Kora Kimpel

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Kora Kimpel (born June 2, 1968 in Hilden ) is a German design researcher whose main research interests are interface and interaction design .

Career

Kora Kimpel studied industrial design with a focus on interface design in Braunschweig and Barcelona . She did her diploma at the HbK Braunschweig with Holger van den Boom. From 1999 to 2001 she was Design Director Online Strategy at MetaDesign Berlin. Since 2004 she has been teaching the basics of design with digital media at the Berlin University of the Arts as a professor . There she was 1st Vice President from 2012 to 2015. Since 2008 she has been on the board of the German Society for Design Theory and Research. Since 2015 she has been part of the management team of the hybrid platform , a transdisciplinary project platform of the TU Berlin and the UdK Berlin for researching promising topics and questions.

Research areas

Kora Kimpel's research focuses on digital transformation and the development of exploratory, user-centered research designs. In her research she explores the possibilities of the digital medium  from physical computing to generative design.

Prizes and awards

  • 2011: Evolving Books - competition of the Berlin Senate as part of the Future project together with Cornelsen Verlag
  • 2008: Nomination for the German design award
  • 2007: Red Dot Communication Award
  • 1995: Special Prize Multimedia Transfer, Learntec Karlsruhe

Memberships

Fonts (selection)

  • Rethinking Prototyping: Design Prototyping for Research Planning and Technological Development, ISBN 3-8442-6845-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Kora Kimpel. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
  2. ↑ team - hybrid platform. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research, Project Future Office: Evolving Books - digital added value for books | Future Berlin project. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
  4. ^ German Design Council: Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2009 / Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2009 . Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 3-0346-0885-3 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2017]).
  5. ↑ HNF - HNF's software cube awarded a prestigious design prize. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ DGTF | Network. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kimpel, Kora
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German design researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd June 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hilden