Benjamin Wiederkehr
Managing Director at Datavisualization.ch
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Wiederkehr is an interaction designer and managing director with 18 years of experience translating complex data into compelling, human-centered visualizations and interfaces. As a founding partner of Interactive Things, he leads a studio that blends design and engineering to create exploratory tools and emotional interactions for clients at the intersection of science, technology, and journalism. He also edits Datavisualization.ch, curating and shaping discourse in the data visualization community while teaching and speaking internationally at events like SXSW and Ars Electronica. His academic background in interaction design (BA and MA) informs a research interest in persuasive technology and emerging human–machine interaction patterns, and his work has earned awards and global exhibitions. An uncommon strength is his sustained practice of both running a product studio and stewarding the field’s knowledge ecosystem, bridging practice, critique, and pedagogy.
17 years of coding experience
Master of Arts (MA), Interaction Design, Master of Arts (MA), Interaction Design at Zürcher Hochschule der KünsteDesign and Applied Arts, Design and Applied Arts at Schule für Gestaltung Bern
German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (191)
ui-components10
typescript-definitions10
functor10
fp-ts10
markdown10
javascript10
catalog10
charts10
purescript10
maps10
algebraic-data-types10
blogger10
remark10
typescript10
dts10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
interactivethings/postcss-includes
Apr 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 4 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 4 months
grossbart/image_resize
Nov 2008 - Sep 2010
Contributions:17 commits in 1 year 10 months
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