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Anne Wohlauf is a Researcher at the Design Research Lab, an interdisciplinary team affiliated with Berlin University of the Arts, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, and Einsteincenter Digital Future (ECDF). She joined the lab in 2008 as a research assistant and currently works as a designer on security and identity management projects, including the 'trust-me' initiative.
Wohlauf studied Interface Design at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, providing her foundation in design thinking and technical implementation. Her research trajectory shows a consistent focus on creating meaningful physical-digital connections through tangible interfaces.
Her primary research interests center around participatory design and tangible interaction, with particular emphasis on how physical properties of devices can enhance user experience. Wohlauf's work explores how shape-changing interfaces, weight shifting mechanisms, and haptic feedback systems can create more intuitive and emotionally resonant interactions with mobile technology. Her publications reveal a sustained investigation into how mobile devices can express 'body language' and respond to user proximity and touch in meaningful ways.
Analysis of Wohlauf's publication history from 2009-2017 shows a clear research trajectory in intimate mobile interfaces, with increasing sophistication in how devices can respond to user behavior through physical actuation. Her work sits at the intersection of human factors engineering, interaction design, and social computing, with applications in security, identity management, and everyday mobile interactions.
As part of the Design Research Lab, Wohlauf contributes to the lab's mission of creating socially and ecologically sustainable tools that support people's participation in digital society. The lab operates at the intersection of technologies, materials, and social practices, with principles of inclusiveness and respect for the planet guiding their work.
