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About

Micha Brandt

Design Lead and Design Systems Architect based near Düsseldorf, Germany. With more than 20 years of experience, Micha works across digital products, design systems, and visual concepts, bringing structure, usability, and collaboration to create work that is clear, scalable, and thoughtfully made.

He is currently working with an outstanding team in Dubai on a design system for Diriyah, the historic birthplace of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.

Areas of Focus

Micha's work centers on

Design systems & product infrastructure

Digital products & interface design

Prototyping & visual concepts

DesignOps & governance

Team leadership & mentoring

Bridging design & technology

Experience

Across brands, platforms, and teams

Over the years, Micha has contributed to websites, apps, campaigns, platforms, and design systems for brands such as Hugo Boss, Credit Suisse, Omega, BMW, DHL, and Carlsberg. His work spans both brand-led experiences and enterprise-scale environments, always guided by clarity, craft, and usability.

A central part of his work is building systems that help design and technology work more closely together. This includes foundations, components, documentation, governance, and the workflows that enable teams to create with greater consistency and less friction.

For Micha, systems are not only about scale. They are about alignment.

Approach

How it comes together

Alongside systems work, Micha brings a strong product design perspective to every project. He considers how people move through experiences, how interfaces communicate, and how design decisions can support both user needs and business goals. The aim is to create work that feels clear, useful, and well considered from the first idea to the final interaction.

His approach is shaped by systems thinking, product design, and close collaboration across disciplines. He values structure, open exchange, and practical momentum, bringing people together around shared intent and turning complexity into something clearer, more usable, and ready to evolve.

Beyond

Making beyond the screen

Outside digital work, Micha explores ideas through woodworking, visual experiments, and independent maker projects. This hands-on practice keeps his work connected to materials, craft, and the physical act of making, while continuing to shape how he thinks about form, detail, and process.

Bretterbude Case ->

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Clients & Cooperations

Creative Partnerships

Selected Clients

BMW (GER)
Carlsberg (DEN)
Credit Suisse (CH)
DHL (GER)
Diriyah (SAU)
Hugo Boss (GER)
Nintendo (GER)
Omega (CH)
Swisscom (CH)

Cooperations

Bessey (GER)
Dickies (UK)
Engelbert Strauss (GER)
Fein (GER)
HBM (NL)
Mirka (GER)
Mr Beam Lasers (GER)
Sautershop (GER)
Shaper Tools (USA)
Stepcraft Systems (GER)
Tools Today (USA)

Publications