Prof. Andreas Pollok

Appointed Professor of Digital Media Communication Design in 2018. Andreas Pollok studied MultiMediaArt at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, completed the Information Experience Design master's programme at the Royal College of Art London and conducted research at the Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design.

In 2007, he co-founded the design studio Strukt in Vienna. There he conceived and realised projects in the fields of graphic design, interface design and animation, as well as interactive installations for exhibitions, museums and public spaces. From 2014, he worked as an interaction designer at Skype and Microsoft in London and Copenhagen, and from 2016 – 2018 he was Principal Visual UX Designer at Logitech in Lausanne. Since 2005, he has held various teaching positions at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, the University of Art and Design Linz and the EPFL+ECAL Lab in Lausanne.

As a designer, his focus is on the conception of fair and useful digital applications and on how the potential of digital media can be utilised and expanded.