About
I’m Danny Van, a communication designer focused on generative AI.
What I do
My background is design: brands, print, interfaces, moving image. Since my master’s thesis I have also been digging into the technology behind it. I work with ComfyUI, TouchDesigner and local AI models and combine them into workflows that end in something tangible: an image, a video, an installation.
When a new AI tool comes out, my evening is usually booked. It has also taught me patience, mostly while waiting for the computer. I like tinkering on my own. But things almost always get better when someone looks at them and asks: why like this?
Experience
- 2026Master’s (M.A.) CrossMedia Spaces, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden
- 2025Semester abroad at Konkuk University, Seoul
- since 2020KIDANO, Künzelsau. Brand design for our family restaurant: corporate design, print, social media
- 2020–2022Würth. Images and video for social media, coordination of a digital conference
- 2017–2022B.A. Digital Media, Ulm University of Applied Sciences. Bachelor’s thesis at Würth
Exhibitions
- 2026WDC Campus, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt. World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026
- 2026See Conference, Wiesbaden
Tools
- Generative AIComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, Flux, ReActor, F5-TTS, Midjourney, Adobe Firefly
- InteractionTouchDesigner
- DesignAdobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
- CodeBasic Python
Languages
German, English (C1) and Vietnamese.