JAN-SIMON VEICHT
Industrial Designer, Creative Director, Strategist
Client Work, Personal Work, All
Design Process in the Age of Gen AI | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Introduction to Rapid Prototyping and Design Process | UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship
Delightful User Experience Futures | Marjane, Al Mada Group
The Future of Work and the Built Environment | Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL)
The Future of Work and the Built Environment | Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL)
Designing for Tomorrow, Today | European Institute of Innovation & Technology, EIT Hub Silicon Valley
Design Futures Hackathon - Designing with Generative AI | EDHEC Business School
The Power of Rapid Prototyping and Leaving Something Behind | SVIC Silicon Valley Impact Camp
Human-Centered Design in Construction and Manufacturing | Sonasid (ArcelorMittal)
Design as a Mindset: Transforming Work and Culture | SL Group
Using Fiction to Find Your Strategy | Credit Agricole
The Art of Presenting Presentations | GIZ German Development Agency
Speculative Design, Storytelling, and Human-Centered Design | ZAHW Zurich School of Management
The Art of Presenting Presentations, Deplastify the Planet | UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship
The Art of Presenting Presentations, Equitable Design Lab | UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Speculative Futures and Human-Centered Design | Berkeley Invention Corps
Human-Centered Design and the Flaws of Design Thinking | Fung Fellowship, UC Berkeley
Intro to Design Fiction and Strategic Foresight | Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship, UC Berkeley
The Future of the Bay Area Hackathon | EDHEC Business School
Design Fiction on the Future of Healthcare and Environmental Conservation | Fung Fellowship, UC Berkeley
Design Futures Hackathon | EDHEC Business School
Speculative Design Practices - A Workshop of the Future | UdK University of the Arts Berlin
Boston, MA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
London, UK
New York, NY, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Paris, France
Milan, Italy
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Zurich, Switzerland
Berkeley, CA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Berlin, Germany
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Lecturer - ENGIN 183 Berkeley Changemakers, Sustainable Design
Berkeley Changemaker + Big Ideas | UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Lecturer - UGBA 96 Lower Division Special Topics in Business Administration
Deplastify the Planet | UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship
ENGIN 183 Berkeley Changemakers - Client: Kimberly Clarke - The Future of Hand Hygiene
Team Mentor (5 Students)
ENGIN 183 Berkeley Changemakers - Client: Electrolux - Life Cycle Analysis in Refrigerators
Team Mentor (4 Students)
ENGIN 183 Berkeley Changemakers - Client: Continental - Sustainable Automotive Interior
Team Mentor (5 Students)
ENGIN 183 Berkeley Changemakers - Client: Procter & Gamble - Future of Body & Mind
Team Mentor (5 Students)
Equitable Design Lab | UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
UGBA 190T.1 Berkeley Design Your Life - Client: Method - Inclusion in Bodycare
Team Mentor (3 Students)
FA 2024
FA 22 - FA 2024
SP 2023
FA 2022
FA 2022
SP 2022
FA 2021
FA 22 - FA 2024
SP 2023
FA 2022
FA 2022
SP 2022
FA 2021
Jury Member
MDes Master of Design Spring Showcase | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
Jury Member
MDE Master of Design Engineering | Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Advisor for Thesis Project, Jae Hyun An "Curate.ai - Artificial Intelligence for Design Research"
MDes Master of Design Fall Showcase | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
Jury Member
MDes Master of Design | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
Academic Officer
FA 2023
SP 2023
SP 2023
FA 2022
2021-2022
SP 2023
FA 2022
2021-2022
MDes Master of Design | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
Showcase Award "Spectacular Work" for "Meshpass - Subscription-based emigration in the Virtual States of America"
MDes Master of Design | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
Showcase Award "Spectacular Work" for "The Future of Education"
MDes Master of Design | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
Distinguished Scholar Award at the University of California Berkeley
MDes Master of Design | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
In recognition of the achievements of an applicant, the MDes Distinguished Scholar Award is an honor,
extended only to candidates of the highest caliber (USD 15,000.00).
Young Talents Award "Berliner Zimmer", DIY Berlin Design Exhibition
Berlin Design Talents at "Fiori Salone at Salone del Mobile"
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College of Engineering, College of Environmental Design
Bachelor of Arts - Industrial Design | University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
‘Fachhochschulreife’ (equivalent to a specialized high school diploma with a focus on preparing for universities)
Associate Degree - Fashion Design | Modekolleg Holzenbecher (Now part of Kolping Bildungswerk Wuerttemberg)
Potsdam, Germany
Munich, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany
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Mentor, Startup Advisor | INNOVIT San Francisco, Italian Innovation and Culture Hub
MDes Design Fellow | UC Berkeley Jacobs Center for Design Innovation
Member | GABA German American Business Association of Northern California
Member | Design Futures Initiative
Member | IDSA Industrial Design Association of America
Member | GACC German American Chamber of Commerce, New York Chapter
Student Ambassador | VDID Association of German Industrial Designers, Berlin and Northern Germany
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2019-2022
2018-2020
2014-2016
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2023-present
2019-2022
2018-2020
2014-2016