I am a designer, experienced in linking product, service and interaction design, having studied at AbK Stuttgart, Aalto University Helsinki and ENSCI Les Ateliers in Paris. Since 2009 I hold a master degree in design.
Before I have been working for companies, such as Jehs & Laub, Nokia and the Nokia Research Center in Helsinki, London and Stuttgart. Currently I am also a research assistant at Köln International School of Design (KISD) and work as a consultant together with Jewgeni Goranko.

I am curious about the interaction between user and product, the connection between physical object and intangible service & the observation of the ordinary life...

Since 2010 I work as a design consultant together with Jewgeni Goranko

In December 2007 I sold my first design strategic work to Nokia Design Strategy together with my fellow student Timo Niskanen. In June 2008 I joined Nokia Design Strategy to work on projects in Helsinki and London.

After my Master thesis I got the great opportunity to work for one year as a research assistant at Köln International School of Design (KISD), the design faculty of the Universityof Applied Science in Cologne.
My task was to create collaboration projects between the partner institutions of the Master of European Design Programme (MEDes). The Master of European Design Programme (MEDes) is a network and multi-disciplinary Master
study programme of seven European design institutions, including: Aalto University Helsinki, ABK Stuttgart, Glasgow School of Art, Politecnico di Milano, KISD Cologne, ENSCI Les Ateliers Paris and Konstfack Stockholm.

Therefore I was supervising student projects, such as the project “Piezo Shower”, that won the 2nd prize at Satellite Award 2010, and curating a collaborative exhibition at Salone Satellite 2010 in Milan.

Most of my current work is from a strategic nature and therefore confidential.
Aim of the following design research projects and concept designs is to inspire, to explore and to push the envelope...

The design research project "smart companion" was conducted in collaboration with the Nokia Research Center Helsinki. Aim was to create a concept design of a communication robot. This included the design of product, service and interaction.

“The future of technology simply overwhelms me at times” Yanko Design
“...to make everyday communication more intuitive.” Uebergizmo

The "bad product" is a part of the project "The Good and the Evil",
a research in search for the "good" product from a designers point of view.

See the work at the exhibition Ponderabilia Instrumenta from July 23rd to August 8th, 2010
and Biennale Du Design 2010 at St. Etienne

My Masterthesis was a experimental research about the interaction between product and user through motion.

The work got nominated for the Lucky Strike Award 2010 by ABK Stuttgart.

The "ZeroMac" is a part of the project "The Good and the Evil", a research in search for the "good" product from a designers point of view.

"usability reduced to the minimum (...) this truly is something from the nightmares of Mr. Jobs." core77

Feel free to write me a mail to: sebast.mueller[at]googlemail.com

or contact me through my consultancy