The Globetrotting Designer That Takes on Challenges of All Scales
Size doesn’t intimidate this ambitious designer.
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From her studio in Neukölln, Berlin, Joa Herrenknecht is at ease with the nomadic qualities of her life. Born in Saskatoon, Canada, she was raised by a Colombian mother and a German father, grew up near the Black Forest in southwest Germany, and went on to study in Sydney, Australia. With constant movement comes perspective: "What you surround yourself with can change the way you feel," she says.
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Michael Dumiak
Michael covers design, science, tech and business, usually at night, from a bare-bones base in the whirlwind city of Berlin.
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