Studio for Visual Science Communication

Portrait Daniela Leitner | Design trifft Wissenschaft

Hi, my name is Daniela Leitner, I’m a German communication designer with a great passion for explaining science – since the publication of my diploma thesis Als das Licht laufen lernte (When the light learned to walk). I photograph, film, illustrate and animate in 2D or 3D and combine these techniques to create new, extraordinary visual worlds that convey knowledge in an understandable, fresh and sometimes humorous way. I also offer creative workshops for scientists and students, where participants get a behind-the-scenes look at how I work. They learn how to communicate scientific issues in a visual way that is aesthetically pleasing, stimulates interest, and reaches the target audience.

Infographic

Scientific infographics explain complex relationships much better, faster and more excitingly than pure text – whether in popular science, in a “graphic abstract” for scientific journals or in scientific posters.

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Illustration & Photography

Illustrations and photographs transform scientific information into stories that arouse emotions and are therefore more easily remembered.

Illustration & Photography
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Film & Animation

Films and animations convey knowledge in a very special way. In combination with music, moving images have an enormous impact and are therefore particularly memorable in science when it comes to conveying a lot of information in as little time as possible.

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Editorial Design

Editorial design combines text and image into a strong unit to breathe life into the content of books and magazines. Multi-page documents are indispensable, especially when a great deal of information needs to be conveyed in science, for example in research proposals or publications for the general public.

Editorial Design

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Since 2012
Freelance Dipl. Designer Daniela Leitner | Design trifft Wissenschaft (Design meets Science)

 

Since 2015
Freelance Designer for Ernst Klett Verlag (Stuttgart)

 

Since 2013
Free Author for Verlagsgruppe Random House (Munich)

 

2013 – 2021
Freelance Designer for bild der wissenschaft (Leinfelden-Echterdingen)

 

2013 – 2017
Freelance Designer for the National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik) (Karlsruhe)

 

2012 – 2014
Freelance Designer for Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Heidelberg)

 

2012
Diploma with distinction

 

Since 2006
Freelance Communication Designer

 

2004 – 2012
Study at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe / Communication Design

 

1985
Born in Naila (Bavaria)

Daniela Leitner | Design meets Science | Clients

Clients

 

Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg

 

bild der wissenschaft, Konradin Mediengruppe

 

Chemie-Cluster Bayern

 

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – DFG – German Research Foundation

 

Deutsche Krebsstiftung

 

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

 

DLR – German Aerospace Center

 

DKG – German Cancer Society

 

Ernst Klett Verlag

 

Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW

 

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

 

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

 

Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP

 

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

 

Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) Luxembourg

 

German Academic Scholarship Foundation

 

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

 

German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin – DRFZ

 

Haus der Astronomie

 

Hector Fellow Academie

 

Heidelberg University

 

Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ)

 

Helmholtz Center Munich

 

Helmholtz Center Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

 

Hochschule Geisenheim University

 

Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW)

 

Kösel Verlag

 

KIT – Karlsruhe Institute for Technology

 

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)

 

Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)

 

Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth

 

Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien

 

Leipzig University

 

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

 

Medical University of Vienna

 

Nature Genetics, Nature Publishing Group

 

NexWafe GmbH

 

Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI

 

Sympra GmbH

 

Technical University of Darmstadt

 

Technical University of Munich

 

University of Augsburg

 

University of Bayreuth

 

Universität Hamburg

 

University of Mannheim

 

University of Regensburg

 

University of Stuttgart

 

University of Tübingen

 

University of Würzburg

 

Wissenschaft im Dialog

Design Awards | Daniela Leitner | Design trifft Wissenschaft

Awards

 

2014
Nominee for the Opus Primum Förderpreis of the VolkswagenStiftung
for the best scientific newcomer publication of the year:
Als das Licht laufen lernte | Eine kleine Geschichte des Universums, publisher: Bertelsmann

 

2014
Nominee for the Scientific book of the year 2014, cathegory esthetics:
Als das Licht laufen lernte | Eine kleine Geschichte des Universums, publisher: C. Bertelsmann

 

2014
The Best German Book Design:
Als das Licht laufen lernte | Eine kleine Geschichte des Universums, publisher: Bertelsmann
Shortlist of the best 108 books

 

2013
Award Special Mention of the German Design Council
in the context of the German Design Award 2014
for my diploma thesis Als das Licht laufen lernte

 

2013
Nominee at the German Design Council
for the German Design Newcomer Award 2014

 

2013
Silver Nail at ADC Junior Award
for my diploma thesis Als das Licht laufen lernte

 

2012
Red Dot Award: Communication Design
for my diploma thesis Als das Licht laufen lernte

 

2012
Diploma with honors
Als das Licht laufen lernte

 

2010
:output award
for the seminar work Licht im Raum

 

2008
Award at the ADC Junior Award
for the seminar work fashionac

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