Studio
ma ma is a strategic design studio that collaborates with companies and organizations to create sustainable long-term impact and innovation. Our design practice, which centers around thoughtful, strategic projects, is rooted in the conviction that everything is connected and impacts each other.
ma ma was founded in 2000 in Frankfurt, Germany, as a studio for digital design.
Since then we have devised systems and created products and services for the digital age.
We collaborate with many exceptional people of broad expertise and skills, placing partnership at the heart of our practice.
Awards
Team
Stefan Karp
Designer and Founder
Stefan founded ma ma Interactive System Design in 2000. As director, he develops the strategy for the studio as well as its topics of work. In his design practice, he is engaged in client projects, bringing expertise about technologies and materials, as well as problem-solving skills.
Stefan studied at the HfG Offenbach and holds a diploma in product design. He has taught digital design at several universities, such as the University of Applied Sciences Trier, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern and the University of Kassel.
Since the 90s ,Stefan has continuously worked in the domain of digital design, questioning and expanding its topics and adapting his design practice to what is needed in the twenty-first century.
Today, Stefan focuses on design for systems and design-driven strategic foresight projects.
Moritz Müller
Strategic Designer
In the studio, Moritz works across design futuring and experience design, bringing theoretical depth to the development of strategic scenarios and design solutions.
He holds degrees in Interactive Media Design (BA) and Leadership in the Creative Industries (MA) from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences/ Cork Institute of Technology, both with First-class Honours.
His bachelor project explored psychogeography as a locative mixed-reality game, while his master’s thesis investigated how embodiment and ecological philosophy inform design approaches.
Moritz has a deep interest in the topics of learning and literacy, having spent five years as Design Lead for TU Darmstadt’s OpenLearnWare platform during his studies and conducting design thinking workshops for educators through HDM at Justus Liebig University Giessen for many years.
Vicki Wu, PhD
Studio Alumna & Collaborator
During her time at ma ma, Vicki worked in design research and trend research. The results of this work formed the basis for our future-focused studies and projects.
With prior experiences as a product / graphic designer (electronics, industrial components, applications) and a journalist (Taiwan, UK, Germany), she specialized in user experiences, creative processes and cross culture design.
Vicki has a BSc. / MSc in industrial design from Tatung University, Taipei and a PhD in Art and Design from Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London. The theme of her PhD thesis – a categorized system of connecting ideas and images – was later on widely used for the innovative processes of the design and high-tech sectors.
Vicki is currently an assistant professor at Tatung University in Taipei City, Taiwan, and continues to collaborate with ma ma in various ways.
Memberships
Want to know more?
ma ma Interactive System Design
Gutzkowstrasse 7 HH
60594 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
ma ma cares