Tim Rodenbröker is a creative coder educator, critical designer and author based in Barcelona. He is specialised in creative work using Open-Source software and code to build custom tools, systems and workflows.
He is the founder of trcc, an online learning platform and cultural hub where he teaches creative coding, thinking in systems and programming as a tool for critical design. He supports his students to demystify technology and see the world through the lens of his Downgrade Philosophy.
His work combines design, code and philosophy with a strong focus on accessibility and technological literacy. Through courses, workshops and lectures, he aims to demystify technology, enabling a broader audience to unlock the potential of programming as a tool for critical design.
Tim loves working with people in real life, teaching in universities, conducting workshops, giving talks and participating in panel discussions. To this day, he has had the honour of working for a wide range of renowned international design institutions, including Elisava in Barcelona, the Glasgow School of Art, HEAD Genève and ECAL.
He has also worked as a designer and creative technologist for international clients such as The New York Times, IBM, the University of Pennsylvania, the Julia Stoschek Foundation, Holo Magazine and Slate + Ash. With Martin Lorenz, he runs the design studio Coding Systems.
Tim loves collaborative learning, working across disciplines and contributing to projects on the edges of design. He is part of the masters program „Societal Design“ hosted by Elisava and Dark Matter Labs, as well as the curatorial teams of the Design in Motion Festival in the Netherlands and the International Creative Awards in Scotland.
Alongside his educational work and design practice, Tim explores his field through speculative projects that examine the cultural and societal impact of digital technologies, sharing the outcomes through writing. Central to his work is the Downgrade Philosophy, a concept he developed to explore and encourage a thoughtful, elegant, minimalist and earth-centered approach to design and technology.
Tim loves open technologies such as Linux, HTML and Processing.
