Hi, I’m Gerit.
I design digital platforms for culture, knowledge, and public infrastructure.
I work at the intersection of information architecture, product thinking, and institutional complexity — building systems that are clear, coherent, and built to last.
15+
Years in UX, IA & Design
30+
Platforms & Products
10+
Cultural Institutions
5+
Cups of Tea a Day. Probably Green. Definitely not Rose Hip.
Kulturkataster Berlin · Web Application
Mapping Berlin's cultural infrastructure as a foundation for policy and discovery
2025–today · Non-Profit · My Role → UX/UI Design Lead, Information Architecture, Platform Concept, Design System
Context
A digital platform mapping Berlin's cultural spaces (from ateliers and galleries to libraries and community centres) to make cultural infrastructure legible for policymakers, planners, and the public. Built in collaboration with Kulturraum Berlin and Technologiestiftung Berlin.
Project online
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Kin & Signs · Web Application
A Personal AI Experiment
2026 · Personal Project · My Role → Concept, Product Thinking, AI-assisted Design & Development
Context
Not every project starts with a client brief. This one started with a question: what does it feel like to move from idea to working product through AI-assisted workflows and tooling?
Kin & Signs is a small web app based on the Chinese zodiac. Users add family members by name and birthdate, and the app calculates each person's animal sign and element. From there, Claude generates playful, warm relationship readings for any two people filtered by life phase, from childhood to old age.
The project became less about astrology and more about understanding how AI changes the relationship between concept, prototyping, and implementation.
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Roederstein-Jughenn Archive · Online Archive
Translating 80 years of an artist's estate into a navigable digital archive
2024–2025 · Design Agency · My Role → Concept, UX/UI Design
Context
A digital archive documenting the life and network of painter Ottilie W. Roederstein (1859–1937), spanning biography, correspondence, exhibition history, and 1,685 archival items. The challenge was structuring richly interconnected historical material into an experience that works for both researchers and casual visitors. This project was created in collaboration with Zum Kuckuck, Würzburg and Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
Project online
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gamesmap · Web Application
Making Germany’s games industry visible
2025–2026 · Association of the German Games Industry · My Role → Product Design Lead, Information Architecture
Context
A geographic platform mapping companies across Germany's games industry, enabling regional analysis for industry associations, policymakers, and individual companies. Structurally related to Kulturkataster, but applied to a commercial context. Demonstrating that the same map-first, filter-based architecture works across very different domains and audiences.
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GuidePilot · Media Guide Platform
A scalable media guide platform for museums, built across institutions and contexts
2018–today · Tech Company · My Role → Product Design Lead, Information Architecture, Concept
Context
A long-term product engagement (2018–today) developing and evolving a media guide platform deployed across Bauhaus Dessau, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, and others. Work spanned product concept, information architecture, design system, and feature definition across multiple release cycles. Built in collaboration with GuidePilot, Potsdam.
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I believe the most important design decisions happen before any screen is drawn. In how you structure information, define relationships between content, and decide what the system needs to hold. My focus is long-term platform thinking: the kind of design work that stays useful after launch, particularly where knowledge, culture, and public life intersect.
Selected Clients and References
ART+COM Studios / Bauhaus Stiftung Dessau / Bernisches Historisches Museum / Cornelsen / GuidePilot / Deutsches Theatermuseum München / Etventure / Hamburger Kunsthalle / Klassik Stiftung Weimar / PLEXGROUP / Saatchi & Saatchi pro / Sapera Studios / Städel Museum / Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten / Tamschick Media + Space / Telekom / Volkswagen / Westernacher / Zeppelin Museum / Zum Kuckuck
Claude said this site lacks personality.
So here I am, tackling life in mom jeans.
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Major outdoor skills
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