# Product designer building with AI and for it

I design digital products, mostly for startups with complex workflows. I bring structure to them, decide what matters and refine the interface until it holds up in real use.  
  
I started working with AI early, when the first image and language models became publicly available, and I’ve stayed with it ever since: testing tools, building prototypes and asking where AI really helps people and where it only adds noise. I share what I learn, for example in workshops like the one at UdK Berlin. Today I design interfaces for AI products and use AI in my own process wherever it makes the work better.  
  
My background is in agencies: first as a developer, then as junior art director digital and UX designer at MILK in Cologne. That’s where I learned the whole process, from concept and strategy to the shipped product.  
  
Since 2025 I’ve been working freelance, from Bonn for teams in Cologne and Hamburg, and I hold a Master’s in UX Design. Coming from development, I speak the language of the people who build products.

## Experience

- Product Designer, Self-employed, Remote (May 2025 – Present)
- Master UX Design, [RH Köln](https://rh-koeln.de/), Cologne, Germany (Sep 2024 – Aug 2026)
- UX Designer, [MILK](https://milkdesign.de/), Cologne, Germany (Feb 2024 – Dec 2024)
- Junior Art Director Digital, [MILK](https://milkdesign.de/), Cologne, Germany (Jul 2022 – Feb 2024)
- Trainee Web Developer & UI Designer, [Büro für Brauchbarkeit](https://www.brauchbarkeit.de/), Cologne, Germany (Jan 2022 – May 2022)
- Intern Augmented Reality Design & Development, [Format Design](https://format-design.com/), Hamburg, Germany (Sep 2019 – Feb 2020)
- Bachelor Design, [TH Nürnberg](https://d.th-nuernberg.de/), Nürnberg, Germany (Oct 2017 – Aug 2021)

## Contact

- E-mail: hello@samuelvontucher.com
- Location: Bonn, Germany, Earth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samuelvontucher/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelvontucher/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/samuelvontucher
- Are.na: https://www.are.na/samuel-von-tucher