“I started out working in a bank, then did an international business degree which I ultimately changed to an engineering degree. After uni I worked as a research scientist on design projects before finally landing in the design field working on crystal palace exhibitions for Swarovski.”
Growing up in East Germany in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Moritz describes his childhood as “one long experience of limitation. Very little travel and nothing in the shops that was worthwhile to mention, but also this contrast of western TV and the full consciousness that there was a very different world just an hour’s drive away. I think it helped me to develop a very vivid imagination. “
He has since put his imagination to use through the philosophy of playful experimentation in the intersections between technology, art, fashion and design in his London-based multidisciplinary collective, Studio Waldemeyer. “When I started out, I was was the only person in my immediate vicinity with a technical background who also understood the aesthetics that designers had in mind. So, from the very beginning, I enjoyed the opportunities and innovation that were possible by applying technology to the design work. The possibilities are endless and keep pulling me in.”