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

2022 – present
Co-founder of FANTOPLAST Circular Design www.fantoplast.com
Vienna, Austria

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 (Social Design)
Finalist with the project Nu_Volante