Praqma Live
Since 2023 I stopped working on producing new tracks but instead worked on a new live set. I designed and programmed a live set that allows me to interactively play my style of deep or ambient techno. Some must-haves to perform in interesting ways were far from trivial and needed some thorough dev work. I […]
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I’m Jakob. I am a creative technologist, designer, maker and (re-)searcher, and this website shares my work and thoughts. Privacy policy: I don’t track, I don’t collect or retain data.
BinAIRy Talk
The interactive installation “Binairy Talk” uses smoke signs to transmit digital data. Air serves as the communication medium for binary code, as a carrier of data and information across a distance. The hidden processes of the digital world are transferred into the analog world whereby the apparent immateriality and infallibility of the computer language is […]
Modulator
The Modulator is the Ableton controller I always dreamed of. I designed and developed it over a 2-years project as part of my live techno set. Any parameter in Ableton can be mapped to the Modulator. It can then be overwritten with precise control (2048 steps) via a high-torque knob on the controller and smoothly […]
Clipdeck
The Clipdeck is a clip launcher that allows me to completely abandon the use of a computer screen in my live techno set. I developed it as part of a two-year project for my new live set. It runs on Stream Deck XL hardware and is purely software-based. I plan to release it as Open Source, but […]
Making (Non-)Sense Workshop & Paper
As part of my work at KISD (2021 to 2025) and within the joint research project about the interplay between AI and design (gestaltung.ai) I developed a workshop with my colleague Rahel Flechtner from HfG Schwäbisch. It was held in 2023 both at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd and here at KISD in Cologne with students […]
Pavanc EP
On October 13, 2025 I released my third EP on my virtual label Simulakrum. It includes 3 tracks: Pavanc Fadales Onatep Bandcamp Soundcloud Spotify Music Deezer
Ral EP
On March 3, 2023 I released my second EP on my virtual label Simulakrum. It includes 3 tracks: Prelude Ral Vapun Monud Bandcamp Soundcloud Spotify
Unfolding Space
The Unfolding Space Glove allows blind or visually impaired users to haptically sense the depth of their surrounding space and thus (hopefully) better navigate through it. The device was drafted and developed within the framework of a four-year design research project. In 2021, the prototype was tested in an empirical study with 14 sighted and blind […]
Work for Allroundteam GmbH
From 2017 to 2021, I worked part-time as an interaction designer at Allround GmbH in Cologne. The main client was the automotive industry, for which I developed future in-car concepts for Ford. Unfortunately, the material we worked on is protected by an NDA, so I can’t share any of it. The title image is an […]