Ralf Groene

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Ralf Groene (* 1968 in Wolfsburg ) is a German industrial designer . Since 2015 he has been Head of Industrial Design Microsoft Device and responsible for Microsoft Surface .

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Ralf Groene is a trained toolmaker. From 1992 to 1997, Groene successfully completed a degree in industrial design at the Muthesius Art College in Kiel . Before that, he worked as a designer at Interform Design in Wolfsburg from 1988 to 1990 . He did an internship at the New York company Teague . While still studying, Groene emigrated to the United States, where he worked as an industrial designer for various companies such as Palo Alto Design Group , frog design and IDEO from 1996 . In 2006 he moved to Microsoft , where he was promoted to Head of Industrial Design Microsoft Device in 2015 .

Groene's design philosophy is heavily influenced by Bauhaus . Among other things, he designed the Rocket eBook, one of the first e-book readers, at the end of the 1990s . When he switched to Microsoft, the Arc Touch Mouse was his first project. With the design of the Microsoft Surface , Ralf Groene finally established himself at Microsoft, where he was promoted to Head of Industrial Design Microsoft Device in 2015 . He is thus responsible for all design decisions for all Microsoft products.

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  1. ↑ Harald Taglinger: In three directions further , form.de , accessed on May 16, 2018
  2. ↑ Berti Kolbow-Lehradt: Microsoft chief designer Ralf Groene: "For me, the vision counts" , netzpiloten.de , accessed on May 16, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Ralf Groene , linkedin.com , accessed on May 16, 2018
  4. ↑ Axel Postinett: The iPad hunter from Wolfsburg , handelsblatt.com , accessed on May 16, 2018
  5. ↑ Christian Just: Microsoft's chief designer reveals: This is how the Surface Book came about , computerbild.de , accessed on May 16, 2018
  6. ↑ Norman Wittkopf: Surface Book and Surface Pro 4: chief designer comments on the history of the origin , pcgameshardware.de , accessed on May 16, 2018
  7. ↑ Volker Weber: From the Arc Mouse to the Surface Book: Ralf Groene, Microsoft's Head of Industrial Design - a portrait , heise.de , accessed on May 16, 2018
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SURNAME Groene, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfsburg , Germany