Willy Dumaz

Willy Dumaz, born in 1984 in Tours, France, has lived in Germany since 1991 and in Halle (Saale) since 2006. Since the winter semester of 2025/26, he has served as acting professor for game and learning design at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy Halle alongside Raja Köbke. Dumaz studied game and learning design at the same institution and has maintained continuous teaching engagements at German and international universities since 2013.

His academic foundation includes:

• Game and Learning Design, Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy Halle

Dumaz pioneers experimental game design at the intersection of culture, education, and social relevance. His research integrates digital and analogue game forms to advance sustainability practices and cooperative learning frameworks, developing novel methodologies for collaborative design and educational experiences through serious games and interactive exhibitions. His work consistently bridges theoretical concepts with tangible societal applications.

Significant recognition for his contributions includes:

• Children in Museums Award, 3rd place (2023) for Susi and us
• Bestform Award of Saxony-Anhalt (2021) for the Bauhaus arcade machine
• German Cultural and Creative Pilots Award (2020)

As co-founder of Büro für Sinn und Unsinn (Office for Sense and Nonsense) since 2012 with Charlotte Janus and Lea Sonder, Dumaz leads a dynamic studio creating award-winning educational games and exhibitions that serve as incubators for innovative learning paradigms and design experimentation.