Felix Dorner

Design Partner, Berlin

Me in New York
Me pointing a camera

I grew up in the 90s with comics, LEGO, video games, and did my first websites in FrontPage. While I was designing for music events, I landed an internship at SoundCloud in 2010, which turned design into a profession for me.

Since then, 16 years of brand, product, and web for startups and studios across Europe and the US. I’ve seen how quickly unclear design decisions turn into bigger problems. My work is to make them clear early, so the foundation still makes sense a year later.

2009 - 2014

Co-founded a network for youth culture with efforts in music publishing, events, and blogging.

2009 - 2014

Co-founded a network for youth culture with efforts in music publishing, events, and blogging.

2010

Interned at SoundCloud as design engineer.

2010

Interned at SoundCloud as design engineer.

2013 - 2016

Sole graphic and web designer for a music festival that grew from 2.000 to 20.000 visitors.

2013 - 2016

Sole graphic and web designer for a music festival that grew from 2.000 to 20.000 visitors.

2015 - 2018

Built WordPress themes used on hundred of thousands sites globally.

2015 - 2018

Built WordPress themes used on hundred of thousands sites globally.

2023

A first design system for Flowers, before their €6M round.

2023

A first design system for Flowers, before their €6M round.

2024

Brand and website for Bauplan, before their $7.5M round.

2024

Brand and website for Bauplan, before their $7.5M round.

2024

Grimme Online Award, as UX designer for the Leo Baeck Institute.

2024

Grimme Online Award, as UX designer for the Leo Baeck Institute.

2025

Certified Framer Pro Expert.

2025

Certified Framer Pro Expert.

2026

Design engineering for Foxglove, San Francisco.

2026

Design engineering for Foxglove, San Francisco.

Outside of work, I play football, once for 1. FC Union Berlin's youth and now for a veterans' team. I love story-driven video games, assemble yearly playlists, and share photos now and then.

In 2020, I became a dad to a wonderful little girl. It’s been the most rewarding part of my life so far.