Oliver Reichenstein
CEO And Founder at iA Inc.
Dübendorf, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolOliver Reichenstein is the founder and CEO of Information Architects and creator of iA Writer and iA Presenter, with a career that blends philosophy, typography and UX design into commercially successful products and services. Since founding iA in Tokyo in 2005 he has led design work for major media and brands worldwide while steering the company to focus its studio on Japanese clients and its Zurich office on product development. His team’s apps have sold over three million copies and in recent years expanded into presentations and physical notebooks, reflecting a deliberate move from service work to product-led design. Trained in philosophy at Basel and the Sorbonne and a former lecturer at Keio University, he brings a thoughtful, research-informed approach to information architecture and screen typography. Multilingual and internationally steeped, he combines cultural fluency with practical experience shipping elegant, focused writing tools. An unexpected throughline in his work is applying philosophical clarity to interface design, turning constraints into distinguishing product focus.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
License Philosophy, License Philosophy at University of Paris I: Panthéon-SorbonneLizentiat Philosophy Modern German Literature Modern History, Lizentiat Philosophy Modern German Literature Modern History at University of BaselLecturer Philosophy of Law, Lecturer Philosophy of Law at Keio University
German, French, Italian, Japanese, German, English, French, Japanese, Italian
Github Skills (1)
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Github contributions (3)
iaolo/iA-Fonts
Nov 2017 - Sep 2022
Free variable writing fonts from iA
Contributions:34 commits, 4 PRs, 46 pushes in 4 years 10 months
variablefontfonts
iaolo/Desktop-Backgrounds
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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