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Hello, I'm Michael

Principal product designer

I am a pragmatic problem solver who enjoys creating, aligning and shaping open, transparent and collaborative cross functional teams which work closely together towards a bigger vision.

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What I do

A very subjective selection of past projects... Ranging from E2E Product Design to Strategy, Design Ops, Open Source and Design Technology.


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The interview

of the future
Design Technology
How we built a product which disrupted the candidate experience and pushed hiring at L'Oreal to new spheres.
Design systems at scale
Design System
How we succeeded in building a design system that 

scaled across internal and external stakeholders.
An MVP to 

change healthcare
Product Design
How we created a product that went from idea to MVP with an ARR of $ 1Mio. within 6 months.
Whenever I see stuff from Michael I always have a feeling I'm looking at the future.
E., Senior Frontend Engineer
A rare set of UX, Design, Coding and crazy analytical skills makes him a true partner to create true innovation across any domain, any industry.
Z., Digital Transformation Leader
If half the team were Michaels, I would work for half the pay. Actually, maybe not half, but you get the idea :)
D., Creative Lead

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Who I am

Lateral leader, design technologist, strategist, visionary, multiplier, mentor, enabler, writer, speaker, OS enthusiast, highly passionate product builder.and hybrid frontend engineer. Quite a lot of buzz words to describe a human being but they do summarize me quite well....


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Public artefacts

I enjoy working transparently and love to share my learnings but also learn from others by getting their feedback and thoughts. Here're some of my contributions to the outer world.


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Your design system is actually a product — treat it like one
All the experiences I’ve made in the last 6 years in different places on creating Design Systems.
Color Blind Test
Test your website / product against color blindness!
Conference Speaker
I'm continuously talking about all things Product and Design (Systems)
Color Sandbox
A toolkit to clevery abstract, manage, document, export and preview your color palettes
User Journey Maps for Power Users
This is a carefully crafted Template with some smart Components to enable you to create your user journeys in a fast, effective and collaborative way.
Design Mentorship
Mentoring Senior Designers and Design Leadership in best practices, giving design critique and helping them evolve their skills and shape their career path.
Personas to align across teams
A template to enable you to not only create personas – but cluster them into groups so you can align them across all your teams!

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