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Illustrations and photographs are particularly popular in visual science communication as cover or lead images.

Fraunhofer: Focus on female researchers – We create change | Editorial Design: Daniela Leitner, Design meets Science

Book Fraunhofer: Women researchers in focus

I had the pleasure of designing the layout of a very complex book for Fraunhofer. It is full of success …

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Infographic Biodiversity fact check | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design meets Science

Infographic biodiversity fact check

For the “Biodiversity fact check”, I illustrated 6 ecosystems in a very complex 3D scene in “low poly style” as …

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Infografik wissenschaftliches Bohren: Kontinentales Tiefenbohrprogramm Windischeschenbach | Deutsches Geoforschungszentrum | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic geology

In the fourth infographic on the topic “scientific drilling”, I illustrated the Continental Deep Drilling Program Windischeschenbach in 3D. The …

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Infografik wissenschaftliches Bohren: Geothermie | Deutsches Geoforschungszentrum | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic geothermal energy

The third infographic on the subject of “scientific drilling” was about geothermal energy. Measurements in the boreholes of geothermal networks …

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Infografik wissenschaftliches Bohren: Klima der Vergangenheit | Deutsches Geoforschungszentrum | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic climate of the past

In the second infographic on the topic “scientific drilling” I illustrated how we can use drill cores to gain insights …

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Infografik wissenschaftliches Bohren: Erdbeben | Deutsches Geoforschungszentrum | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic earthquakes

I designed a series of infographics on the topic of “scientific drilling”. The first graphic shows earthquakes and illustrates which …

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Cover Design Cool Chips: Upcycling Chips Bags for Passive Daytime Cooling | Advanced Materials Technologies | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Cover infographic “Cool Chips”

I created a cover illustration for the journal Advanced Materials Technologies about the upcycling of the film used in crisp …

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Infografik Avantgardistische Inhaltsstoffe | Chemie-Cluster Bayern | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic innovative ingredients

In this infographic, I have illustrated avant-garde products. Thanks to biotechnology, the cosmetics and food industries could be revolutionized. Applications …

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Infografik Abfall | Chemie-Cluster Bayern | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic new things from waste

With this large infographic I have illustrated the great potential of our waste. Much of it could be fed back …

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Infographic bioinks: On the way to printed meat and organs | Chemie-Cluster Bayern | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design meets Science

Infographic bioinks

This infographic is about so-called “bioinks” – biological ink that could be used to “print” meat, tissue or even organs using …

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Infografik Pilzmyzel | Chemie-Cluster Bayern | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic sustainable materials made from mushroom mycelium

This infographic shows how fungal mycelium could replace existing plastic materials such as polystyrene. This would be a great opportunity …

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Fotobuch Erwin Hapke Welten-Falter | Editorial Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Photo book Erwin Hapke “Welten-Falter”

I designed this very special photo book about the biologist Erwin Hapke. For 35 years, he lived as a recluse …

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Animationsfilm IÖW: Plastik reduzieren | Film Unternehmen und Kommunen | Design und Animation: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Reducing plastic – two films and guidelines for companies and municipalities

I created two animated films, one aimed at companies and the other at municipalities. The aim is to avoid plastic …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Alltag & Forschung: Graphit & Teilchenbeschleuniger | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Graphite & particle accelerators

I have illustrated two infographics about graphite. In everyday life we usually encounter it in the form of a pencil. …

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Responsive Webdesign Astro4Edu.org | IAU Office of Astronomy for Education | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Web design Astro4Edu.org

For the website astro4edu.org of the International Astronomical Union I was allowed to develop the web design as well as …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Alltag & Forschung: Gegenstromprinzip & Entenfüße | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic countercurrent principle

Ducks have cold feet, but they don’t mind. They have a special phenomenon to thank for that: the countercurrent principle.

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Responsive Webdesign Akademie der Wissenschaften Hamburg: Wasserstoff | Interaktive Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Interactive infographic hydrogen

I designed an interactive infographic on the topic of hydrogen and its role in the energy transition in the North …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Alltag & Forschung: Schlüssel-Schloss-Prinzip | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

The lock-and-key principle

The principle of lock and key is not only very practical in our everyday lives, but it is also represented …

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Cover Journal Langmuir | 3D Illustration Ecocorona | Design Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Cover design eco-corona

I illustrated the so-called eco-corona of microplastics. The result is a 3D graphic that impressed the jury of the scientific …

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Responsive Webdesign Projekt BabbA — biologisch abbaubare Beutel in der Bioabfallverwertung | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Web design Project BabbA

I designed not only the logo and all printed matter but also the website and graphics for the Project BabbA …

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Animationsfilm rvt | 3D Design & Animation: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

3d cartoon animation

Thanks to special mass transfer components it’s possible to improve your plant capacity. I have animated this video as a …

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Buchcover Scheitern in den Wissenschaften | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Design book cover Failure in the Sciences

I designed the cover for the book Failure in the Sciences. In keeping with the topic, I transformed a light …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Alltag & Forschung: Datenspeicher & Einweg-Kaffeelöffel | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Water, fat & membranes

Water and fat don’t usually go hand in hand. But biological membranes make it possible for them to become friends …

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Cover | Wissensdurst Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) Tübingen | Editorial Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Brochure IWM – Thirst for knowledge

I had the honor of designing a special edition of the magazine Thirst for Knowledge. The result is a very …

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Animationsfilm Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Design und Animation: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Animated film DFG

I animated the calendar I designed for the DFG’s 100th anniversary and brought the 12 keywords that make up the …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Alltag & Forschung: Kalk & Proteine aus Kristallen | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Lime & proteins from crystals

The fact that crystals are not only annoying in the form of limescale, but can also be useful for research, …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Alltag & Forschung: Kühlschrank, Magnetismus & Mikroroboter | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Magnetism & microrobots

The Daily Life & Research” section of the PSI magazine was all about magnetism. I designed a fridge with a …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Produkt & Helferlein: Raumfahrt & Trinkhalme | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Space travel and drinking straws

For the illustration in the PSIs Product & Little Helper section, I recreated the ISS space station in Cinema 4D …

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Fraunhofer Magazin: Mobilität der Zukunft mit Wasserstoff | Illustration Wimmelbild: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Illustration hydrogen – Fraunhofer magazine

For the Fraunhofer magazine I created an illustration of the special kind: Cover story of issue 3/2020 is the future …

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Fraunhofer Magazin weiter.vorn | Infografik Resilience-O-Mat | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic resilience

I created two infographics on the topic of resilience for the Fraunhofer magazie. The first part was about the so-called …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Produkt & Helferlein: Glace (Eis) & Bohrmaschine | Design & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Research on ice

I created two illustrations in 3D for research into the microstructure of ice – one on ice cream and one …

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Fraunhofer-Magazin weiter.vorn / Infografik CO2-Bilanz der Haustiere Pferd, Hund und Katze / Design Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographics pets, streaming & the climate

I evaluated a study on the ecological footprint of pets and staged the whole thing with 3D and colorful smoke …

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | Arzneien & Klebefilm | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Medicines & adhesive tape

I designed two illustrations about how molecules for medicines can be filtered through a kind of template.

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Interaktive Infografik Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsformung (IÖW) / Responsive Webdesign / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Interactive infographic on electricity storage in the city

In addition to the animated film that introduces the ESQUIRE project, I also created the web design of the www.stromspeicher-in-der-stadt.de …

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100 Jahre DFG / Kalender Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2020 / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

DFG Calendar

Using Cinema 4D, I staged 12 keywords that characterize the work of the DFG in a typographic-graphic way. The colors …

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Einstein-Online / Redesign / Responsive Webdesign, Infografiken & Illustrationen: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Redesign Einstein-Online

In cooperation with Dr. Markus Pössel, I was working on the redesign of the website www.einstein-online.info. To give it a uniform …

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Wissensdurst / Das Magazin des Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Tübingen / Cover / Editorial Design, Art Direction, Infografik & Grafik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Thirst for knowledge magazine

I had the task of designing and illustrating the entire look of the magazine "Wissensdurst".

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI): Datenspeicher & Einweg-Kaffeelöffel | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Data storage & disposable coffee spoons

For the PSI Magazine I illustrated multiferroic materials, which can be used to produce very energy-saving data storage devices.

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Illustrationen für das Magazin des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) | optische Linsen | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Optical lenses

For the magazine of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, I illustrated microscopically small optical lenses, such as those used in …

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Fraunhofer-Magazin weiter.vorn / Infografik Zeitstrahl Quantenmechanik / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic quantum physics

For the Fraunhofer magazine weiter.vorn, I created a glowing quantum timeline that shows the various stages in the history of …

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bild der wissenschaft, Die Intelligenz der Pflanzen / Design Cover & Infografik: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Cover & infographic: The intelligence of plants

For the March issue of bild der wissenschaft on the topic of “The intelligence of plants”, I contributed both the …

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Postkarte Chemie-Cluster Bayern / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Postcard Chemie-Cluster Bayern

I used Cinema 4D and RealFlow to generate a special kind of chemical reaction. The keywords that characterize the chemistry …

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Infografik: Salz und seine Auswirkungen auf das Immunsystem / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic: Salt and the immune system

Prof. Dr. med. Christina Zielinski, scientist at the Techninal University of Munich, asked me to design an infographic for her …

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Ernst Klett Verlag / Impulse Physik / Infografik Kraft und Impuls / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic power and impulse

The infographic shows the summary on the topic of force and momentum, in which I mixed 3D graphics and photographs.

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Bodenplakat Studienstiftung »Finde dein Ehrenamt« / Design Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Floor poster “Find your volunteer position”

I designed a huge floor poster for the German National Scholarship Foundation's stand with a chalk-on-blackboard look, giving interested people …

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Interaktive Infografik »Fair Roses« / Responsive Webdesign / Design Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Interactive infographic “Fair Roses”

I developed the screen design for an interactive infographic. This somewhat different form of website can be viewed at www.fair-roses.org …

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Ernst Klett Verlag / Impulse Physik / Infografik Schall / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic sound

I used an electric guitar and amplifier to design an infographic on the topic of sound.

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bild der wissenschaft / Magazin 3 2017 / Titelthema: Zeit für eine neue Medizin / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Cover new medicine

In March, the cover story of bild der wissenschaft was about the connection between naturopathy and conventional medicine. I was …

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bild der wissenschaft / Genschere und Malaria / Illustration, Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic series Gene Drive

I had the honour of designing the entire cover story for the November issue of bild der wissenschaft, which revolves …

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bild der wissenschaft Themenheft 2016: Die Challenge / Stromspeicher: Der Schlüssel zur Energiewende / Cover, Illustration: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic electricity storage

In addition to a series of infographics that run through the entire magazine, I also designed the cover motif for …

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bild der wissenschaft | Infografik Epigenetik | Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic epigenetics

For the magazine bild der wissenschaft I designed an infographic on the topic of epigenetics. Using light switches, lightning bolts …

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bild der wissenschaft / Organe aus dem 3D-Drucker / Feinste Organpralinen / Illustration, Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Of organs and chocolates

To present the 3D printing of organs in a visually charming way, I made organ chocolates out of modeling clay …

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Magazin bild der wissenschaft / Infografik Hirndoping / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic neuro enhancement

For a special issue of bild der wissenschaft magazine on the subject of brain doping, I illustrated the corresponding infographic …

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Magazin bild der wissenschaft, Konradin Verlag / Ausgabe 12 2014 / Erkältet? Was wirklich hilft / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Eliminate nasty viruses

Wintertime is cold season. The December 2014 issue of bild der wissenschaft therefore took a close look at popular household …

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bild der wissenschaft / Infografik Herz & Herzmuskelzellen / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Infographic heart

Armed with the tools of a sewing studio, I have illustrated the path from stem cells to the finished “heart …

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Daniela Leitner | When the light learned to walk (Als das Licht laufen lernte)

When the light learned to walk

What happens when someone who thought physics was terrible at school decides to dedicate their dissertation to the subject? This …

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Cover Nature Genetics | Genotypen, Phänotypen | Design Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Cover series Nature Genetics

I designed this four-part cover series for the New York magazine Nature Genetics, illustrating how genes affect the color of …

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Titelthema Internet und soziale Medien / bild der wissenschaft / Die Akte Internet geschlossen / Design Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

The “Internet” file

For the August 2014 issue of bild der wissenschaft, I had the pleasure of designing an entire cover section that …

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Magazin Gehirn und Geist / Spektrum der Wissenschaft / Ausgabe 7-8 2013 / Mathemonster / Wenn Zahlen Angst machen / Design: Daniela Leitner, Design trifft Wissenschaft

Graphic math monsters

An article that I was allowed to illustrate for the magazine Gehirn und Geist shows that numbers can be scary. …

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