My Perspective
I am a curious interaction designer and I am fascinated by people. My aim is it to design interactive systems that are not only easy-to-use but that provide meaning to the people using them. I see technology as an enabler, but I do not want to limit myself by what is available and imaginabile at this moment. I want to imagine the future.
When it comes down to projects concerning the here and now I am a passionate human-centered designer (see, not only user-centered, because I feel like we should not be seen as users but as human beings). During my projects I involve other people, stakeholder, users, pre-users and relatives in order to stimulate my design decisions but also their view on the world.
Education
2017 - 2019
Master of Science in IT Product Design
@ University of Southern Denmark in Kolding, Denmark
2013 - 2017
Bachelor of Engineering in Interaction Design
@ University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg, Denmark
Falll 2015
Erasmus Student Industrial Design
@ University of Technology in Eindhoven, Netherlands
Funded by a BHJ Foundation scholarship
July 2013
Abitur
@ Auguste Viktoria Schule in Flensburg, Germany
Nature Sciences Profile (1,4)
Work Experience
July 2018 - now
Student Assistant
@ IDEENREICH FabLab at Hochschule Flensburg in Flensburg
Organizing and executing different events and workshops with children and teenagers as a part of the "didacticized fablab" project.
November 2017 - now
Student Assistant
@ SDU MAKER LAB in Kolding
Facilitating the process from idea to prototype, maintaining of the machines and the spaces, workshop organisation
February 2017 - June 2018
User Experience Designer
@ Human Interface Design GmbH in Hamburg, Germany
Development of interface concepts, prototyping in axure rp, user experience research and evaluation
February 2016 - July 2016
User Experience Intern
@ Human Interface Design GmbH in Hamburg, Germany
Development of interface design concepts, stakeholder workshop planning, requirement analysis
2014 - 2015
Academic Advisor
@ University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg, Denmark
Marketing activites, e.g. presentations, planing and organisation of workshops for future students, tutor in CAD-course
Publications
Papers
Exploring 'Citizen Design Research' / Schmidt, Nele; Halabura, Kamila; Buur, Jacob. Proceedings of the 14th Student Interaction Design Research Conference (SIDeR 2018). ed. / Andrés Lucero, Maria Karyda, Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas & Oldouz Moslemi. Aalto University. 2018.
Sounds of IOT / Teisanu, Tudor; Mosleh, Sara Said; Schmidt, Nele. The Design Virus: Proceeding of the 13th Student Interaction Design Research Conference (SIDeR 2017). ed. / Delft University of Technology, 2017.
The Use of Interactive Exhibitions as Evaluation Means in a Collaborative Design Process. / Schmidt, Nele; Mosleh, Sara Said; Teisanu, Tudor. Human nature: Proceeding of the 12th Student Interaction Design Research Conference (SIDeR 2016). ed. / Dorien Koelemeijer; Franziska Tachtler. IDM, Malmö University, 2016. p. 31-35.
Foster the Participation of People Affected by Chronic Diseases: A Long Way from Networking to Co-Creation in a Collaborative Design Process. / Mosleh, Sara Said; Schmidt, Nele; Teisanu, Tudor. Human nature: Proceeding of the 12th Student Interaction Design Research Conference (SIDeR 2016). ed. / Dorien Koelemeijer; Franziska Tachtler. IDM, Malmö University, 2016. p. 187-191.
EgoFlecto: stimulating being calm and in control through self-reflection in the context of driving. / Mosleh, Sara Said; Schmidt, Nele; Teisanu, Tudor; Lucero, Andrés. Proceedings of the 19th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 92-97.
Physical collaborative play in public spaces. / Mosleh, Sara Said; Schmidt, Nele; Teisanu, Tudor. Embodied Interactions: Proceedings of the 11th Student Interaction Design Research Conference (SIDeR 2015). ed. / Andrés Lucero; Michelle Castañeda; Anne Louise Bang; Jacob Buur. SDU Design, University of Southern Denmark, 2015. p. 113-117.
Workshops
Digitale Patina Updates, Features, Facelifts – Was kommt danach? / Jacob, F., Schramm, S., Münker, K., Scheve, P., Albert, M. & Schmidt, N., / Hess, S. & Fischer, H. (Hrsg.), UP 2016. Aachen: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. und die German UPA e.V., 2016.