
- uxsux — Speed Prototyping mit Axure
  
  Mar 23, 11
  
  Speed Prototyping mit @AxureRP für @hirslanden http://t.co/rTz50Mc
- The ROI of User Experience—Dr. Susan Weinschenk
  
  Feb 03, 11
- I wonder if my favourite brand of kitchen roll has a twitter stream I can follow
  
  Jan 14, 11
  
  tpdsaa:
  
  Submitted by @tomheg
- Ultimate Guide to Website Wireframing
  
  Nov 11, 10
- Design Prozess mit der "Rule of three"
  
  Nov 09, 10
  
  Interessanter Artikel (Danke für den Link @wiederkehr) über Designprozesse und deren Anwendbarkeit in der Praxis. Wobei die Anwendung der “Rule of three” sehr viel mit Ideengenerierung/Konzept und Prototyping gemein hat.
- Developing a Site Testing Process: Site Optimization 101 « Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
  
  Nov 08, 10
- Feb 13, 10
  
  Funny datavisualization from “how I met your mother” - more: http://flic.kr/p/7CE4ZP
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- Video: Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich fertig ist das Mondgesicht der Slider. Sketching Interfaces mal anders. http://t.co/a4ke40Fw
  
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- Video: interactivethings: Science Beauty! http://t.co/EKOubUDh
  
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- Your Website Is Not A Democracy: Stop Redesigning And Start Tuning Your Site Instead - Guter Artikel von... http://t.co/QVmv6eM9
  
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- I just liked "Grand Old Party" on Vimeo: http://t.co/8djTNlOz
  
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- Mobile UI Design Patterns: 10 Sites for Inspiration http://t.co/PUoEQddR
  
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- @dworni Die gegen Gallusgrippe und Olmaösophagitis.
  
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- Photo: Der Wolf im Schafspelz: Facebook versteckt sich nun in Skype und alles auf dem Monitor sieht wieder... http://t.co/6Pjnm08x
  
  May 16, 12 from Tumblr Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Photo: Wenn Soft zur Hardware wird… oder was Polaroid hätte designen sollen (via The Real-Life Instagram... http://t.co/NW0ZaqpI
  
  May 15, 12 from Tumblr Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Using Proto-Personas for Executive Alignment - Jeff Gothelf über ein Workshop Setup um Ad-Hoc Personas mit... http://t.co/ZZvIWetL
  
  May 14, 12 from Tumblr Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Video: Nach dem Schuh (2006 und 2011) nun das Bike Interface (via Interaction Design UMEA) http://t.co/UQwRCuas
  
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- @amherd wenn das weiter so geht ist meine Dropbox bald "voll". Merci!
  
  May 12, 12 from Twitter for iPhone Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- hell yeah! @pstuercken http://t.co/Ew7ftzop
  
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- I just liked "TRASH / PROJECT KICKOFF" on Vimeo: http://t.co/YNzyo0hA
  
  Apr 24, 12 from Vimeo Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I just liked "5th Ave Frogger" on Vimeo: http://t.co/wyKrk7WD
  
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- I just liked "Indie Game: The Movie Official Trailer" on Vimeo: http://t.co/9sr4sSGK
  
  Apr 19, 12 from Vimeo Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I just liked ""Linotype: The Film" Official Trailer" on Vimeo: http://t.co/HmvGWVWi
  
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- I just liked "Made by Hand / No 3 The Beekeeper" on Vimeo: http://t.co/6IIU0Kz0
  
  Apr 15, 12 from Vimeo Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I just liked "Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker" on Vimeo: http://t.co/KuYyBSOx
  
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- I just liked "INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION" on Vimeo: http://t.co/EAVQ7guM
  
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- Daniel Demel
  
  Interaction Designer at namics ag
  
  Online Media | Winterthur Area, Switzerland, CH
  
  Experience
  - Oct 2010 - Present
    Interaction Designer - Art Director UX / namics ag
  - Jul 2008 - Sept 2010
    Interaction Designer / Phonak
    
    - Introduction of interaction design process to product development. Responsible for all phases of an interaction design process: research, concept, design, implementation and testing. - Re-design of a medical software for hearing instrument fitting - Lead of conceptual design project for hearing systems
  - 2004 - 2008
    Designer / Self employed
    
    Print and online
  - Mar 2007 - Sept 2007
    Internship / Phonak
    
    Interaction design internship, developing UI-design processes, a lot of prototyping & usability testing.
  - 2006 - 2006
    Interaction Designer / Plasma Design GmbH
  - Sept 2000 - Jul 2004
    Visual Designer / Demeldesign
    
    Visual design processes. Creation of (technical) illustrations, corporate design, marketing material.
  Education
  - 2004 - 2008
    
    University of Applied Science and Arts Zurich
    
    Dipl. Designer in Product Design - Interaction Design
  - 1985 - 1993
    
    Spessart Gymnasium Alzenau
  Additional Information
  - Websites:
    
    Portfolio, Company Website
  - Interests:
    
    design process, design thinking, emerging technologies, social interactions, user research, design ethnography
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