Prof. Tanja Schmitt-Fumian

Tanja Schmitt-Fumian is a design professor at the SRH – the Distance Learning University. She was the former Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts at the Macromedia University where she teaches from 2010-2022. Between 2005 and 2010 she was a lecturer at the ZHdK (Züricher Hochschule der Künste) and responsible for research projects and industry cooperations. Tanja studied Product Design in Germany under Hartmut Esslinger (HfG, Hochschule für Gestaltung) and in the United States at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). In her 20+ career on the consulting side, she has worked for brands such as Adobe, Audi, B/S/H, Phaidon Press, Siemens, Swisscom, Vitra Design Museum, Vodaphone, Sony Music and many others. She has been called upon to share her expertise as a member of various judging panels for international awards and has won numerous awards herself. 

(January 2023)