Hello, I'm Niklas — a Frankfurt-based Designer working at DB Systel, a company of Deutsche Bahn. My expertise is multidisciplinary from Visual Identities to Brand Spaces and Digital Experiences.

I understand the multifacetted term design as the reflected definition, formulation and shaping of interfaces for interaction with people.

Always with a recipient's centered perspective I help to create visible solutions for making an idea, identity or product tangible, understandable, memorable and sometimes even lovable.

For my work, I strive to solve challenges pragmatically, like to think ahead and am unimpressed by complexity.

Brand Spaces

Exhibition and showroom concepts that make brands tangible in physical space.

Identity

Visual identities and corporate design systems for brands of all sizes.

User Experience

Digital experiences, interaction concepts, and interface design.

May 2021 – today
DB Systel, Frankfurt

Brand & User Experience Consultant

Jan 2020 – Apr 2021
Kaiser X Labs, Frankfurt

Brand & UX/UI Designer

Oct 2014 – Dec 2019
Hauser Lacour, Frankfurt

Art Director

Sep 2012 – Sep 2014
Peter Schmidt Group, Frankfurt

Designer

Oct 2011 – Jun 2012
Seven Principles AG, Köln

Working student Marketing

Jun 2011 – Sep 2011
Peter Schmidt Group, Düsseldorf

Intern Design

Jan 2008 – Jun 2008
Walbert-Schmitz, Aachen

Journeyman

Sep 2008 – Jul 2012
Fachhochschule Düsseldorf

B.A. Communication Design

Jan 2011 – Jun 2011
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

Erasmus

Aug 2005 – Jan 2008
Walbert-Schmitz, Aachen

Apprenticeship

Adobe CC

Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects Basics, Premiere Basics

3D / Motion

Maxon Cinema 4D Basics

UX / Prototyping

Sketch, Figma, Invision

Office

Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Apple Keynote

Frontend

Bootstrap Basics, HTML & CSS Basics, Wordpress Basics

Licht. Die große Fotoschule — Rheinwerk Fotografie, 2018
Corporate Design Preis 2018 — Seltmann Publishers
Ideenstadt Düsseldorf — Droste Verlag, 2013
A5/04 Kieler Woche — Lars Müller Publishers, 2010
Corporate Design Preis, 2018
IF Award, 2014

Annemarie Börlind

Bosch eBike

Börse Frankfurt

Cobi.Bike

Continental

Cyreen

Daimler

DZ Bank

Dynamic Finance

Fraport AG

Grünenthal

Hager Group

Obermark

Oppenhoff

Sidel Group

SocietyVision

Tetra Pak

Tyrolit

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

VR Leasing