The things we struggle to describe are often the ones that matter most.

“hier dings” is a German phrase people use when they don’t know what something’s called, but know it needs to exist. It’s a placeholder, a gap, a moment of frustration, intuition, or unfinished thought. Something’s missing, and they can’t quite name it. Yet.

That’s where I begin.

My work starts in ambiguity – in what’s undefined, unclear, or still forming. I don’t wait for perfect briefs or finished questions. I work through observation, prototypes, structure, and system logic until that vague “something” becomes a clear and usable reality.

hierdings isn’t a studio. It’s not a brand. It’s not a freelance label. It’s a way of thinking. A design mindset that embraces the unknown to create what’s needed, not just what’s asked.

Whether it’s soldering a prototype, modeling in CAD, writing code, structuring an interface, or simply staying with the problem until it reveals something – the work spans from the physical to the conceptual, always aiming to turn uncertainty into clarity.