REMOTE FUTURES – How will remote work shape our future work lives?

Name
Elena Cornelia Bauer
Education degree
Kandidat
Institute
Visual Design
Program
Graphic Communication Design
Year
2021
Awards
Det Kongelige Akademis legat

Motivated by the acceleration of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, www.remotefutures.work aims to spark reflection on future work life. Based on extensive research we developed four future scenarios in order to make possible remote working realities more tangible and imaginable. In each scenario a persona from 2030 gives an account of their work life which is accompanied by artefacts.

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Website – Overview: www.remotefutures.work
www.remotefutures.work
Website – Stills
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The future artefacts that accompany the narratives aim to facilitate and foster imagination and allow for speculation about the world they might belong to.
Future artefacts – Stills
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Details of some of the future artefacts.
Future artefacts – Close ups
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The Royal Danish Academy supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Since 2017 the Royal Danish Academy has worked with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is reflected in our research, our teaching and in our students’ projects. This project relates to the following UN goal(-s)
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Det Kongelige Akademis legat

I juryens motivering stod: "In their graduation project Remote Futures, Lunia Anais D’Ambrosio and Elena Cornelia Bauer deal with a highly topical issue, namely remote work. Their solution is an excellent example of futures design that provides an idea of what the future work situation may look like for the ever-increasing proportion of us who do not necessarily work in a physical workplace. Through thorough research and strong argumentation, they create a very useful foundation, which they convincingly unfold in an exciting visual expression.

The project is part of the Sharing Futures collaboration between Designmuseum Denmark, Bespoke CPH and the Royal Danish Academy."

CV
Competitions, Publications & Awards

Exhibition of BA thesis project at Push Conference, Munich, Germany

Education & Relevant Courses
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Master of Arts in Graphic Communication Design, Royal Danish Academy

MA thesis using Futures Design methods to speculate on future(s) of remote work, with Lunia D'Ambrosio
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Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design, Munich University of Applied Sciences

BA thesis on exploring a storytelling approach to interface design
Extracurricular Experiences & Activities

Summer job teaching kids how to surf

Hardest job of my life :-)
Professional Work Experience
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Junior UI/UX designer @ Campudus Developers, Germany

– Creation of design concepts for websites, web apps and native apps for inhouse products as well as external clients
– Design system creation, implementation and maintenance
– Creation of user flows, wireframes and prototypes in direct communication with the engineering team
– UX design and optimisation using usability findings
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Working student @ BLOKS (e-bike component startup), Germany

– Part of brand identity refresh and website redesign
– Application of brand identity (website, print media, trade fair booth etc.)
– Creation and maintenance of brand identity documentation and creation of templates for internal and external communication
– UI design for e-bike displays, documentation of UI specs
– Creation of infographics and icons
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Intern @ Dream Config, New Zealand

– Interning :-) for one semester
– Webdesign, brand identity design, visual content creation for social media
IT skills
HTML
CSS
Javascript
Language skills
Deutsch
English
Castellano