Frank Rausch
I’m a user interface designer, app developer, and typographer. I have created and contributed to award-winning, commercially successful, beloved, and distinctive apps for iOS, macOS, and for the web.
I work as a design consultant and usability expert for international clients. I regularly speak at technology and design conferences. (You can find some video recordings below.) I have more than a decade of lecturing and mentoring experience in higher education—and this teaching applied skills to smart people has helped me build up my superpower : I offer constructive, actionable advice and design elegant UI solutions for humane digital products.
-
Freelance Consultant
UI, Usability, Apps, Typography
since 2008 -
Raureif
Founder & Partner
Consultancy & Indie App Publisher2009 – 2022 -
img.ly
Design Team Mentor & Solutions Engineersince 2022
-
Telling
Usability Consultantsince 2022
-
Netzwerk Leseforschung
Member
Reading Research Networksince 2019
-
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Lecturer & Examiner
Typography and User Interface Designsince 2010 -
GBS St. Gallen
Lecturer
Digital Typography and App Designsince 2016 -
FH Joanneum Graz
Lecturer
App Designsince 2016 -
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Visiting Faculty and Student Mentor
App Design2010 – 2019 -
Hochschule Mainz
Workshop
Text as a User InterfaceNovember 2020 -
Schule für Gestaltung Zürich
Mentoring Diploma Students
May 2020 -
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Guest Lecture
June 2020 -
Universität der Künste Berlin
Guest Lecture
January 2020
-
Type und UI Design fürs IoT
PAGE 07 . 2023
-
Wie findet man die richtige Schrift?
Börsenblatt Sonderheft 2021
-
Das ABC der Typografie
Gastbeitrag Digitale Typografie
Rheinwerk Verlag, 2020
-
Viel Hype um die Dark-Mode-Funktion
Deutschlandfunk Nova, October 2019
-
Uses This
September 2019
-
Typo und UI Design
PAGE 10 . 2019
-
Typo fürs Internet of Things
PAGE 05 . 2019
-
Design Friends: Frank Rausch
Design Friends Luxembourg, 2019
-
50 Friends
Design Friends Luxembourg, 2019
-
Schrift bringt’s
PAGE 08 . 2018
-
Details Make the Experience
Johannes Ippen, September 2017
-
Future of Reading: Frank Rausch
Shutterstock Blog, October 2017
-
Web Typo
PAGE 03 . 2017
-
Experten fürs Kleine
PAGE 08 . 2016
-
Culture, Knowledge and Typography
Type Thursday, May 2016
-
TypeTech MeetUp
Typesetting with UnknownsVideo
20 Nov 2020 · Remote -
DXT · Zwiegestalten
App-Design im Spannungsfeld von Plattformen, Trends und persönlicher HaltungVideo
29 Sep 2020 · Remote -
tga · lesbar
Text interaktivVideo
30 Nov 2019 · Vienna, Austria -
DWeb.Design Typonight
Interactive Text
15 May 2019 · Berlin, Germany -
Leipziger Typotage
Schrift interaktiv
11 May 2019 · Leipzig, Germany -
Design Friends Luxembourg
Typography is Code
8 May 2019 · Luxembourg -
Design Festival Bern
Text interaktiv
4 May 2019 · Bern, Switzerland -
Product Crunch
Typography is Code (The Short Cut)Video
18 Oct 2018 · Berlin, Germany -
Element UX Talks
Typography is Code
29 Sep 2018 · Poznań, Poland -
TYPO Berlin
Die neue TypografieVideo
17 May 2018 · Berlin, Germany -
Read On
Die neue Typografie
27 Apr 2018 · Mainz, Germany -
CIID Open Lecture
Typography is Code
11 Apr 2018 · Copenhagen, Denmark -
GUI & DESIGN
Typography is Code
12 Dec 2017 · Berlin, Germany -
FURE – The Future of Reading
Digitale Typografie ohne Ausreden
24 Nov 2017 · Münster, Germany -
Reasons To
Typography is Code
5 Sep 2017 · Brighton, UK -
TOA Berlin
Detail in App Design
12 Jul 2017 · Berlin, Germany -
Visualizing Knowledge
Treat Your Text Right
29 May 2017 · Helsinki, Finland -
UIKonf Berlin
Good Typography, Better AppsVideo
15 May 2017 · Berlin, Germany -
Tag der Schrift
Digitale Typografie ohne Ausreden
8 Apr 2017 · Zürich, Switzerland -
TYPO Day Hamburg
Responsive Typography
17 Feb 2017 · Hamburg, Germany -
Dynamic Font Day
Typography is CodeVideo
26 Nov 2016 · Munich, Germany -
beyond tellerrand
Typography is CodeVideo
9 Nov 2016 · Berlin, Germany -
THE ARTS+
Typography in the Digital Age
21 Oct 2016 · Frankfurt, Germany -
TYPO Day Köln
Responsive Typography
30 Sep 2016 · Cologne, Germany -
TOA Berlin
Fonts and Typography for Apps
14 Jul 2016 · Berlin, Germany -
TYPO Day Basel
Responsive Typography
10 Jun 2016 · Basel, Switzerland -
TYPO Day Hamburg
Responsive Typography
19 Feb 2016 · Hamburg, Germany -
TYPO Day Frankfurt
Responsive Typography
13 Nov 2015 · Frankfurt, Germany -
TYPO Day Berlin
Responsive Typography
13 Mar 2015 · Berlin, Germany -
Webfontday
Software ist das MaterialVideo
8 Nov 2014 · Munich, Germany
Tech Stack
This site runs on Kirby with a hand-crafted template. I’ve written a tiny bit of vanilla JavaScript for the UI with no third-party libraries. Yes, the site works without JavaScript. I use the privacy-concious open-source metrics tool Plausible Analytics.
Fonts
The serif font is Nice by Jan Fromm, a variable font published by Fontwerk.
The monospaced font is MD IO by Mass-Driver.