Hi! I'm
Hi! I'm
Hi! I'm
Ben George.
Ben George.
Ben George.
An experienced leader and versatile product designer living in Nürnberg, Germany.
An experienced leader and versatile product designer living in Nürnberg, Germany.
An experienced leader and versatile product designer living in Nürnberg, Germany.

Recent articles

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Side projects

Assortment of 3D icons for my personal project Shopicons
Assortment of 3D icons for my personal project Shopicons
Assortment of 3D icons for my personal project Shopicons

Shopicons

Shopicons

Shopicons

A pack of beautiful 3D shopping icons done in collaboration with Riya Mahajan. Icons are easy to customize directly in Figma files and C4D and Adobe Dimension files are included for those that want advanced customization.

Image of handcrafted ceramics for CeramicHaus
Image of handcrafted ceramics for CeramicHaus
Image of handcrafted ceramics for CeramicHaus

Ceramic Haus

Ceramic Haus

Ceramic Haus

A tiny store run by my wife and I. All our ceramics are handmade from sustainably sourced clay and fired twice to create everyday durability.

A tiny store run by my wife and I. All our ceramics are handmade from sustainably sourced clay and fired twice to create everyday durability.

What colleagues have said

What colleagues
have said

Ben is one of the most talented designers and design leaders I've known in my 20 year career as a designer.

Ben is one of the most talented designers and design leaders I've known in my 20 year career as a designer.

He is incredibly versatile and knowledgable and has super strong communication and story telling skills.

He is one of the rare designers that excels at everything - leadership, visual design, story-telling and interaction design.

He is one of the rare designers that excels at everything - leadership, visual design, story-telling and interaction design.

Ben has focused on high level strategy initiatives that helped drive both the team and the craft forward.

Ben has focused on high level strategy initiatives that helped drive both the team and the craft forward.

His search for excellence is felt across everything Ben sets out to accomplish, and he is a natural leader..

His approach to design, knowledge, style, and attitude allow his peers to gravitate towards him, and his work and opinions are well respected.

His approach to design, knowledge, style, and attitude allow his peers to gravitate towards him, and his work and opinions are well respected.

Ben is an example of what great design leadership looks like. Not to mention his thorough and detail-oriented design craft skills,

Ben is an example of what great design leadership looks like. Not to mention his thorough and detail-oriented design craft skills,

he always inspires everyone to challenge the status quo and raise the bar of design quality.

His close attention to the team culture has allowed the team to foster and maintain a safe and open environment.

His close attention to the team culture has allowed the team to foster and maintain a safe and open environment.

Ben is easily one of the most talented, intelligent, broadly knowledgeable,

Ben is easily one of the most talented, intelligent, broadly knowledgeable,

but most importantly kind and empathetic designers I've ever worked with.

If you're looking for a true leader, not just a manager, he's the embodiment of the term.

If you're looking for a true leader, not just a manager, he's the embodiment of the term.

Ben focused the design team and entire company around a customer centric approach for our product development.

This resulted in rave reviews from our merchants. He also significantly upgraded the design aesthetic across our products.

This resulted in rave reviews from our merchants. He also significantly upgraded the design aesthetic across our products.

Ben has a rare combination of great design skills and awesome people management skills.

During his 3 years with us as a head of design, he significantly leveled up our design capabilities, processes and instilled a culture of cross-functional collaboration, customer focus and can-do spirit.

During his 3 years with us as a head of design, he significantly leveled up our design capabilities, processes and instilled a culture of cross-functional collaboration, customer focus and can-do spirit.