Prof. Marion Kießling

Fakultät 12
Room: X 0.030
Address: 80335 München, Lothstraße 17

T +49 89 1265-5912

Consultation hours

Wednesday, 1.00–2.00 pm (by appointment via email)

Field of teaching

Industrial design in the field of technical information, with a focus on ergonomics

Features

Module coordinators for Design Management, Ergonomics, Design Strategy, Scientific Foundations of Design, Bachelor’s dissertation

Internationalisation Officer

Erasmus Co-ordinator

HM Ethics Committee

Professional reporter HM

Fact sheet

Product design and ergonomics, design process, human–machine interaction

Career history

Studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich
Postgraduate Studies in Industrial Design and Human Factors at Ohio State University
Joined Tecoplan, Munich, in 1988; worked on concept development for, amongst others, the BMW Ergonomics Department
From 1991 to 1994, she worked as a designer at Concept+Form International in Tokyo and for TOTO in Kyushu
From 1994: freelance designer, temporary teaching contracts
From 1998 to 2000, held the Chair of Industrial Design (specialising in Automotive Design) at Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China, and worked as Art Director at BellSouth’s graphic design studios in Shanghai
Between 2000 and 2003 at Cebra, Communication and Design in Wolfsburg, responsible for Volkswagen’s ergonomics database, a colour database and colour research
2004: Founding of the "Design & Ergonomics" practice
From 2006 to 2007, held the Chair of Product Design and Ergonomics at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design
Appointed to the Department of Design at Hochschule München for the summer semester of 2007, in the field of product design with a specialisation in ergonomics
2018: One-year stay in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, to conduct colour research and teach at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Design for Transport