Anne Krüger heads the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Usability project at Fraunhofer IAO. She is a research associate at Fraunhofer IAO (User Experience Team). 

She studied mechanical engineering at TU Darmstadt with a focus on product innovation and human-technology interaction. At the Ingvar Kamprad Design Center (IKDC) she deepened her knowledge in product and user experience design. Additionally, she has profound knowledge in Design Thinking (d.school, HPI Potsdam) and is a certified Lego® Serious-Play® trainer. Her professional focus is on user research as well as the integration of user experience into innovation processes. 

At Fraunhofer IAO, she has been developing the innovation approach "BUILDING IDEAS" since 2012, which specifically integrates emotional aspects into technical processes and companies. In addition, she is doing her doctorate on the topic of empathy and creativity.

Furthermore, she developed the Pop UP Toolkit - a mobile creative space -  and the Warm UP Set of Fraunhofer IAO. 

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