florian ledermann digital infrastructures

special projects

about

Florian Ledermann DI is a software designer and consultant based in Vienna, Austria. In small teams of trusted individuals he tries to always build outstanding projects.

honours

status

2 new products in progress, timeslots available for later summer.

contact

Florian Ledermann Creative Engineering
A-1140 Wien
Austria
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links

-> Flo's Blog
-> Flo on Twitter

technologies & services

Tools shape a project and its creators. We choose them wisely.

Web Mapping / GIS

Advanced Google Maps and beyond.
Projects: CTBTO World Map, Senghor on the Rocks, Maptales
Honours: "Best of Google Maps", Europrix Quality Seal, Cisco Austria Web 2.0 Award Nominee

HTML / CSS / Javascript

Defining structure, appearance and behaviour of online information.
Projects: Strawberry Pal, CTBTO World Map, Senghor on the Rocks, DWTC Portfolio, Kunstwien, Maptales, matrix.64

Django / Python

A great web application framework.
Projects: Strawberry Pal, Kunstwien, DWTC Portfolio

Flash / Flex

Sometimes it just has to look smooth, draw fast or rotate.
Projects: Augmented Reality in Print, ITNOA syn:wall, Netcaptn

Java

On of the most versatile programming languages with a vast pool of libraries.
Projects: Maptales, graphl, Wunderkammer

XML / XSLT

Versatile storage and transformation of structured information.
Projects: ITNOA syn:wall, APRIL

RDF & semantic web

The vision of a cloud of information that can be understood by machines is still alive.
Projects: graphl

OpenGL / C++

Raw performance, hardware support or high speed rendering is needed for some projects.
Projects: Mobile Augmented Reality, Mozart's Magic Book, Virtual Showcase, Wunderkammer

portfolio

Some of our most outstanding and challenging projects.

CTBTO Maps

Geographical content management for a large international institution.
CTBTO World Map
Activities: Consulting, HTML, Web-GIS, Typo3
Network: DWTC Balgavy, CTBTO
Topics: Semantics & semiotics of spatial information, Information Visualization, User Experience

Red Bulletin “Print 2.0”

One of the first install­ments of Augmen­ted Reality in a mass-media printed publication.
More info
Activities: Consulting, Flash / Flex
Network: Red Bull, Graz University of Technology, Imagination
Topics: Augmented Reality, User Experience

Senghor on the Rocks

Online novel by Christoph Benda illustrated with animated Google Maps.
Technology: Production, HTML, Web-GIS
Network: Flachware
Topics: Storytelling, Semantics & semiotics of spatial information, User Experience
Honours: Best of Google Maps 2008, Europrix Quality Seal

DWTC Portfolio

Portfolio website for a workaholic graphic, sound and video designer.
Link
Technology: HTML, Django
Network: DWTC Balgavy
Topics: User Experience

Thomas Morgenstern Skijump

Quick and entertaining online game with social features.
Link
Activities: Consulting
Network: Red Bull
Topics: User Experience

ITNOA syn:wall

An interactive projection wall at the ITNOA Architecture exhibition.
Technology: Flex, XML
Network: Rüdiger Suppin
Topics: Information Visualization, User Experience

Kunstwien

Experimental online platform for artists, curators and wannabees.
Technology: HTML, Django
Network: Flachware
Topics: User Experience

Maptales

A geographical content management stack for social networks.
Technology: HTML, Web-GIS, Java, MIDP
Network: Flachware
Topics: Semantics & semiotics of spatial information, Storytelling, User Experience, Mobile Applications

graphl

Highly configurable graph and network visualization.
Technology: Java, RDF & Semantic Web
Network: Vienna University of Technology
Topics: Information Visualization

Mobile Augmented Reality

Prototyping interfaces for augmented reality applications on truly mobile devices.
Technology: OpenGL / C++, Windows Mobile
Network: Vienna University of Technology, Graz University of Technology
Topics: Semantics & semiotics of spatial information, Augmented Reality, Mobile Applications

Mozart's Magic Book

The first application of Live3D video technology in Europe.
Activities: Consulting, OpenGL / C++
Network: Vienna University of Technology, Nofrontiere Design
Topics: Storytelling, Augmented Reality, User Experiences

The Virtual Showcase

Mixing real and virtual content in a high-resolution, high-quality display medium.
Technology: OpenGL / C++
Network: Vienna University of Technology
Topics: Storytelling, Augmented Reality, User Experiences

APRIL

An authoring language for augmented reality storytelling.
Technology: XML / XSLT, OpenGL / C++
Network: Vienna University of Technology
Topics: Storytelling, Augmented Reality, Semantics of spatial information

The Architect's Wunderkammer

An inspirational virtual world for designers and architects.
Technology: OpenGL / C++, Java
Network: Vienna University of Technology
Topics: Information Visualization, User Experiences

matrix.64

The 64 arts of love in a version for the 21 century.
Technology: HTML / CSS / Javascript
Network: Christina Goestl
Topics: Information Visualization, User Experiences

Netcapt'n

One of the first Flash-based online strategy games.
(Now offline)
Technology: Flash
Network: Shortcut
Topics: User Experiences

research & interests

If you have a project in one of these fields, there is a good chance that I'll find room for it in my schedule.

User Experiences

Interaction design should not only aim for efficiency but also create a feeling of success and engagement in the user.
Projects: Strawberry Pal, Thomas Morgenstern Skijump, Augmented Reality in Print, CTBTO World Map, Senghor on the Rocks, ITNA syn:wall, Maptales, Mozart's Magic Book, Virtual Showcase, matrix.64, Netcaptn, Wunderkammer

Semantics & semiotics of spatial information

The main focus of my work is the structuring and rendering of complex spatial information.
Projects: CTBTO World Map, Mobile Augmented Reality, Senghor on the Rocks, Maptales, APRIL

Storytelling

Since media exists, it has been used to tell stories. How can we create compelling stories in digital media?
Projects: Senghor on the Rocks, Maptales, Mozart's Magic Book, Virtual Showcase, APRIL

Mobile Applications

New challenges through location context and constrained user interfaces.
Projects: Strawberry Pal, Mobile Augmented Reality, Maptales

Information Visualization

The art of mapping abstract data to intuitive, insight-generating visual displays.
Projects: CTBTO World Map, ITNOA syn:wall, graphl, matrix.64

Augmented Reality

Interweaving real and virtual spaces in meaningful and productive ways.
Projects: Augmented Reality in Print, Mobile Augmented Reality, Mozart's Magic Book, Virtual Showcase, APRIL

Self-managed Energy

Decentralized, emission neutral energy production for the future.

network & clients

A reliable network of outstanding professionals is the basis for success.

Flachware

Beautiful and precise graphics design.
Projects: Senghor on the Rocks, Kunstwien, Maptales

DWTC Balgavy

Striving for quality, always beautiful.
Projects: CTBTO Maps, DWTC Portfolio

The United Nations / CTBTO

Highest international diplomacy for a good cause.
Projects: CTBTO Maps

Vienna University of Technology

My research homebase.
Projects: Mobile Augmented Reality, Mozart's Magic Book, Virtual Showcase, APRIL, Wunderkammer

Graz University of Technology

Excellent augmented reality research.
Projects: Mobile Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality in Print

Red Bull

Gives you wings.
Projects: Thomas Morgenstern Skijump, Augmented Reality in Print

Austrian Ministry for Transport

Bundesministerium für Verkehr Österreich.
Projects: Netcaptn

Rüdiger Suppin

Architectural concepts / conceptual architecture.
Projects: ITNOA syn:wall

Nofrontiere Design

Design agency in Vienna.
Projects: Mozart's Magic Book

Christina Goestl

Digital media artist.
Projects: matrix.64

friends

Personal affiliations.

Christoph Weihs

Artdirektion, Konzept & Grafik.

Energiebrunnen Salzburg Reiki

Reiki, Bodytalk, Massage – Erholung in Salzburg.

Pad.me!

kunstwerke sind asketisch und schamlos.

Patrizia Wiesner

Your image is a code.

br1

Alternating between the extremes of travelling and technology.

Juan Topo

es gibt wohl kaum einen namen, der so eng mit der subversiven verweigerung des klischeehaften heizens verbunden wäre, als JUAN TOPO.
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