WE
ARE
About us
From the laboratory
Hello!
We are a multidisciplinary team of experienced coaches and consultants,
full of ideas and visions, forward-thinking, and unafraid of what tomorrow brings.
bold pioneers
empathetic listeners
experienced coaches/facilitators
passionate designers
science and business
Our Mindset
We live in a world where social, economic, and environmental challenges loom large. As technology races ahead, life speeds up, and it is easy to feel swept along by the current. Our mission is to help you reclaim your sense of direction through thoughtful, effective approaches tailored to your needs.
You will not find cookie-cutter solutions or generic advice here. Instead, we spark focus, build momentum, and ignite a sense of fresh beginnings. We are unafraid to stumble, because every misstep is a chance to learn and grow together. Each challenge is one-of-a-kind, and we treat it that way, even reinventing our methods when the situation calls for it. We believe in questioning everything, creating a space where fears, hopes, and dreams can be voiced freely. This is how we nurture movement, confidence, creativity, and genuine connection.
Our team
As a multidisciplinary team, we will do everything we can to help you reach your creative potential, discover new perspectives, and create something great.
Pascal Ackerschott
[he/him]
Pascal is the co-founder and managing director of Berliner Ideenlabor. He teaches Design at EPFL, ETH Zürich HTW Berlin and FH Potsdam. As a communication designer and design thinker (HPI D-School), he tackles challenges from the perspective of a creator and doer.
Katharina Böhnke
[she/her]
Katharina is the co-founder and managing director of Berlin Ideenlabor, where she teaches 'Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship'. Drawing on her background in communications management and her extensive experience in the start-up world, she supports organisations and teams in strategic creative and innovation processes.
Hannah Robold
[she/her]
Hannah is the creative mastermind behind all of the communication tools and method templates. When it comes to graphic recording, Hannah captivates with her ability to transform complex ideas into impressive visual worlds, both analogue and digital.
Valentina Stahnke
[she/her]
Valentina supports us as a graphic designer by bringing our projects and ideas to life visually across different channels. Thanks to her background as an Integrated Designer (KISD), she always incorporates a variety of disciplines into her work. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree at Werkplaats Typografie (ArtEZ).
Herbert Upmeyer
[he/him]
Herbert is the master of numbers and responsible for the accounting at the Berliner Ideenlabor.
Our network
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While each of us brings unique strengths to the table, we’re not lone operators.Depending on your specific challenges, we draw on a broad network of experienced experts who actively support our work.
Wilhelm Rinke
[he/him]
Wilhelm empowers people to unlock their creative self-confidence. As a trained biologist, he is the only one in the Ideas Lab with real laboratory experience. In addition to completing the Advanced Track at the HPI D-School, he studied at the Ostkreuz School of Photography and regularly teaches at HTW Berlin and AMD Wiesbaden.
Leonie Bahl
[she/her]
Leonie is an eco-social designer and design thinker (HPI D-School). In her collaborative work, she works with others to challenge established ways of thinking and behaving, explore potential futures, and embrace new ideas. Exploratory methods, teamwork and sustainability are always integrated into her work.
Camilla Rackelmann
[she/her]
Camilla is an expert in communication design, design thinking (HPI D-School) and business communication. As an education enthusiast, she relishes the opportunity to delve into complex challenges alongside others, approaching them in a practical and critical manner with a positive outlook.
Pauline Alt
[she/her]
Pauline is both an eco-social designer (MA) and a product designer (BA). She is passionate about circularity, speculative design, and designing for non-humans. She enjoys initiating collaborative eco-social projects and supporting teams by creating visual recordings that bring powerful ideas to life.
Marko Kagioglidis
[they/theirs]
Marko combines the playful nature of consent awareness exercises (Consent Academy), creative design thinking methods (HPI D-School) and a bold speculative design mindset (HfK Bremen) to shape inclusive and diverse futures in which we can all feel safe and enjoy life.
Bastian Braun
[he/him]
Bastian is a designer and carpenter, and can be found in the Duden dictionary under 'interdisciplinarity'. As a freelancer in Berliner Ideenlabor, he develops and coaches co-creative formats with a wide variety of target groups. He also designs spaces and builds participatory architecture projects in public spaces.
References
We love diversity! Whether it's start-ups or large corporations, research or politics, mobility or early childhood education, we thrive on the exchange of perspectives and welcome every new challenge.
Interested?
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