Sereina Rothenberger and David Schatz have been running the Zurich-based design practice Hammer since 2008. For the last six years, Sereina has been teaching at the University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe, Germany, where she was the head of the graphic design department. Since 2016, David and Sereina are faculty members of the MFA Program in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts. They are convinced that there is rarely an archetypal design solution and try to create a specific aura for each project. The aspect that unites all of their activities is a research-oriented approach, an emphasis on a participatory design methods and a strong belief in the power of aesthetics.
