Prof. Reto Wettach

Current Activities

University Administration:

• Responsible for internships (Praktikumsbeauftragter)

Research Topics:

• Physical Interaction Design
• User Experience Design
• Service Design
• Tools for Designers
• Sustainable Interaction Design 
• Data Visualisation
• Machine Learning

Consulting:

• Strategic Design at retowettach.com

Other Involvements:

• Co-Founder at Fritzing

Education

• 1987 - 1990 Apprenticeship for stone mason
• 1991 - 1993 TU-Berlin: Mechanical Engineering
• 1992 - 1996 UdK Berlin: Industrial Design with Prof. Hans (Nick) Roericht
• 1997 Tohoku University, Japan: Japanese Culture

Work

• 1990 - 1991 Assistant to artist Volker Bartsch, Berlin
• 1995 Freelance Designer with Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Wuppertal
  Junior Designer at IDEO, Palo Alto
• 1996 Design Researcher with Daimler AG, Berlin, »Society and Technology Research Group«
  Design Researcher with Prof. Wolfgang Jonas and Steinbeis Foundation
• 1997 Designer with per – Product Entwicklung Roericht, Ulm
• 1998 - 2002 Senior Interaction Designer at Sony, Japan
• 2007 - 2019 Founder and Design Director at IXDS (purchased by PwC in 2020)

Teaching

• 1995 Teaching Assistant at California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco
• 1996 Guest Lecturer at Technical University Ankara
  Guest Lecturer at University of Art and Design, Halle
• 2000 - 2002 Member of steering committee for Sony's involvement at the MIT Boston
• 2003 - 2004 Guest Lecturer at KaosPilots, Aarhus, Denmark
• 2004 Associate Professor at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
  Guest Lecturer at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London