Biography
Jan-Christoph Zoels leitet seit 2021 die MA-Studiengänge in Design, Digital Ideation, Service Design und Eco-Social Design.
Jan-Christoph ist Mitbegründer und Creative Director von Experientia, einem Servicedesignstudio in Turin, Basel und Singapur. Er plädiert für eine strategische Integration von behavioral modeling, Design, Prototyping und iterativen Tests, um die Nachhaltigkeit von Produkten, Umgebungen und Dienstleistungen zu verbessern. Er wird weiterhin ausgewählte Kundenengagements bei Experientia leiten.
In seiner Designarbeit konzentrierte er sich auf die folgenden Industriesegmente: Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden, Finanzdienstleistungen, Konsumgüter, Energie, Architektur und Stadtplanung, öffentliche Dienstleistungen und e-Mobility. Zu seinen Kunden zählen 3M, Amgen, Asus, BAFU, BenQ, CVS Pharmacy, Deutsche Telekom, Design Singapore, Europäische Union, Fidelity, Intel, Intesa SanPaolo, ITC ILO, Nokia, Repower, Samsung, Sitra - Finnish Innovation Fund, Sony, Stellantis, Swisscom, Takeda, UNDP, Unicredit, Vodafone, etc.
Seine Kompetenzen: Service- und Interaktionsdesign - kreative Leitung, Designstrategie, Design Thinking & Doing, nachhaltige Verhaltensänderung, Erfahrungs- und Verhaltensmodellierung, Stakeholder-Engagement, partizipatives Design, demand management, mixed use planning/placemaking, Interface Design; Experience Prototyping - schnell, iterativ, testen
Ursprünglich aus Deutschland kommend, lebte er viele Jahre in den USA, wo er an der Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) unterrichtete und als Senior Designer bei Sony und Director of Information Architecture bei Sapient tätig war. 2001 wurde er als Senior Associate Professor ans Interaction Design Institute Ivrea berufen, wo er Strategisches Interaktion und Service Design unterrichtete und die Workshops für Unternehmensinnovation namens Applied Dreams leitete.
Als Gastdozent lehrte er an der Jan Van Eyck Academy (Maastricht, Niederlande), Samsung’s Innovative Design Laboratory (Seoul, Korea), CIID (Kopenhagen, Dänemark), UGA Terry Business School (Athens, USA), Freie Universität Bozen, Politecnico di Milano und Domus Academy, Mailand.
Er war Programmdirektor der Interaction20 Konferenz in Mailand, Kurator von "Easy as a kiss. Vision, Geschichte und Wirkung des Intearction Design Institute Ivrea" und "Humanising Technology through Design" im Jahr 2021 in Turin. Jan-Christoph ist ein gefragter Redner auf Designkonferenzen, bei Firmenworkshops und an Hochschulen. Er hält vier Patente.
Awards
2018 Compasso d’Oro Honorable Mention Italy - CityOpt application
2018 19°Interactive Key Award - Mopar Alfa Romeo service engagement
2017 ADI Index award, APCI France - Label Observeur du design - CityOpt app
2016 Les Trophe s de la R&D, fimbACTE - “Troph e Smart Innovation” - CityOpt app
2014 APCI France - Etoile du design - mention, EURO-CHINA Green & Smart City Award - CityOpt app
2014 ADI Index award Italy - UniCredit ATM interface design
2013 Nordic Built Finland - Joint 2nd place
2011 National Prize for Innovation in Services Italy - Low2No Service strategy
2010 Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction - Honorable mention, Low2No district Helsinki
2010 Fredericia C Denmark - Finalist Arup, Effekt, and Experientia - 2nd stage parallel design competition
2009 Premio PAV Parco Arte Vivente Turin, 3rd place - (W)here, Marguerite Kahrl with JC Zoels
2009 Low2No Helsinki, 1st place Arup, Sauerbruch Hutton and Experientia - sustainable development
design competition for low2no carbon emissions block in Helsinki Harbor
Ausstellungen
2020-21 AEDES Gallery Berlin, “Human Scale Remeasured: Ageing Gracefully, Singapore”
2018 Compasso d’Oro Milan, “CityOpt application”
2014, 16 ADI Design Index Milan, Rome, Compasso d’Oro Milan “UniCredit ATM interface design”
2010 Triennale Design Museum Milan, “Design of the other things”
Jan-Christoph Zoels heads up the MA design programs in Design, Digital Ideation, Service Design and Eco-Social Design since March 2021.
He is a founding partner of Experientia, a service design studio in Turin, Basel and Singapore. He advocates a strategic integration of behavioral modeling, design, prototyping and iterative testing to improve the sustainability of products, environments and services. He will continue to lead select client engagements at Experientia.
In his design work he focused on the following industry segments: healthcare & wellbeing; financial services; consumer products; energy, architecture and urban planning; public services; e-mobility. Clients include 3M, Amgen, Asus, BAFU, BenQ, CVS Pharmacy, Deutsche Telekom, Design Singapore, European Union, Fidelity, Intel, Intesa SanPaolo, ITC ILO, Nokia, Repower, Samsung, Sitra - Finnish Innovation Fund, Sony, Stellantis, Swisscom, Takeda, UNDP, Unicredit, Vodafone, etc.
His competencies: service and interaction design - creative direction, design strategy, design thinking & doing, sustainable behavior change, experience and behavioral modeling, stakeholder engagement, participatory design, demand management, mixed use planning/placemaking, interface design; experience prototyping - fast, iterative, test
Originally from Germany, he lived for many years in the USA, where he taught at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and was a senior designer at Sony and director of information architecture at Sapient. In 2001 he joined Interaction Design Institute Ivrea as a senior associate professor, where he taught strategic interaction and service design and ran the business innovation workshops called Applied Dreams.
He has taught at Jan Van Eyck Academy (Maastricht, Netherlands), Samsung’s Innovative Design Laboratory (Seoul, Korea), CIID Copenhagen, UGA Terry Business School (USA), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Politecnico di Milano, and Domus Academy, Milan.
He was program director of the Interaction20 conference in Milan, curator of „Easy as a kiss. Vision, story and impact of Intearction design Institute Ivrea“ and „Humanising Technology through Design“ in 2021 in Turin. Jan-Christoph is a frequent speaker at design conferences, company workshops and colleges. He holds four patents.
Awards:
2018 Compasso d’Oro Honorable Mention Italy - CityOpt application
2018 19°Interactive Key Award - Mopar Alfa Romeo service engagement
2017 ADI Index award, APCI France - Label Observeur du design - CityOpt app
2016 Les Trophe s de la R&D, fimbACTE - “Troph e Smart Innovation” - CityOpt app
2014 APCI France - Etoile du design - mention, EURO-CHINA Green & Smart City Award - CityOpt app
2014 ADI Index award Italy - UniCredit ATM interface design
2013 Nordic Built Finland - Joint 2nd place
2011 National Prize for Innovation in Services Italy - Low2No Service strategy
2010 Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction - Honorable mention, Low2No district Helsinki
2010 Fredericia C Denmark - Finalist Arup, Effekt, and Experientia - 2nd stage parallel design competition
2009 Premio PAV Parco Arte Vivente Turin, 3rd place - (W)here, Marguerite Kahrl with JC Zoels
2009 Low2No Helsinki, 1st place Arup, Sauerbruch Hutton and Experientia - sustainable development
design competition for low2no carbon emissions block in Helsinki Harbor
Participation in exhibitions:
2020-21 AEDES Gallery Berlin, “Human Scale Remeasured: Ageing Gracefully, Singapore”
2018 Compasso d’Oro Milan, “CityOpt application”
2014, 16 ADI Design Index Milan, Rome, Compasso d’Oro Milan “UniCredit ATM interface design”
2010 Triennale Design Museum Milan, “Design of the other things”
