Description: Digital Product Designer & Strategist. Partner at okay bueno, a Digital Product Studio.
It's time to wrap up a busy year. Abandoning our studio space, moving countries, leaving Berlin behind and taking on a few new big projects that I'm really excited about while growing our design and operations team quite extensively – 2022 was full of decisions, surprises, and new experiences. But first and foremost it was full of time spent outside in a lovely place. I sincerely hope 2023 has more of the same to offer.
I've participated in mentoring programs via LinkedIn before, but that was a couple of years ago. I like mentoring, trying to help people. My experience with ADPList has been positive so far, mentees were respectful and polite. Especially the call with the Iranian designer was lovely. However, I have to wonder if I actually helped anyone – an interview with me is certainly not representative for the typical hiring process. Plus I'm old, very opinionated, and apparently ask hard hitting questions. My plan is
For the second time in my life I moved back to Austria. For now only temporarily, but living in the rural countryside of Styria has been an amazing experience so far. Nature, wildlife, and the adjusted lifestyle of living in a house with an actual garden has been quite refreshing. I definitely spend more time hiking and chopping wood than watching TV and without any option to order in, I have reignited a little passion for cooking. It's been a good six weeks so far, but it's also still autumn – let's see ho