Leo Mühlfeld
Designer for Science, Culture & Industry
I help organizations communicate complex ideas through tangible experiences—exhibitions that visitors remember, interfaces that clarify, and narratives that make the abstract accessible.
Discovery to Delivery.
© Lucy LiListen & Explore
DiscoveryEvery project starts with questions. Understanding your organization, your audience, and what you're trying to achieve comes first.
Map & Strategize
Research & DirectionResearch becomes actionable direction. Scope gets defined, opportunities identified, everyone aligned around a shared vision.
Prototype & Test
Making to LearnLow-fidelity concepts get tested early. Assumptions validated before production begins.
Build & Refine
ProductionConcepts become reality. Fabricators, developers, and partners coordinate to ensure the final work delivers on strategy.
© MDW/Daniel WillingerLaunch & Reflect
DeliveryWork reaches its audience. Outcomes get evaluated, learnings documented, insights captured for what comes next.
I write about design as reasoning—exploring how the things we make shape our capacity to understand and act.
© Fritz Enzo KarglNo More Magic
Why the best illusions show their machinery
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© Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-T0709–429 / Franke, Klaus / CC-BY-SA 3.0Freedom to Repair but not to Speak
The East German Design Paradox: Tracing the quiet innovations of GDR design: modularity, longevity, and unexpected autonomy.
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Centaur Design
A speculative design practice exploring hybrid human-AI creativity.
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Whether exhibition, communicating research, or exploring new formats—I'd love to hear about your project.
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