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[ Creative on the move ]

Designwith a pulse

I'm a multidisciplinary creative, currently travelling the world and working from wherever I land. Brand, print, social and spaces for hospitality and outdoor, for big clients.

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[ Plain and simple ]

From a sandwich bar opening to a trade show booth, I design the whole picture. The name, the look, the print, the post and the shelf it all sits on.

Selected work

[ Five chapters ]

Marmot

Graphic design and marketing, first for EMEA, then global. Merch, workbooks, advertising and everything print, booth and store concepts, press kits, and photoshoots from scouting to art direction.

MerchCampaignPrint

DELIS, Wiesbaden

A sandwich bar, deli and wine shop. The full concept, together with Janine Albrecht (photography and design) and Marco, the owner: marketing, content, copy, design and print, down to the tile colours and the fonts.

MarketingContentPrint

Einerseits Magazine

A safe space for local artists and creative visions. I started as graphic designer in 2020 and have been creative director since the 2023 rebranding: the feed, the podcast, the website and the sessions.

Creative directionRebrandingEditorial

Amahula Surf House

A surf house near the Popoyo main break in Nicaragua. A brand guide with fonts and colours, posters, Instagram post templates, a redesigned food menu and new graphics.

Brand guideMenuPrint

Free Spirit Hostel

The hidden gem in El Tránsito, Nicaragua. A surf hostel that needed merch people actually keep, signs painted by hand, and two months of social media that grew the following.

SocialMerchSignage

[ More work ]

More work,
smaller stories

A wine bar's feed, club nights, a hostel in Sri Lanka, a campervan rental and apps. Not every project needs a whole chapter, and a lot of my in-house work is confidential anyway. Open one to see more.

  • The vinothek and wine bar right beside DELIS, same collaboration. A feed that looks like the room feels: bottles photographed like objects, the regulars' tables, posters when they're hiring. Ongoing social media management.

    Weinod Instagram grid, first twelve posts
    Hand holding a bottle of Domaine du Pélican against a wall
    Weinod Instagram grid, next twelve posts
    Hiring poster: Wir suchen Weinkenner
    The room at Weinod with bottles on the tables
    Bottle of Blanc on a concrete ledge
    Someone carrying a bottle of Overnoy under their arm
  • Besser Samstag is club nights and a label. For one of its releases, Sless Praismo's Happy Hour (BS01), I helped design the sleeve: every track is a cocktail, the tracklist is the recipe, and the glasses stand on a mirror in pastel light. Around it: posters for the events, from Kreativfabrik to Walhalla im Exil.

    Front of the sleeve: Sless Praismo, Happy Hour, four cocktails mirrored on a green to pink gradient
    Back of the sleeve: A side and B side listed as cocktail ingredients
    Besser Samstag and Friends Vol. 2 poster on a wall
    Poster: Housebesetzung, Walhalla im Exil, 22 April 2023
    Square sticker: Housebesetzung with a Spotify code
    Poster: Gemeinsam Allein tour with Joeii, Kuba, Theo and Thomas Hase
    Tour dates poster: Giessen, Hildesheim, Wiesbaden, Dahlheim
    Stream overlay: Gleich gehts los, with a record and the Besser Samstag label
  • Everyone who has ever planned a group trip knows: it's stressful and a lot of work. As my bachelor's project I designed the UI for an app that makes it all easy. Splitting the bill, group chats, sharing locations, images, links and in-app votes. What restaurant are we going to? Let's vote! Who paid what? It's in the app.

    Weleave logo on white
    Weleave app screens: trip overview, map and voting
    Weleave app screens on three phones
    Weleave screens on phones lying on a dark surface
    Weleave splash screen, calendar and trip screens
  • As an internship, I helped redesign and restructure the Socialbnb website for a better user experience. I also created graphics, templates, merchandise and presentations, and built a B2B website.

    Socialbnb website on a laptop: We connect people to create a better world
    Socialbnb UI screens laid out in a grid
    Socialbnb toiletry pouch
    Socialbnb notebook and pens
    Socialbnb matchboxes
    Socialbnb 2023 wall calendar
  • A university project: an app for booking a spot to pitch a tent in someone's garden or park a van at a vineyard. User journey first, then the screens.

    Campventure app screens on three phones
    Campventure screens on phones on a pink background
  • A hostel-hotel with a gym, a rooftop and a café in Mirissa, Sri Lanka. Social media post design, flyers, posters and the café menu. Every part of the day got its own piece, all in the same coral.

    Mira promo poster with a QR code
    Mira café menu
    Poster: 7AM Mat Pilates Club
    Poster: Ice Bath Party
    Co-working poster
    Activities sheet
    Mira YouTube channel art
  • My internship at a campervan rental. I did the social media management and content creation, and designed flyers, posts, stickers, totes, shirts and a whole magazine about the vans and where they can take you.

    Shaka Camper sticker set: Boom Shaka Laka, licence plate, shaka hand, hang loose and be happy
    Tote bag: hang loose and be happy, with a van under an orange sun
    Tote bag: Bereit für dein nächstes Abenteuer, with a round van badge
    Two white shirts, front and back print with the van under a sunset
    Tote bag covered in Shaka Camper stickers
    Printed Shaka Camper magazine held up by a window
    Magazine spread: Surfer Vibes with a white van on the beach
    Magazine spread: aerial coast photo and a short welcome text
    Magazine page: The Big Guys, Ford, VW, Mercedes
    Postcards: Let's hit the road with Shaka
    Two white shirts with a round lettering print
    Shaka Camper card deck
    Van livery: palm trees and the Shaka Camper logo in gold on a white van

Something you want to see in more detail? Say hi, I'm happy to walk you through it.

[ What I do ]

One head, many surfaces

Brand

Look and feel, naming and tone of voice for places and products that have to feel like somebody made them.

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Print

Catalogs, advertisements, workbooks, merchandise and everything that gets held in a hand.

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Social + copy

Strategy, content and copy that sounds like the brand and not like a feed.

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Spaces

Fair booths, window displays, stages and in-store details, from layout to the last sign.

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Direction

Photo shoots, fashion shows and design teams, led from first idea to final cut.

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[ About ]

Based on a true story

I am Mai, a multidisciplinary creative with a strong base in hospitality, marketing and design. Design is another form of self expression for me, and it works best when it is made close to the people it is for.

I spent years inside a global outdoor brand, learning how creativity works within bigger structures. Today I travel the world and work remotely from wherever I am, taking on freelance projects for large clients and small businesses. I still work like a small team: caring about every detail, from the color of paint to the name of the sandwiches. The road keeps feeding the work.

BasedEverywhere and nowhere. From Germany out into the world, the office is wherever I land.
NowFreelancing remotely for clients while slow traveling. Creative director at Einerseits Magazine since the 2023 rebranding.
BeforeMarmot. Graphic design and marketing for EMEA from 2023, then the global role until early 2026.
StudiedRheinMain University of Applied Sciences.
LanguagesEnglish, German, Vietnamese.
[ Off duty ]
  • Bouldering
  • Surfing
  • Yoga
  • Traveling
  • Gaming
  • Food
  • Nightlife
  • Self development
  • Mindfulness
  • Meditation
  • Journaling
  • Side quests