Jürgen Graef
Integral & Graef
Munich
Germany
what do designers do?
I research and scrutinise, search and discover, analyse and discuss, define and advise. I reflect and reduce, order and structure, group and arrange, plan and conceive. I sketch and visualize, draft and design, test and evaluate, write and present.
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- Experience Design
- Experience design describes the design of all elements of a product, processes, services, events, and environments. It coordinates these elements, and makes it possible through the interaction the best possible user experience.
- Interaction Design
- Interaction design addresses the conception and design of systems. The primary goal is to facilitate smooth and efficient use, which is achieved through the navigation of content, the restructure of information and the manipulation of individual audio and visual elements.
- Interface Design
- An interface designer engages with the conception and design of user interfaces of technology. The goal is to intermediate complex information as well as to achieve user friendliness.
motivation for designing
I always wanted to shape content and information.
learned to design
Educational training at a vocational school in Ulm; internships in an agency in Ravensburg; studies at universities in Ansbach, Schwäbisch Gmünd and The Hague. I still learn a lot in my daily work and mostly as a lecturer at the university.
year since working as
professional designer2011
age of first design career thought
15
working at night per month
Once a month.
how do designers spend their time
on average workday?
on average workday?
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10:00
18:00
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designing
1 1 1 1
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research
0
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writing emails
1
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handling calls
0
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managing
1 1 1
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other
0
how do designers develop ideas?
They result from the process.
main influences
The projects, beliefs and requirements of my clients as well as the goals, needs and wishes of the users.
what does a designers’
workplace look like?
workplace look like?

Mostly tidy and empty.
what is an ideal designer like?
Curious, open minded, deliberating, communicative, persuasive.
what is a dream client like?
I take the clients as they are.
relationship with client
Good.
getting along with salary
I cope well.
what do you like or dislike
about the others’ behaviour?
about the others’ behaviour?
I like if they trust me. I dislike if they don’t.