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. I take pictures, make films, illustrate and animate in 2D or 3D and mix these techniques to create new extraordinary visual worlds that impart knowledge in an understandable, fresh and sometimes humorous way. For scientists and students I also provide creative-workshops, in which the participants can take a look behind the scenes of my kind of working. Thereby they learn how to communicate scientific issues visually – aesthetically outstanding in a way that arouses interest and reaches the target group accurately.

Infographic

Infographics explain complex aspects way better, faster and more exciting than pure text alone can do – whether in popular science or in a graphical abstract for scientific journals.

Infographic

Illustration & Photography

Illustrations and Photographies transform information into stories that arouse emotions – thereby it’s easier to memorize them.

Illustration & Photography

Film & Animation

Films and Animations impart knowledge in a very special way. Moving images, combined with music, unfold a huge impact. Therefore they are extremely easy remembered, when it is to convey information in a short period of time.

Film & Animation

Editorial Design

Editorial Design combines text and images to a strong unity to breathe life into the content of books and magazines.

Editorial Design

CV Daniela Leitner

Since 2012
Freelance Dipl. Designer Daniela Leitner | Design trifft Wissenschaft

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)

Clients

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 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

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

Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

Sympra GmbH

Technical University of Darmstadt

Technical University of Munich

University of Bayreuth

Universität Hamburg

University of Mannheim

University of Regensburg

University of Stuttgart

University of Tübingen

University of Würzburg

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 distinction
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