Knut Hebstreit

“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.” — John Maeda, Turning complexity into clarity..

Berlin Metropolitan Area

About

Over 20 years of professional experience with regular team mentoring, creative direction, and cross-disciplinary coordination

Experience

  • Freiberuflicher Dozent at IBB Institut für Berufliche Bildung AG
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Weiterbildung, Lernbegleitung in den Bereichen: Content Creation mit Adobe CC, E-Commerce mit Wordpress & Woocommerce

  • Honorar Dozent at WBS GRUPPE
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Weiterbildung, Lernbegleitung in den Bereichen Branding, Medien & Design für Content Creation & E-Commerce mit KI

  • Owner at HEBSTREIT designstudio
    Oct 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 9 mos

    480+ verified shop reviews (average 4.9 / 5 stars) • Thousands of B2B and B2C customers worldwide • Known for high-efficiency production using design automation & AI • Recognized as an early adopter of AI tools in design practice

  • Digital Producer at Hebstreits Maps & Sketches
    Oct 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 9 mos

    • Created over 130,000 digital assets and 80,000+ print-on-demand products • Operates multiple online shops (Etsy, Amazon, Shopify, WooCommerce) • Uses AI tools (Midjourney, OpenAI, Ideogram, Everypixel) for creative generation, metadata structuring, and automation • Full-stack design: from concept and design system to frontend implementation (HTML/CSS, Liquid, metafields)

  • Freelance Art Director at selfemployed
    2008 - Present · 18 yrs 6 mos

    Work as design professional for mobile and communication in space, applying my experience as senior art director with skills in scribbling, 3d, interface and motion with social responsibility and managerial ability.