CHRISTINA STRENGER

Born near Cologne Christina Strenger studied Communication Design at the university in Würzburg before starting her career up north at gfg-id in Bremen. After a few years working for several clients in the cultural sector, Christina joined the creative team at the prestigious German design studio, hwdesign, in Munich. As a Design Director at hwdesign Christina developed creative concepts for a large number of blue-chip clients such as Fresenius Medical Care, ThyssenKrupp, Wacker, Hugo Boss and Adidas. Focusing on editorial design, branding communication and company reports she won numerous design awards with her team, for example ADC-Awards, the TDC-award and several red dot awards. In 2018 Christina founded her own graphic design studio and has also become a lecturer of Visual Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg. Her approach focuses on the transformational aspects of creativity challenging common perceptions and traditional ideas. Projects such as Finding Future or Good News showcase her thrive to inspire visionary thinking and create unseen ideas in collaboration with her students. Encouraging curiosity in herself and others, Christina just finished the Design Thinking course of the HPI Academy and is now a fully qualified Design Thinking coach facilitating innovation workshops and lectures.