Short CV

2002–2005University of Bielefeld, Media Design (B.Sc.) HTML
2005–2007FH Potsdam, Interface Design (M.A.) HTML
since 2007Design Research at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories,
PhD student at TU Berlin HTML

Interests

  • The philosophy, theory and practice of embodied experience,
  • Research through and about design,
  • ***** ****** and **********.
I am a member of the DGTF, the ACM and the CCC.

Teaching

Summer and
Winter 2006		Physical Computing (Research Assistant to Reto Wettach, FH Potsdam)
Summer 2008Living Interfaces (Associate Lecturer, with Reto Wettach, FH Potsdam)
May 2009Arduino Workshop Week (at UdK/TU Berlin Schwarmlabor)

Publications

    • Tangible User Interfaces
      • Hemmert, Fabian, Wohlauf, Anne, Löwe, Matthias, 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, April 04 - 09, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY. PDF MP4
      • 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. ACM PDF
      • Hemmert, Fabian, Knörig, André, Joost, Gesche, and Wettach, Reto 2009. Stick, Click'n Call. 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. ACM PDF
    • Living Interfaces
      • 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. ACM PDF
      • 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. ACM PDF
      • 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. ACM PDF
    • Life-like Movements in Mobile Phones
      • 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). PDF
      • 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. IGI
      • 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). PDF
      • 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). PDF
      • 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. PDF MP4
    • Shape-Feedback in Mobile Phones
      • 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. ACM PDF MP4
    • Closing the Eyes in Visual Media
      • 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. ACM PDF
      • 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. ACM PDF
      • Hemmert, Fabian 2007. Those Who Want to See Must Close their Eyes. Master Thesis. HTML

Web Design

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

Press

  • Radio and TV
    • 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.
    • 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
    • Computerzeitung on October 6th, 2008. This issue featured an article edited by Gesche Joost and me, about recent developments within physical mobile interaction design. PDF
    • Berliner Zeitung on June 16th, 2008, about the 'Long Night of Sciences' in Berlin, and living mobile phones. PDF
  • Web
    • IDG on April 7th, 2009, about Tactful Calling. HTML
    • New Scientist on October 29th, 2008, about living mobile phones. HTML
    • Adobe Site of The Day on October 8th, 2007, was "Super Paper Mario", which I created for Nintendo of Europe. HTML
    • Kotaku on April 4th, 2007, about a part of my Master Thesis. HTML
    • Engadget on February 3rd, 2006, also about the Digital Hourglass. HTML
    • Gizmodo on February 2nd, 2006, about the Digital Hourglass. HTML

Contact


Fabian Hemmert
Manteuffelstraße 50
12103 Berlin
Germany

+49 160 904 90444
mail@fabianhemmert.de

I also have a photo blog.