Advisory board
The Berlin Design Week Advisory Board was founded in 2026 and accompanies the Design Week as a strategic body at the intersection of design, business, and sustainability. It brings together strong Berlin personalities who not only shape their respective fields, but have developed a clear position on what design can achieve – for companies, for the city, for society.
Together we advise, connect, and sharpen the vision: for a Design Week that creates real value for Berlin’s design industry. That means visibility for designers, bridges between design and business, impulses from research and practice – and the dialogue about how sustainable thinking and design excellence can grow together. For a Design Week that is like Berlin: free, diverse, and at the forefront of a city that ranks among Europe’s leaders in design and research.
The Advisory Board will grow to six members.
Birgit Baier
Birgit Baier
Founder bempowered | Transformation Consultant | Board Member
As a strategist and manager, she moves confidently between brand, transformation, and impact. With positions as Managing Director at Plan.Net Berlin, Partner Consulting at Ogilvy, Chief Client Officer at Razorfish, Adobe Partnership Lead Germany, International Director Strategic Alliances, and General Manager Frog Design Germany & Netherlands, she has worked for global clients in over 20 countries – across digital transformation, sustainability, and strategic growth.
Today, as founder of bempowered, she guides organizations through change – with the perspective of someone who has led, built, and reinvented companies herself. As founder of bbuildsupnepal and board member of several organizations, she bridges entrepreneurial thinking with social responsibility.
Julian Witte
Julian Witte
CEO unyt.berlin | Chair VDID Region North-East
As an industrial and graphic designer, he seamlessly combines deep technical product knowledge with a confident sense for visual communication. He approaches design strategically and as a problem-solver – with unyt.berlin, he develops complex machinery, devices, and high-tech systems for international clients, where form, function, and sustainable impact allow no compromise.
His work has been recognized with multiple international design awards. His work has been recognized with multiple international design awards. Alongside his work in academic teaching, he represents the interests of the German design industry as regional chair of the VDID – bridging practice, education, and design policy.
