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Rivia

Exhibition Designer · Berlin
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Profile

I design exhibitions: 35 of them over 11 years, in 9 countries. I plan rooms, sightlines, wayfinding, and the exact height at which a label stops being read. My preferred tools are a 1:50 foam model and a red marker, in that order.

11Years
35Exhibitions
9Countries
2Museum Systems
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Experience
2019 – Now
Head of Exhibition Design
Studio Rotgelbblau · Berlin
  • Lead a team of 6 designers; delivered 14 exhibitions across 7 countries, largest at 2,400 m2.
  • Designed the Meridian Pavilion at the Valparona Biennale 2023: 180,000 visitors in 5 months.
  • Cut average build cost 18% by standardizing a modular wall system reused across 9 shows.
2015 – 2019
Senior Designer
Atelier Nordwand · Hamburg
  • Wayfinding system for the Museum für Industrieform: 4 floors, 320 signs, 3 languages.
  • Ran 12 exhibitions from concept to handover; average schedule overrun of 4 days across all 12.
  • Introduced full-scale tape mockups on the gallery floor; label-reading complaints dropped to near zero.
2013 – 2015
Exhibition Designer
Fabrik Neun GmbH · Leipzig
  • Built 9 trade and museum shows; drafted all plans at 1:50 and 1:20 for in-house carpentry.
  • Second wayfinding commission: Stadtmuseum Aldenburg, 2 buildings connected by one color code.
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Selected Work

Meridian Pavilion

Valparona Biennale 2023. 600 m2, 40 works, one continuous 84 m wall. 180,000 visitors.

Pavilion

Paper & Pressure

Museum für Industrieform, 2021. Print history in 6 rooms; average dwell time 52 minutes.

Exhibition

Cold Light

Touring show, 2019–2022. Packed into 3 trucks, rebuilt in 5 cities with a 4-person crew.

Touring

Two Buildings, One Line

Stadtmuseum Aldenburg wayfinding, 2015. 190 signs, 1 color code, zero arrows removed since.

Wayfinding
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Education
  • Dipl. Exhibition Design
    Hochschule für Gestaltung Weißensee-Ost
    2007–2012
  • Exchange, Spatial Design
    Skolan för Rum, Gothenburg
    2010
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Method
  • Scale models 1:50 / 1:20
  • Vectorworks, Rhino Daily
  • Signage & type systems 2 museums
  • Languages DE · EN · SV