Hi, I'm Daniela
A versatile Designer with experience spanning UX UI, graphic, motion, 3D, marketing, and game design. I have a knack for connecting design with business goals (and limitations) and understanding what motivates people. I like to simplifying complex problems, I'm detail oriented and know how to get things done.
Mission
I aim to design innovative and impactful technology products that improve people's lives and make a meaningful difference in the world.
Journey to UX Design
I grew up in Germany, in a family of artists deeply connected to modernist traditions like Bauhaus and the Blue Rider movement. Art and design were a natural part of my life early on.
Reading a biography of Galileo Galilei as a child ignited my lifelong fascination with physics, astronomy, and the philosophy of science. I learned to blend art with analytical thinking, which led me to a career in design. To me, design exists at the intersection of science and art.
My career journey spans 3D design, game design, and now UX/UI design. As a 3D artist, I combined design, spatial thinking, storytelling, storyboarding, filmmaking, painting, modeling, animation, video editing, lighting, and more to create experiences in medical design, TV commercials, tech explainer videos and video games.
In 2011 I earned 6th place in the Israeli Game of the Year competition for a mobile game I had designed in my spare time, which led me to work in the game industry in Israel as game artist, interaction and UI designer.
Over the last three years, I have concentrated on UX/UI design, a field that brings together many of my interests skills.
In my most recent job as UX/UI Designer at 3DOptix, I contributed to a physics simulation platform, blending my 3D expertise and interest in science, while also applying the sharpened focus on user engagement, retention and flow that I had developed as a game designer.
Beyond Work
In my free time I enjoy designing stuff for fun, painting, reading, swimming, walking in nature, spending time with my daughter and parrots, playing chess, and baking artisan sourdough bread. My passions for travel, languages, and art continue to fuel my creative spirit.