I am interested in how design can make abstract ideas tangible.

Jana Maria Gautier

I'm a concept-driven designer working at the intersection of art, space and technology. Starting from a question rather than a medium, I transform ideas into experiences through research, storytelling and experimentation, inviting people to question, reflect and engage.

My work moves between interactive installations, spatial design and moving image. Based in Berlin, I studied Communication Design at HTW Berlin with an exchange semester in Digital Media Design at L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique, France.

Education

2025

Communication Design

Bachelor at HTW Berlin (University of Applied Sciences)

2024

Digital Media Design

Exchange semester at L'école de Design Nantes Atlantique, France

2017

High School (Abitur)

Mariengymnasium, Kaufbeuren

Further Education

2025

vvvv Beginner Course

NODE Institute (Christoph Ignaz Kirmaier & Rosi Grillmair), Berlin

2022

Art workshop

Heike Pillemann, Wildemann

2017

Seminar portrait & reportage photography

Lars Wunderlich, Munich

Experience

2024

Time-based Media & Scenography

Internship at SCHNELLE BUNTE BILDER, Berlin: conception of interactive installations, production, visualization, UI and UX design

since 2021

Freelance Design

Brand identity, visual communication & concept development

since 2017

Freelance Photography

Product & portrait photography

since 2015

Architecture

Social media, photography, model construction: part-time job at sitzberger + architekten gmbh, gaigl architekten partmbb, Munich

2019

Theater

Assistant director internship at Münchner Volkstheater, Munich

2017

Industrial design

Internship at ergon3Design, Munich

Exhibitions

2025

IDENTI:DATA

Interactive AI installation, GALPOPP Graduation Show, HTW Berlin

2024

Illusions of Yesterday

Interactive photo installation, L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique, France

2023

Bis dass der Tod uns scheidet

VR installation, MANIFEST:IO, Alte Münze, Berlin

2019-2025

Namibia: Menschen Tiere Landschaften

Photo reportage with Herbert Sitzberger, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich

Skills

Lightroom, Photoshop
InDesign, Illustrator, Figma
Premiere Pro, After Effects
TouchDesigner, Blender
Creative coding (Python, Processing)
AI Prototyping

Languages

Germannative
English
French