Hey!
I'm Wolfgang,
an interdisciplinary designer working between performance footwear, material systems, and emerging technologies. I treat design as both practical problem-solving and epistemic tool: deconstructing implicit assumptions, thinking through human and non-human systems, and testing ideas through material behaviour, athlete data, multisensory perspectives, and prototyping. I am interested in innovation where aesthetics, ecology, perception, and materialization processes shape what artifacts can do, communicate, and become.
Experience
2026 — Innovation Designer · On AG
2025 — Footwear Concept Designer · Self-Employed
2025 — Footwear Designer Performance Running Intern · On AG
2020 — Sporting Goods Designer Intern · Atomic Austria GmbH
2017 — 3D Artist Intern · Zuchna Visualisation
2012–2016 — Interior Project Technician · Voglauer GmbH, Hotel Concept
2011–2012 — Carpentry Technician · Voglauer GmbH
Education
2022–2024 — MFA, Design Ecologies · Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts & Design
2020–2025 — BA, Analytic Philosophy · Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
2018–2021 — BA, Design & Product Management · Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
2016–2018 — College, Product- and System Design · HTL Hallein
2005–2010 — Carpentry Technology · HTL Hallein
Awards & Exhibitions
2025 — Core77 Design Award · Notable Honoree, Sustainability
2025 — iF Design Award · Winner, SDG-12 Responsible Consumption & Production
2025 — FIT Sport Design Award · Winner, Footwear & Sustainability
2025 — Milano Design Week · Exhibition Interdependence, Fuorisalone
2024 — Global Footwear Award · Emerging Talent, Sustainability & Running
2024 — Exhibition Hyper Human · Tekniska Museet, Stockholm (one-year)
2024 — Scholarship · Konstfack Foundation for meritorious students, Financial award
2024 — Special Award · Best Master’s Thesis of the Year, Konstfack
2023 — Scholarship · Beata Brummer & Ulla Fröberg Cramér Foundation, Financial award
2022 — Salzburg State Award · Marketing, Communication & Design, 3rd Place
2020 — Merit Scholarship · Salzburg University of Applied Science, Financial award
Design & Innovation
Multisensory Design
Performance Footwear Design
Sustainable & Ecocentric
Design Management
Athlete- and Data-Informed Design
Product Development
Physical & Digital Prototyping
Traditional & Digital Sketching
3D CAD Modeling
Qualitative & Quantitative Research
Conceptual & Material Exploration
AI-Assisted Visualization
Research & Thinking
Analytic Philosophy
Philosophical Research
Critical Thinking
Structured Argumentation
Analytical Writing
Critical Posthumanism
Ethical Evaluation
Ecoliteracy
Sustainability Research
Design Theory
Metadesign
Digital Creation (High–Mid–Basic)
AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Solidworks
Fusion 360
Rhinoceros
3ds Max
Blender
KeyShot
AI Visualization (Midjourney, Vizcom, Runway, Adobe Firefly)
Grasshopper
Gravity Sketch
Press & Media Appearances
Design
2025 — D5 MAG: Designing at the intersection of biology and performance
2025 — SVT: Konstfack Spring Exhibition, Footwear that grows into your skin
Ultra-Trail
2023 — ServusTV Bergwelten: Der Hohe Göll
2020 — Kronen Zeitung: Self-Supported Ultra Dreifaltigkeit
2020 — Bezirksblatt Tennengau: Göll, Watzmann, Hochkalter
2019 — Bezirksblatt Tennengau: Self-Supported Ultra 32 Summits
Get in touch
laimer.w@gmail.com