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Hello, I'm Daniel. I designproducts for brandsand build a few of our own.

As an industrial designer working in Munich, I specialise in turning ideas into products. I lead projects from the first idea to series production, have designed for NIO, BORA, BSH and HUAWEI and founded two companies along the way.

Founder project
Black Stowey travel hook
German Design Award 2027 Winner
Stowey UG · Travel

Stowey Travel

2025
NIO home charger on a concrete wall
NIO · EV charging

NIO Power

2017–20
Hairdresser using the modular salon trolley
M-Design · Salon furniture

Hairdresser Trolley

2021
Project & design lead
Open BORA Dish dishwasher built into a dark kitchen
HYVE for BORA · Kitchen appliances

BORA Dish

2023–26
Released at CES 2023
Sage-green stand of the OLED Glow display
PHOENIX for LG Display

OLED Glow

2022
HATZ Concept Cube 2.0 next to the original Concept Cube
HYVE for HATZ · Construction

Concept Cube 2.0

2025
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BSH, Huawei, Leica & more

More client work

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Founder project
Bamboo hydesk standing desk with a laptop
hydesk · Co-founded · bamboo, made in Germany

hydesk Standing Desk

2020

Recent adventures

Designer by training, founder by conviction.

I studied product and transportation design at FH Joanneum in Graz. Since then I've worked across industries — kitchen appliances for BORA, EV charging at NIO, products for BSH and HUAWEI — for global brands as well as startups and small studios.

Founding hydesk and Stowey® taught me what design alone doesn't: market analysis, R&D, production and the business behind a product.

Today I lead projects end to end — bringing different minds together, mediating between decision-makers and design teams, and keeping budgets and business goals in view.

My favourite challenge is connecting distinct ideas into one clear solution — and making products that are beautiful, functional and inherently sustainable.

How I work

  1. 01

    Understand

    I start with people, their context, the market and the constraints, before anything goes into CAD.

  2. 02

    Connect

    I link ideas, disciplines and people into one clear concept and test it with sketches, models and fast prototypes.

  3. 03

    Decide

    I set clear criteria and create clear presentations so that teams and decision-makers can choose with confidence.

  4. 04

    Produce

    I bring in CMF, mechanical design and manufacturing know-how and consult until the product is ready for production.

Software
Rhino · Plasticity · SolidWorks · Fusion 360 · Blender · KeyShot · Adobe Suite · AI-native workflows
Craft
Sketching · Ideation · Market research · CAD modelling · Rendering & animation · Prototyping · Model making · Programming
Designed forNIOLG DisplayPHOENIXLeicaHUAWEIMED-ELBORA & more