Tim Milwa

Interaction Designer

I design interfaces and systems that give form to ambiguous questions. To me, good design is coherent, honest and obvious in hindsight. The future is malleable and should be alive, strange and made.

Currently, I'm researching reflective human-AI interactions at HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd . Previously, I studied Interaction Design and Strategic Design , and worked as a UX Designer at Neugelb .

Open to new opportunities starting in August 2026.

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Designing AI for meaning-making is a constructive design research on how to sustain human contribution in the AI-assisted creative practice.

The Couple Company is a speculative and critical design concept on quantifying human relationships using AI and ubiquitous data.

food loop bridges the action and knowledge gap of consumers about more sustainable ways to grow food with a communication system and new label.

MakerPort is a software system to manage and book equipment, rooms and workshop offerings at the Startup Lab of Hochschule Osnabrueck.

Marcus guides visitors through the Varus Battle at Museumspark Kalkriese using context-adaptive audio play and AR artifacts.

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A small collection of ideas that shape my work

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Hi, I am Tim.

As an Interaction Designer, I create interfaces between people and technology that shape what we are able to think and do. I see design as a combination of “technology, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something that the world didn't know was missing”^[1]. Currently, I research and prototype human-AI interactions that keep reflection active through friction at HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd. Other areas of interest include:

Playful interaction: The tools I keep coming back to are the ones that invite tinkering. If an interface feels playful, people spend more time with it, discover things on their own, and intuitively fidget as a way of thinking.
Malleable software: Software that can be shaped by the user and their needs to be truly individual.
Tools for thought: Representations, notation systems and interfaces shape what we're able to think. The medium is never neutral and always co-authors the idea.
Radical innovation: Design-driven innovation happens by changing the existing understanding of a subject and not through iterating within an existing framing. This kind of innovation cannot be derived from user research alone, because users articulate preferences within a frame they already inhabit.

I am open to new opportunities in interaction, product and experience design starting in August 2026.

If any of this resonates, feel free to reach out via tim@timmilwa.com.