
Digital Design
We are shaping the digital future with digital design
At MaibornWolff, we follow the principle of "less is more", because efficiency often lies in reduction. Our expertise and methods play a key role in ensuring that your digital projects are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also functional and user-friendly. Below you will discover how MaibornWolff uses innovative approaches and proven techniques to create the greatest possible added value for your digital projects. Be inspired and find out how targeted simplicity creates unique and effective solutions.
The digital transformation is in full swing. Just let it run free? No. Technologies continue to develop and new technological possibilities are constantly emerging. As digital designers, we see ourselves as those who know the digital material and give digitalization a direction.
We put people at the center of everything we do. Their needs, their everyday lives. We get their ideas out of their heads and turn them into digital solutions. We model from vision to ready-to-code. In close collaboration with the software developers.
We understand our profession - digital design. Design expertise, technological know-how paired with a holistic view allow us to design digital solutions for today and tomorrow.

How we see ourselves: 30 percent digital design belongs in every project
We shape tomorrow. We provide stability. And for a foundation that supports - even the day after tomorrow. We believe in our customers' dreams and ideas. We take them up and give them shape together. We develop them into meaningful products. We question, reject and enrich. We create an environment in which it is fun to design. The digital tomorrow is approaching. We can't escape it, so we shape it. Together. We for you. We for us.
As digital designers, we are passionate about technologies that create benefits and make life easier. It drives us to turn the many ideas into a solution concept that can be implemented in software.
The Big Picture of Digital Design
Shaping - Exploring - Implementing: Digital Design at a glance
As digital designers, we shape our clients' projects with three horizons in mind: Shaping - Exploring - Implementing.
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Shaping:
Forward-looking digitalization projects - as different as they may be - require a well thought-out framework as a starting point. It needs a vision, a concept, a visual design and much more to create a sustainable foundation for the actual construction of the digital product. We digital designers create this framework on the shaping horizon. -
Exploring:
As digital designers, we work alongside our clients to mediate between idea and implementation. We scrutinize the idea, open up the problem and solution space, evaluate the project context and technical feasibility. We ensure that the technical concept of an IT product is rounded off and that a meaningful overall picture is created from the vision and resulting user stories. And in good time! Despite all the agility, inefficient loops can be avoided with the right tools and by sounding out the direction at an early stage. -
Implementing:
On the implementation horizon, we model the technicality "ready to code". With our knowledge of the digital material and the necessary tools, we ensure that the right functions of a product are developed in good quality and using the appropriate technology. To do this, we think through and translate solutions into use cases, process models, mockups, epics, user stories and data models. Digital designers ensure that epics and user stories remain within the corridor of the product vision in the agile and fast-moving day-to-day project work or that the latter is sometimes modified.
Get to know us: A good start for digital design
Every project starts with a first step. We have various lightweight formats where we come together and explore the dimensions of your project.
Shaping Workshop
Do you want to get started with your digital project? Have you thought of everything? Pitch your project to us and we will hone it using our 7 dimensions: vision, scope, business value, stakeholders, users, tech stack and cultural mindset.
360-degree workshop
Are you already underway with your digital project and would like a professional assessment of where you stand? Where are things going well? Where are you struggling? We set the bar with tried-and-tested dimensions.
Exploration
Do you have a pain that can be solved digitally? Or do you have a specific idea for a digital product and don't yet know whether it can work? Let's explore the challenge together. In four weeks. Efficiently and with the tools of digital design.

How we shape digital material for the benefit of people will make all the difference.
Our references & projects
A reference is worth more than 1,000 words. Fortunately, we have dozens of them. Click through a selection of our most exciting projects and see for yourself!
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MAN: Efficient threat analysis for control unitsLearn more
Digitalization increases cyber risks - especially for MAN's new CM4 control unit. Our experts use the 4×6 methodology and ThreatSea to identify threats at an early stage and develop targeted protective measures. Find out how MAN uses intelligent risk analysis to strengthen the security of its vehicles.
MAN: Efficient threat analysis for control unitsLearn more7 monthsProject duration
Over 20 workshopsThreat analyses
Over 500Potential risks evaluated
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Siemens: AI demand prediction platform for industrial production planningRead more
Siemens is looking to the future with the AI Demand Prediction Platform. Thanks to machine learning and AutoML, precise demand forecasts can be created for over 100 products and production can be better planned. Launched as a proof of concept, the platform quickly developed into a system that can be used productively. The self-service web application will soon be used in other plants.
Siemens: AI demand prediction platform for industrial production planningRead moreProject durationSince February 2022
Proof of conceptin a few weeks
Time series predictionfor 100 different products
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TÜV NORD GPT: Development of AI assistanceRead more
Find relevant information faster by chatting with documents? It's possible! The TÜV NORD GROUP uses GPT technology in the secure Microsoft Azure Cloud. With the aim of optimizing knowledge management and efficiency. The system enables new usage options within the testing group and is operated securely. Find out more about the innovative AI assistance system now.
TÜV NORD GPT: Development of AI assistanceRead moreProject durationsince September 2023
33.000GPT applications in the first month
ChatGPT Model 4in the European Microsoft Azure Cloud
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Schöck components: Improvement of the requirements processRead more
Together with MaibornWolff, the construction industry specialist optimized the requirements management of its Scalix design software. Thanks to the digital design approach, the technical requirements were re-specified and the software was further developed in a user-centered manner. The aim is to continuously increase user satisfaction and integrate internal and external interests. Read more about the methodology and results now!
Schöck components: Improvement of the requirements processRead moreProject durationsince 2022
Team size2-3 Digital Designer:inside
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VW: Digitization of key production figures with the iProcess appRead more
Less paper, more efficiency: Volkswagen replaces analog processes with the iProcess app. Cloud-native technologies and digital design enable intuitive recording and analysis of key production figures. This increases transparency and overall equipment effectiveness and paves the way for predictive maintenance at the automotive group.
VW: Digitization of key production figures with the iProcess appRead moreProject durationSince January 2021
Team size5 to 10 persons
Fast app developmentthanks to Digital Design
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DER Touristik: Become a digital travel companion in 7 monthsRead more
Travel information, bookings, support - all in one app. With Flutter, MaibornWolff developed a cross-platform solution for DER Touristik. In just seven months, a stable app was created for iOS and Android that supports multiple brands, languages and countries. This is how customer proximity travels.
DER Touristik: Become a digital travel companion in 7 monthsRead more7 monthsFrom Kickoff to Go Live
iOS and AndroidDigital travel companion
Whitelabelling solutionUncomplicated integration of additional brands, languages and countries
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Mixed reality: driving a real car in a virtual worldRead more
Virtual racing in a real car? MaibornWolff made it possible for the BMW M. Within three months, we used Unreal Engine 4 to develop a prototype that processes vehicle signals with high performance and creates an immersive driving experience without motion sickness. The cockpit remains real, the surroundings become the racetrack.
Mixed reality: driving a real car in a virtual worldRead more<3 monthsFrom the vision to the prototype
3D applicationsin real time
TeamUnreal development, XR technology, game design, smart devices, 3D content
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KUKA: Web interface for a new Human Machine InterfaceRead more
Rethinking robotics: KUKA is working with us to develop iiQKA.OS - an operating system with an intuitive web HMI. Using web technologies and scrum methods, we enable flexible customization and simple control. Open collaboration makes robotics more accessible than ever before.
KUKA: Web interface for a new Human Machine InterfaceRead moreGoalReplacing the current control software
iiQKA.OSFast and intuitive development
> 11,000 hoursProject work
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STIHL: Control iMOW robotic mower via appRead more
Robot mower redefined: The iMOW from STIHL makes lawn care smarter. Our software expertise combined with STIHL's hardware know-how ensures intuitive app control. The result? A networked device that makes gardening easier - simple, efficient, innovative.
STIHL: Control iMOW robotic mower via appRead moreProject durationsince August 2020
Robot mowerControl via app
Process optimizationwith the customer
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DEKRA: Modern enterprise architecture thanks to co-creationRead more
New IT for a sustainable future: the global auditing group needed to modernize its IT landscape. Co-Creation created a harmonized architecture and the EA Community promotes cross-border exchange for strong IT until 2025 - and beyond.
DEKRA: Modern enterprise architecture thanks to co-creationRead moreMost important method:Building an EA community
Created conceptEnterprise Architecture
Cooperationat eye level
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Miele domestic appliances are networked worldwideRead more
How do household appliances become smart? Miele relies on an IoT platform that we played a key role in developing. Container-based architecture ensures stable communication, DevOps for continuous improvement - so that smart appliances can be found in millions of households worldwide.
Miele domestic appliances are networked worldwideRead moreProject durationsince 2016
Success factors:High availability and scalability
IoT platformwith container-based architecture
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MAN: Secure Software Development Life CycleRead more
Trucks are networked - and therefore unfortunately also targets for attack. With SSDLC, MAN relies on security by design and integrates the highest security standards directly into development. Together with 22 teams, we have established security measures that go beyond the legal requirements.
MAN: Secure Software Development Life CycleRead more22 monthsProject duration
UNECE R155successfully integratedMethodsSecurity Champions, DevSecOps, OWASP SAMM
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It's LOS: Building a cloud-based low-code applicationRead more
Democracy meets digitalization: For "Es geht LOS!", we developed a low-code app for candidate management in five weeks. Built on AWS, it enables secure draws and efficient user management - for more citizen participation digitally.
It's LOS: Building a cloud-based low-code applicationRead moreProject durationSince the beginning of 2022
MVPin only 5 weeks
TechnologiesAmplify, AppSync, CodeCommit, IAM, Cognito, DynamoDB, Lambda
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Monitoring alarms in industrial plantsRead more
Safety in industrial plants requires a real-time overview. We developed a live monitoring platform that networks measuring devices and collects data via Azure IoT and Kubernetes. A scalable MVP was created in just three months: alarms appear in under ten seconds thanks to automated data acquisition via smartphone and Bluetooth.
Monitoring alarms in industrial plantsRead more3 yearsProject duration
<3 monthsto the MVP
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Planning systems: Optimizing the capacity utilization of pressing plantsRead more
Maximum capacity utilization, minimum costs: Our customer relies on a central planning system for pressing plants. We have been supporting its further development with .NET Core, GraphQL and PostgreSQL for over ten years. Now the journey is moving to the cloud - for greater scalability, flexibility and efficiency.
Planning systems: Optimizing the capacity utilization of pressing plantsRead more>10 yearsCustomer support
Technological modernizationCloud-ready platformEfficiency through dataSite-specific cost planning -
Global workforce planning systemRead more
How do you achieve globally harmonized workforce planning? With a modern web application based on domain-driven design and hexagonal architecture. Event sourcing ensures transparent traceability, while Azure and Quarkus provide stability and scalability. The result: a flexible, future-proof solution.
Global workforce planning systemRead moreTeam sizeUp to 8 employees
Domain Driven DesignDevelopment approach
Microsoft Azure Cloudallows easy roll-out of new versions
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DER Touristik Online: Development and migration of a multi-client capable travel booking platformRead more
Different brands, one platform: DER Touristik merges several independent websites. We are supporting the migration to the AWS cloud with digital design, microservices and testing. The focus is on performance, SEO and UX - for a seamless digital travel experience.
DER Touristik Online: Development and migration of a multi-client capable travel booking platformRead moreStandardized platformMulti-client travel portalQuality assuranceEnd-2-End test automationCloud transformationMigration to AWS cloud -
KUKA: UI/UX design for an app for load data analysis for industrial robotsRead more
How do you reduce support requests? With a smart UX! KUKA and MaibornWolff developed a web-based application for load data analysis. Through "Understand/Build/Learn" we recognized challenges early on and validated solutions for an intuitive user experience.
KUKA: UI/UX design for an app for load data analysis for industrial robotsRead moreMethodProduct Experience Design
Customer requestEasier interaction between users and the system
Our goalOptimized load data analysis, fewer support requests, higher satisfaction -
BMW Group: Replacement of a production-critical legacy systemRead more
20-year-old system, new digital future. We gradually migrated production software to a flexible architecture. After two years, central plants were running on the new solution - stable, fail-safe and ready for the challenges of tomorrow.
BMW Group: Replacement of a production-critical legacy systemRead moreProject durationMid-2018 to the beginning of 2024
Team size25 employees
Legacy systemreplaced after 20 years
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BMW Group: Virtual reality brings vehicle design to lifeRead more
From the first draft to series production - BMW uses VR to visualize the entire development process. Based on the Unreal Engine, a uniform platform visualizes designs and processes. This saves on hardware prototypes and enables location-independent collaboration. MaibornWolff plays a key role in driving the development and integration of these VR use cases.
BMW Group: Virtual reality brings vehicle design to lifeRead more3.2 yearsProject duration
CooperationLocation-independent and virtual
InfrastructureScalable and expandable thanks to the cloud
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BMW Group: Remote software upgrade for vehiclesRead more
No visits to the workshop, no stress - thanks to Remote Software Upgrade, BMW vehicles worldwide remain up-to-date "over-the-air". MaibornWolff has been developing and operating the backend for secure updates for over three years. Microservice architectures and DevOps approaches guarantee stability, performance and security.
BMW Group: Remote software upgrade for vehiclesRead more5 yearsProject duration
Millions of vehiclesreceive new features thanks to "over-the-air" upgrade
IT securityAlways up-to-date thanks to remote software upgrade
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Creditreform: Secure proof of identity on the webRead more
Verifying online identities in a forgery-proof manner while maintaining user-friendliness - CrefoTrust makes it possible. Together, we developed a solution that creates trust with blockchain technology and proofs of concept. Personal and company data remain protected, while verifications run smoothly.
Creditreform: Secure proof of identity on the webRead more5 yearsProject duration
Pilot testsbased on several PoCs
Decentralized identityallows tamper-proof storage of identities and company information
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Bayernwerk: Knowledge management via teamsRead more
Experience must not be lost - Bayernwerk digitizes the knowledge of long-standing employees. MaibornWolff designed an intuitive MS Teams app with a clear UX/UI. Close collaboration, lived Scrum values and user-centered development make the app a success. Promoting exchange, optimizing processes - this is how knowledge transfer works today.
Bayernwerk: Knowledge management via teamsRead more6 monthsProject duration
Target:Identify implicit knowledge
Requirements:a user-centered, intuitive and clear UX/UI design
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Weidmüller: Progression of the Industrial Service PlatformRead more
IoT meets agility - Weidmüller and MaibornWolff developed the easyConnect platform for remote access, data visualization and machine learning. After intensive exploration, an MVP was created, accompanied by a cross-functional Scrum team. Making Industrial IoT smarter and more efficient.
Weidmüller: Progression of the Industrial Service PlatformRead more12 monthsup to the MVP
8 weeks analysisof professional, technical and organizational factors
Innovative portalfor end-to-end solutions
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SMA: Development of a Web UI for ennexOS platformRead more
Optimizing energy flows, reducing costs - we have been developing the Web UI of the ennexOS platform with SMA Solar Technology since 2016. It digitizes energy management processes for over a million users and combines smart solutions for a sustainable energy future.
SMA: Development of a Web UI for ennexOS platformRead moreProject durationsince 2016
> 1.000Modules and components in ennexOS platform
> 7.000Fuse tests
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digikoo GmbH: Apple Vision Pro for city plannersRead more
Planning cities smarter: Together with TUM, we developed the 3Digipad for Apple Vision Pro. It visualizes complex energy data in 3D and makes scenarios intuitively tangible. Dynamic building data and KPIs support urban planners in making sustainable decisions.
digikoo GmbH: Apple Vision Pro for city plannersRead more4 monthsProject duration
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digikoo: A data platform for the Azure CloudRead more
Structured geodata, automated quality assurance, seamless provision - we developed a powerful Snowflake data platform on Azure for Digikoo. It makes analysis easier for data scientists and lays the foundation for precise forecasts and new use cases.
digikoo: A data platform for the Azure CloudRead more5 monthsProject duration
Climate changePlan digitally and implement efficiently
Foundation data platformMicrosoft Azure Cloud
Film off: Digital design and the big picture
Every project should have a big picture. Our video with Martina Beck, Yekaterina Krüßmann and Susanne Hofmann explains why. Our digital designers give tips on how to create a big picture and where it can be used in everyday project work.
Film off: The insights of our customers
What does it take for digital design to become an integral part of digitalization projects? First of all, a language that customers understand. A lesson learned from the first major digital design conference in Germany.