Nina is an art director, multidisciplinary visual & UI designer, and illustrator now based in Freiburg (Germany). After studying Design and Communication in Hamburg, she moved to NYC in 1997. In her 11 years there, she had the opportunity to work with some of the finest agencies and clients in the industry. As an art director, she was collaborating on numerous award-winning international campaigns and products, on- and offline. In 2009, she returned to Hamburg and recently moved back to her hometown Freiburg, where she was and is working for different clients, studios and agencies around the globe.
She loves typography and minimal, clean, pixel-perfect designs. Over the years, she has gained rich experience in responsive web design and app development. Her passion lies in logo & CI design and the creative process of crafting and bringing to life visions, ideas and concepts.
She is the founder of Erdenkind, a label for sustainable Yoga fashion and fair trade products. When she’s not designing, you can find her on her Yoga mat. She’s been teaching Yoga since 2005 and is a Yoga Alliance 500-hour certified teacher.
2016 awwwards. for StudioJK Website intro. Nominee for: The awards for design, creativity and innovation on the Internet
2009 Webby Awards for BAM, Best Home/Welcome page
2008 Communication Arts Webpicks for BAM, Webpick of the week
2006 Web Awards for Nokia Nseries, Gold, Consumer Information – Website
2006 New York Festivals for Nokia Nseries N80 Story, Bronze World Medal, Use of Rich Media
2006 Web Awards for Nokia Nseries, Design & Technology Standard of Excellence
2006 Mobile Marketing Association Awards for Nokia Bluecasting, Best Use of Mobile Marketing, Product/Services Launch
2005 Web Awards for Nokia Nseries Sitelet, Best Design & Technology website
2005 Web Awards for NYC 2012, Website design
2005 Web Awards for Parsons, Outstanding Website
2005 Web Awards for Tisch, Standard of Excellence
2004 Silver ADDY for Parsons, Website design
2003 E-Design for Aveda, Runner-up Website
Communications Arts (50th Anniversary Issue 2009) for BAM website
PRINT (interactive design magazine 2006) for Nokia Nseries website
PRINT (interactive design magazine 2005) for Nokia Nseries website
Creative Review 2000 for French Connection
FLYER Magazine 1998 – 2001
Extreme Design (Design Book about Typography) for Flyer Design
Interactive Design 3 (Graphis Interactive Design)
Nina is a Hamburg based Art Director and multidisciplinary visual & UI Designer. After studying Design and Communication in Hamburg she moved to NYC in 1998. In her 11 years there, she had the opportunity to work with some of the finest agencies and clients in the industry. As an art director she was collaborating on numerous award-winning, international campaigns and products, on- and offline. In 2009 she returned to Hamburg where she is now working for different clients, studios and agencies.
She loves typography and minimal, clean, pixel-perfect designs. Over the years she gained rich experiences in responsive webdesign and app-development. Her passion lies in logo & CI design and the creative process of crafting and bringing to life visions, ideas and concepts.
She is the founder of Erdenkind, a label for sustainable Yoga fashion and fair trade products. When she’s not designing you can find her on her Yoga mat. She’s been teaching Yoga since 2005 and is a Yoga Alliance 500 hour certified teacher.