I use design as a critical communicative and translative tool to prototype narratives and situations to envision and tinker with possible futures built on a strong belive in the collaborative capabilities of humans.
My design approach seeks for plain and bold ways of communication.
I am living and working in Vienna, Austria.
For further questions feel free to get in touch sending an email to ahoi(at)raphaelvolkmer.com
Education
2017 – 2020
Master of Arts
Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
2015/16
Guest student
MA in Eco-Social Design
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
2012 February–July
Exchange semester, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2010 – 2014
Bachelor of Arts
Product and Communication Design
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
Professional Experience
2018 – present
Co-founder of Precious Plastic Vienna www.preciousplastic.wien
Vienna, Austria
2016 – present
→ Freelancing Visual Designer, www.raphaelvolkmer.com
2016 September/October
Project assistent → Brave New Alps
Within the project ComunFare
Rovereto, Italy
2013 March – May
Intern, → Studio K:100
Munich, Germany
2012 September – 2013 March
Intern, → Studio Jolan van der Wiel
Amsterdam, The Neatherlands
Grants and Awards
2021
Research grand by FFG (Österreichische Forschungsförderungs GmbH) for Precious Plastic Vienna
2020
Support grant by the University of Applied Arts Vienna for the project Nobody is an Island
Grand by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien for Precious Plastic Vienna
2017–2018
→ DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Grand ‘Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication and Film’
2015 July–December
→ Province of South Tyrol
Grant ‘innovacoop’ for the project Nu_Volante
2015
→ Hans Sauer Preis 2015
Finalist with the project Nu_Volante