Nicole Lachenmeier
Co-founder of Superdot and head of design. She is creative lead and specializes in design strategy, data experience design, design systems and typography. She holds an MA in visual communication and iconic research.
We are driven by the conviction to surprise people with innovative, profound solutions and to enable them to make their own decisions.
Stop by for a cup of coffee and get to know us.
Darjan Hil
Co-founder and CEO of Superdot. Expert in analytics, data visualization, storytelling, consulting and project management. He holds an MSc in business informatics and an MA in visual communication and iconic research.
Sarah Heitz
Designer and illustrator at Superdot. Specializing in data visualization, web illustration, animation, video editing, 3D modeling and social media. She has a BA in visual communication.
Aaron Ritschard
Designer and front-end developer at Superdot. Specializes in data analysis, concept development, interaction design and web development. He holds a BA in fine arts and an MA in visual communication and iconic research.
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Awards
2025 Indigo Award, gold
2024 Artist in Residence, Pro Helvetia, Venice
2024 Data Meets Art
2024 Swiss Viz Award
2023 ADC Wettbewerb, bronze
2023 Swiss Design Awards, finalist
2023 Stiftung Buchkunst, shortlist
2023 European Design Award, finalist
2023 Indigo Design Award, gold
2022 Joseph Binder Award, gold
2022 dpa-infografik award, silver
2022 ICMA Award, bronze
2020 Concept Grant Pro Helvetia
2018 CSS Design Award Best UI and Best Innovation
2016 Information is Beautiful Award, bronze
2015 dpa-infografik award, bronze
2013 Out of Balance Kritik der Gegenwart Award, 1st prize
2012 Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher
2006 Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher
Teaching + Workshops
Since 2024 University of Basel, Cognitive and Decision Sciences
Since 2021 HSLU MA Design
Since 2020 HSLU Data Design + Art
Since 2019 HKB CAS Data Visualization
Since 2018 HSLU Digital Ideation – Studio Information Aesthetics
2024 Workshop 2CO Communicating Complexity
2024 BA MultiMediaArt Salzburg
2023 Information Design Conference
2023 Jury IIID Information Design Award
2023 ETH Zürich Workshop mit MID
2022 ZHDK Interaction Design Workshop mit MID
2021 Jury SDG Hackathon
2018/2020/2024 Jury HKB CAS Data Visualization
2017–2020 FHGR Multimedia Production – Modul Visualisieren
2017–2020 FHNW HGK Mentoring Swiss Cultural Challenge
2017 Summer Workshop Visualisieren AID Berlin
2016 FHNW HGK HyperWerk – The visual beauty of information
Exhibitions
2024 UN World Data Forum, Medellín
2023 Vienna Design Week
2023 Zürich Design Weeks
2020 Design Switzerland, Vienna Design Week
2016 Planetary Urbanism, Quinto
2016 Grafik 16, Zürich
Lectures + Talks
2024 2CO Communicating Complexity
2023 Datavisualization Zürich
2023 Information Design Conference
2023 Design School at London College of Communication
2023 Clinical Reporting
2022 DataCross Lecture
2022 Keynote 2CO Communicating Complexity
2022 ISVIS
2022 ETH Zürich, Design Studio Christ+Gantenbein
2021 Data Science for good – Aesthetic Data Visualization
2021 Ux Camp Switzerland – Data Experience Design
2019 FHNW Hochschule für Wirtschaft
2018 FYI – For your Information Conference, Vienna
2018 HKB CAS Data Visualization
2018 United Nations Designers Talk
2018 EDCH Munich
2017 FHNW HGK Visual Communication Institute
2016 TWIAD – World Information Architecture Day Zürich
2014 ScienceComm14
2014 FHNW Campus Talk
Podcasts
2024 OutLoud – Focus Media – Nicole
2024 Policy Viz #263 – Nicole + Darjan
2023 The deep dive #157 – Darjan
2023 The Human Centered Design – Darjan
2023 The Human Centered Design – Nicole
2023 Nodes of design #90 – Darjan + Nicole
We have worked with these companies and organisations (selection)
Corporate
Bank Pictet
Burckhardt+Partner
Flow Swiss
Helvetia Versicherungen
Hintermann & Weber
Ispin
Lonza
NZZ – Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Novartis
Opacc
Schweizer Post
Raiffeisen
Roche
Tele Haase
UBS
VBZ – Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Vitra
ZEITmagazin
City + Government
Abteilung Kulturförderung Basel Landschaft
Bildungslandschaft St. Johann/Volta
Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft
Gemeinde Oberwil
Gesundheitsdepartement Basel-Stadt
IBA Basel
Kanton Zug
Präsidialdepartement Basel-Stadt
Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt
SECO – Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft
Staatskanzlei Basel-Stadt
Startup Academy
Statistisches Amt Basel-Stadt
Statistisches Amt Zürich
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Organizations + Institutions
Age Stiftung
AID Berlin
Antikenmuseum Basel
Arch+ Stiftung Bauhaus
Basel Area
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
Christoph Merian Stiftung
FHNW Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst
FHNW Hochschule für soziale Arbeit
FHNW Hochschule für Wirtschaft
Fondation Botnar
FHGR Multimedia Production
HKB Hochschule der Künste
Hochschule Luzern Design + Kunst
Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover
Kunstmuseum Basel
Leopold Bachmann Stiftung
Museum für Kommunikation Bern
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Roger Federer Foundation
Schweizer Nationalfonds
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Unicef Switzerland
United Nations
Universität Basel
Universitätsbibliothek Basel
Velux Foundation
ZHDK – Zurich University of the Arts