About • Leo Mühlfeld

About

I design communication between organisations and their audiences. Businesses, cultural institutions and research institutes earn trust through their work, but only if it's understood. I build the interfaces in between: custom solutions to communicative and operational problems.

The Practice

My motivation

Research

How will we design the future?

The future is no given – it's designed. Experimenting and building iterative prototypes is essential to understand how decisions made today can reach their fullest potential tomorrow.

Read: Centaur Design

Teaching

How can we transfer knowledge?

Tool literacy is the foundation to make something amazing. Designing and leading workshops contributes thoughtful perspectives and practical insights for orgs.

Read: AI in science futures

Partnerships

What holds projects together?

A project rarely rests on single decisions. It grows through mutual trust between institution, fabricator, audience, and designer. Every project is shaped by shared intent.

Read: Blockchain Unchained at MAK

Design is...

Design is my form of care. It doesn't demand perfection, only attention to the stories we tell and the things we build. The work sits close to the subject matter, close to the material, and close to the institutions holding meaning for a public.

I offer the integrated practice this kind of work needs: storytelling, design and fabrication under one roof, so artefacts and thinking arrive together.

Selected Writing