Short CV

since 2007PhD Student at the Design Research Lab,
in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
    
since 2011Berlin University of the Arts, Research Fellow
2007–2010Technical University of Berlin, Research Fellow
    
2005Marvel Comics, Internship
2005–2007FH Potsdam, Interface Design (M.A.)
    
2004Nintendo, Internship
2002–2005University of Bielefeld, Media Design (B.Sc.)



Feel free to have a look at my other projects, Simple Present and Anybuddy.

Interests

  • Embodiment and thinghood, and their relationship to the mobile phone of the future,
  • research through design, existentialist philosophy,
  • ***** ****** and **********, and flux capacitors.
I am a member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the German Society of Design Theory and Research (DGTF), and the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).

Publications

  • Shape- and Weight-Based Interaction in Mobile Phones
    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, Zeipelt, Josefine, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Take me by the Hand: Haptic Compasses in Mobile Devices through Shape Change and Weight Shift. In Proceedings of the Sixth Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. (Reykjavik, Iceland, October 16 - 20, 2010). NordiCHI '10.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Weight-Shifting Mobiles: Motion and Tilt in One-Dimensional Gravitational Displays. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advances in Human-oriented and Personalized Mechanisms, Technologies, and Services (Nice, France, August 22 - 27, 2010). CENTRIC '10.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Shape-Changing Mobiles: Tapering in One-Dimensional Deformational Displays in Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, January 25 - 27, 2010). TEI '10. ACM, New York, NY, 249-252.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Zeipelt, Josefine, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Shape-Changing Mobiles: Tapering in Two-Dimensional Deformational Displays in Mobile Phones. In CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 10 - 15, 2010). CHI '10. ACM, New York, NY, 3075-3079.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Zeipelt, Josefine, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Weight-Shifting Mobiles: Two-Dimensional Gravitational Displays in Mobile Phones. In CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 10 - 15, 2010). CHI '10. ACM, New York, NY, 3087-3091.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Zeipelt, Josefine, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Weight-Shifting Mobiles: Automatic Balancing in Mobile Phones. In CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 10 - 15, 2010). CHI '10. ACM, New York, NY, 3081-3085.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Joost, Gesche, Knörig, André, and Wettach, Reto 2008. Dynamic Knobs: Shape Change as a Means of Interaction on a Mobile Phone. In CHI '08: Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Florence, Italy, April 05 - 10, 2008). CHI '08. ACM, New York, NY, 2309-2314.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2009. Weight-Shifting Mobiles: One-Dimensional Gravitational Displays in Mobile Phones. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 04 - 07, 2009). UIST '09. ACM, New York, NY.

  • Embodiment Theory and Methodology
    • Bieling, Tom, Joost, Gesche, Hemmert, Fabian, Lindenberg, Jan and Müller, Alexander 2010. Taking Design Research onto the Street. In Baltic Horizons 11 (110), 8/2010, EuroAcademy Series Art & Design, Euroakadeemia, Tallinn, Estonia. ISSN 1736-1834. 31-48.
    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, Löwe, Matthias, Zeipelt, Josefine and Joost, Gesche 2010. Co-Designing with Children: A Comparison of Embodied and Disembodied Sketching Techniques for the Design of Child Age Communication Devices. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (Barcelona, Spain, June 9 - 12, 2010). IDC '10. ACM, New York, NY, 202-205.

    • Joost, Gesche and Hemmert, Fabian 2010. In Touch with Representation: Iconic, Indexical and Symbolic Signification in Tangible User Interfaces. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2010 (Montreal (Quebec), Canada, July 7 - 9, 2010). DRS '10.

    • Hemmert, Fabian and Joost, Gesche 2010. Embodiment, Immediacy and Thinghood in the Design of Human-Computer Interaction. In Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2010 (Montreal (Quebec), Canada, July 7 - 9, 2010). DRS '10.

    • Hemmert, Fabian 2010. Interfaces beyond the Surface: A Structural Approach to Embodiment. In CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 10 - 15, 2010). CHI '10. ACM, New York, NY, 2903-2906.

  • Reflective Haptics
    • Hemmert, Fabian, Müller, Alexander, Wintergerst, Götz, Jagodzinski, Ron and Joost, Gesche 2010. Reflective Haptics: Haptic Augmentation of GUIs through Frictional Actuation of Stylus-Based Interactions. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (New York City, NY, USA, October 3 - 6, 2010). UIST '10. ACM, New York, NY.

    • Wintergerst, Götz, Jagodzinski, Ron, Hemmert, Fabian, Müller, Alexander, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Reflective Haptics: Enhancing Stylus-Based Interactions on Touch Screens. In Proceedings of EuroHaptics 2010 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 8 - 10, 2010). EuroHaptics '10.

    • Müller, Alexander, Hemmert, Fabian, Wintergerst, Götz, and Jagodzinski, Ron 2010. Reflective Haptics: Resistive Force Feedback for Musical Performances with Stylus-Controlled Instruments. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (Sydney, Australia, June 15 - 18, 2010). NIME '10. ACM, New York, NY, 477-478.

  • Tangible User Interfaces
    • Hertrich, Susanna, Hemmert, Fabian, Gollner, Ulrike, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Synthetic Empathy. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Devices that Alter Perceptions (Seoul, Korea, October 13th, 2010). DAP '10.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Gollner, Ulrike, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2011. Intimate Mobiles: Grasping, Kissing and Whispering as a Means of Telecommunication in Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Stockholm, Sweden, August 30th to September 2nd, 2011). MobileHCI '11.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Gollner, Ulrike, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2011. Intimate Mobiles: Organic Actuation through Pressure, Moisture, and Atmosphere in Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Organic User Interfaces (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, January 23rd, 2011). OUI '11.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Gollner, Ulrike, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Intimate Mobiles: Near-Body Telepresence through Tightness, Wetness and Airflow in Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Erotic Life in HCI (Reyjkavik, Iceland, October 16th, 2010). Erotic HCI '10.

    • Hertrich, Susanna, Hemmert, Fabian, Gollner, Ulrike, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2010. Synthetic Empathy: Somaesthetic Body Actuation as a Means of Emotional Evocation. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop of Devices that Alter Perception (Seoul, Korea, October 13th, 2010). DAP '10.
    • Hemmert, Fabian, Knörig, André, Joost, Gesche, and Wettach, Reto 2009. Stick, Click'n Call: Self-Adhesive Pressure-Activated RFID Tags for Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 16 - 18, 2009). TEI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 283-284.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Hamann, Susann, and Wettach, Reto 2009. The Digital Hourglass. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 16 - 18, 2009). TEI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 19-20.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Löwe, Matthias, Wohlauf, Anne, and Joost, Gesche 2009. Tactful Calling: Urgency-Augmented Phone Calls through High-Resolution Pressure Input on Mobile Phones. In CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 04 - 09, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 3187-3192.

  • Living Interfaces
    • Hemmert, Fabian 2008. Ambient Life: Permanent Tactile Life-like Actuation as a Status Display in Mobile Phones. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (Monterey, California, USA, October 20 - 22, 2008). UIST '08. ACM, New York, NY.

    • Hemmert, Fabian 2009. Life in the Pocket: The Ambient Life Project. Life-Like Movements in Tactile Ambient Displays in Mobile Phones. In International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence, 1(2), 13-19, April-June, 2009.

    • Hemmert, Fabian 2008. Ambient Life: Interrupted Permanent Tactile Life-like Actuation as a Status Display in Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Ambient Information Systems (Seoul, Korea, September 21, 2008). AIS '08.

    • Hemmert, Fabian and Joost, Gesche 2009. Ambient Life: Instinctive Tactile Cues in Mobile Phone Interactions. In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Instinctive Computing (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June 15 - 16, 2009).

    • Hemmert, Fabian and Joost, Gesche 2008. Ambient Life: Calm and Excited Permanent Tactile Life-like Actuation as a Status Display in Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the Conference on Design & Emotion 2008 (Hong Kong, October 6 - 9, 2008).

    • Roy, Miriam, Hemmert, Fabian and Wettach, Reto 2009. Living Interfaces: The Intimate Doorlock. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 16 - 18, 2009). TEI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 45-46.

    • Burneleit, Eva, Hemmert, Fabian and Wettach, Reto 2009. Living Interfaces: The Impatient Toaster. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 16 - 18, 2009). TEI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 21-22.

    • Togler, Jonas, Hemmert, Fabian and Wettach, Reto 2009. Living Interfaces: The Thrifty Faucet. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 16 - 18, 2009). TEI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 43-44.

  • Closing the Eyes in Visual Media
    • Hemmert, Fabian, Djokic, Danijela, and Wettach, Reto 2008. Hemmert, Fabian, Djokic, Danijela, and Wettach, Reto 2008. Spoken Words: Activating Text-to-Speech Through Eye Closure. In CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Florence, Italy, April 05 - 10, 2008). CHI '08. ACM, New York, NY, 2325-2330.

    • Hemmert, Fabian, Djokic, Danijela, and Wettach, Reto 2008. Perspective Change: A System for Switching Between On-Screen Views by Closing One Eye. In Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual interfaces (Napoli, Italy, May 28 - 30, 2008). AVI '08. ACM, New York, NY, 484-485.

Teaching

November 2010 Digital Skin, workshop at TU Berlin/UdK Berlin
Summer 2010Design Methods and Design Processes, seminar at HfK Bremen, together with Katharina Bredies, Alexander Müller, Gesche Joost, Ursula Zillig and Peter von Maydell
May 2009 Swarm Robots, workshop at TU Berlin/UdK Berlin
Summer 2008 Living Interfaces, seminar at FH Potsdam, together with Reto Wettach
Winter 2006 Physical Computing, seminar at FH Potsdam (Research Assistant to Reto Wettach)
Summer 2006 Physical Computing, seminar at FH Potsdam (Research Assistant to Reto Wettach)

Web Design

  • Wii for Nintendo of Europe
  • Nintendo DS for Nintendo of Europe
  • Game Boy Advance for Nintendo of Europe

Press

  • Radio and TV
    • DRadio Wissen on March 21st, 2011. A short feature living mobile phones.
    • SWR 2 on March 2nd, 2011. A short feature about the Always-On Festival.
    • ZIBB on RBB Fernsehen on June 9th, 2010. A short documentation about the Science Slam, in which I participated.
    • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg on March 8th, 2010. A short documentation about work at T-Labs.
    • ComputerClub Zwei on February 18th, 2010. An interview by Wolfgang Back about making technology more human.
    • Deutschlandfunk: Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt on February 14th, 2010. A feature on mobile phones of the future, including an interview with Gesche Joost and me.
    • AP TV on November 10th, 2008. A short feature about T-Labs and living mobile phones.
    • ComputerClub Zwei on April 28th, 2008. An interview by Wolfgang Rudolph and Wolfgang Back about living mobile phones.
    • ZIBB on RBB Fernsehen on March 17th, 2008, about phones of the future.
    • RTL Aktuell on March 5th, 2008. I was interviewed at CeBIT about living mobile phones.
  • Print
    • Weave on March 18th, 2011. The issue features a tour through our lab at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
    • Interactions on March 7th, 2011. The issue's section 'Demo Hour' features 'Shape-Changing, Weight-Shifting, and Living Mobiles'.
    • Dreisechsnull on February 11th, 2011. The issue covers Gesche Joost's TED talk and has a short interview with me.
    • Blue Wings on February 10th, 2011. A small feature in Finnair's in-flight magazine's 'Travel Tech' section.
    • Berliner Morgenpost on January 30th, 2011. The article discusses present and future developments of the mobile phone.
    • Welt am Sonntag on January 30th, 2011. The article discusses advancements in touch screen actuation.
    • Werben und Verkaufen on August 20th, 2009. Gesche Joost is being interviewed about her work. The article also mentions the living mobile phone.
    • Technology Review on June 18th, 2009. Gesche Joost is being interviewed about the Woman's Phone project. The article also mentions the living mobile phone.
    • Computerzeitung on October 6th, 2008. This issue featured an article edited by Gesche Joost and me, about recent developments within physical mobile interaction design.
    • Berliner Zeitung on June 16th, 2008, about the 'Long Night of the Sciences' in Berlin, and living mobile phones.
  • Web
    • La Repubblica on February 3rd, 2011. The article discusses kissing, grasping and whispering mobiles.
    • Engadget on November 11th, 2010, about my talk on urgency-augmented phone calls at TEDxSalzburg.
    • ZEIT Online on October 28th, 2010, an interview with Gesche Joost and me about urgency-augmented phone calls.
    • information aesthetics on February 1st, 2010, about weight- and shape-based representations of digital content.
    • Engadget on February 1st, 2010, about my short talk at TEDxBerlin.
    • MacNews on January 8th, 2010, about my short talk at the Chaos Communication Congress.
    • Spiegel Online on September 2nd, 2009, about the StreetLab project
    • IDG on April 7th, 2009, about Tactful Calling.
    • New Scientist on October 29th, 2008, about living mobile phones.
    • Adobe Site of The Day, on October 8th, 2007, was "Super Paper Mario", which I created for Nintendo of Europe.
    • Kotaku on April 4th, 2007, about a part of my Master Thesis.
    • Engadget on February 3rd, 2006, also about the Digital Hourglass.
    • Gizmodo on February 2nd, 2006, about the Digital Hourglass.

Contact


Fabian Hemmert
Manteuffelstraße 50
12103 Berlin, Germany

+49 160 904 90444
fabian@hemmert.eu
  

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