ABOUT
I’m Janick – an industrial designer based in Munich, working somewhere between design,
art, and making. With a background in carpentry, I learned to understand ideas through
materials, tools, and construction. Today, that hands-on approach has grown into a
broader design practice, moving between objects, installations, digital experiments,
and research.
I’m interested in what happens when making becomes a way of thinking: when an object
can question something, a material can carry a story, or a simple interaction can
change how we see the familiar. My projects often start with
curiosity
and end somewhere between the functional and the speculative, the physical and the
digital, the serious and the
playfulness.
I make things to understand things.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015–2019: Stage and Lighting Technician, Bavarian State Opera
2016–2019: Apprenticeship as a Carpenter
2019–2021: Employed Carpenter
2022–Present: Freelance Designer
2025-2026: Design Intern, neomind design studio
2026–Present: Working Student, Galerie Handwerk, Chamber of Crafts for Munich and Upper Bavaria
EDUCATION
2016–2019: Vocational School Wood Technology & Interior Design
(Journeyman Carpenter)
2021–2022: Academy of Design and Crafts, Munich
(Designer in Craftsmanship)
2023–Present: Munich University of Applied Sciences
(Bachelor in Industrial Design – currently enrolled)
EXHIBITIONS
2026: Deutsches Museum, Festival der Zukunft, Trust Group Exhibition – Exhibited works: "qartifacts.org"
2026: Annual Exhibition, Munich University of Applied Sciences (Department of Design) – Exhibited works: "The "When I Was Four, I Burned My Ass on a Portable Gas Heater" stool" & "qartifacts.org"
2025: Oberbayerischer Förderpreis für Angewandte Kunst (Upper Bavarian Award for Applied Arts) – Awarded work: "Objekte der Erinnerung" | Exhibited work: "Aufgestrichen"
2025: Public Guerrilla Intervention, Isar Munich – Project: "RAUM" (Group project)
2025: Annual Exhibition, Munich University of Applied Sciences (Department of Design) – Exhibited works: "Wiederleben" & "Aufgestrichen"
2024: Annual Exhibition, Munich University of Applied Sciences (Department of Design) – Exhibited works: "Designzeug" & "Semester Project DIY"
2022: Annual Exhibition, Academy of Design and Crafts, Munich – Exhibited work: "ISU"
